Our Team

As a co-operative, Glasgow Community Energy is owned and controlled by its members and managed in accordance with its Rules by a voluntary Board of Directors drawn from its membership.

In 2025, using grant funding from the National Lottery Climate Action Fund, we have also been able to take on Staff for the first time.

Below are details of Glasgow Community Energy’s current Staff and Directors. Directors who are Officers are listed at the top, with the rest in order of first election/appointment. Any member aged 18 years or over can put themselves forward to be elected onto the Board.

Our Staff are paid at least the real living wage and are given appropriate channels for effective workers’ voice as defined in the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First guidance.

Staff

Joe Smee – Development Manager (appointed in 2025) is a Community Energy Specialist with over 10 years’ experience supporting community organisations to deliver renewable energy projects. He has played an active role in the development of the community energy sector in Scotland and the UK during this time. Between 2015 and 2021 Joe worked at Local Energy Scotland where he held lead responsibility for supporting projects across Argyll & Bute, Stirling and the Glasgow City Region. Between 2013 and 2015 he co-founded Exeter Community Energy and worked on the development of their first portfolio of rooftop PV installations and a successful community share offer.

Bronagh Gallagher – Engagement Coordinator (appointed in 2025) has been working in the community and voluntary sector in Glasgow for over 20 years and is committed to supporting grassroots community action. Working as a freelancer since 2015, she specialised in designing participatory processes and strategy development, supporting a variety of community engagement, movement-building, and social justice initiatives. From 2019 – 2025, Bronagh worked in Enough! Scotland, which provided resources and workshops on the relationships between climate breakdown and capitalism, and supported the development of community-led alternatives as a response. In 2024, she completed a Master’s in Political Ecology through the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Board of Directors

	Calum Watkins – Chairperson (first elected in 2018) first became a Director of GCE whilst studying Electrical & Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He now works at Ofgem as part of the engineering team. Calum sees community-owned local energy as a key resource to empowering communities and combating climate change. He has volunteered in his capacity as a STEM Ambassador for several years, to organise solar energy workshops in partnership with local schools and community groups.
	Tom Nockolds – Secretary (first elected in 2021) has been immersed in community energy since 2013. His job at Carbon Coop sees him managing various types of community energy projects from energy generation through to building decarbonisation. Tom co-founded Loco Home Retrofit in 2022, Glasgow’s community-owned retrofit co-operative. Originally from Australia, Tom has found a new home in the Glasgow community where he volunteers for local issues.
	Ellie Harrison – Treasurer (first elected in 2017) is an artist and activist based in Glasgow. She has been working to develop a community-owned renewable energy co-operative since launching the Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund project in 2015. She has been a Director of GCE since the co-operative was established in 2017 and has spent the last few years developing the project on a voluntary basis, alongside working as a part-time lecturer in Contemporary Art Practice at Duncan of Jordanstone, and campaigning for improvements to public transport and active travel with Carfree Glasgow, Get Glasgow Moving and Bring Back British Rail.
	Claire Williams (first elected in 2021) is a community organiser and activist who runs a Lanarkshire based volunteer group whose focus in 2021 is addressing the climate emergency through new habitat creation, path network improvements, community growing and active travel. She is passionate about community-led regeneration and delivering on the ground positive change. She is also the director of a social enterprise that works to develop community capacity and deliver community-led projects and partnerships. Claire became a Director of GCE in January 2021, following a period of work as its part-time Community Organiser.
	Niki Tait (first elected in 2025) is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering at the University of Glasgow, contributing to the GALLANT initiative, which aims to tackle Glasgow’s environmental challenges. Her research focuses on sustainable, low-carbon energy solutions for communities, aiding the city’s net-zero transition. She is a member of the UNFC Wind Energy Sub-group, having reviewed UNFC Wind Energy Specifications. Niki leads the Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy Early Career Researcher Network, organising multidisciplinary events, and has supported public engagement at WEST Fest and MusARC. Before completing her MSc in Sustainable Energy in 2023, she worked as an actuarial pensions consultant, with a background in finance and economics.

Former Directors

Jim Lee (2017-2021)	Ben Frazer (2018-2019)	Zoe Dickson (2019-2022)
Fraser Stewart (2019-2022)	Andy McAvoy (2019-2022)	Bill Fraser (2021-2022)
Annette Heslop (Secretary, 2017-2023)	Shona Rawlings (Membership Officer, 2022-2024)	Johanna Behaim (2022-2024)
Jimmy Brough (2022-2024)	Sarah-Jane Hamilton (2023-2025)	Joe Smee (Secretary, 2023-2025)