Our Trustees are supportive, knowledgeable and work collectively to guide the direction of Energy Projects Plus, ensuring our charity is sustainable and well managed.  We currently have three Trustees.

David Colbourne 

David was appointed in 2020, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the board from professional energy and sustainability roles.   He worked for Energy Projects Plus decades ago, before becoming Energy Officer at Sefton Council, a role he held for 18 years.  David has also held roles as Director of ALEO, the Association of Local Energy Officers and Chief Executive Officer, Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust.

He is currently Housing Retrofit Lead at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. 

David Pye – Company Secretary

David Pye spent 20 years as a research scientist before becoming an IT consultant. He has a master’s degree in digital media production. David helped set up both the Energy Projects Plus charity and the Wirral Environmental Network charity in the 1990’s. He has been both an employee and a consultant with Energy Projects Plus. David has also been a trustee of the Vegetarian for Life charity and chair of the UK Vegetarian Society charity.

He is currently retired and lives near Glastonbury in Somerset.

Leon Herwig

Leon is a chartered accountant who spent 20 years working in professional accountancy offices before moving to the charity/voluntary sector in the early 1990’s. There he worked for a number of different organisations including L’Arche, a supported employment project in Birkenhead, an arts-based youth training project in Huyton and Liverpool Anglican Cathedral before joining Energy Projects Plus as Finance Manager in 2004, a position he retired from in 2024. 

He is married to Margaret, another ex L’Arche assistant, and they have one son Christopher. They lived in Northern Ireland from 2013 – whilst continuing to work remotely part-time for Energy Projects Plus – returning to Merseyside in 2022 to live near Christopher and his family. They now live in retirement in Saughall near Chester.

Leon became a trustee in 2025.