Derek Mitchell

Derek heads up our commercial development and project delivery teams. Prior to joining Prospus Group, he played a key role in delivering and commissioning over £6m of solar PV projects across the UK.

Derek combines an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School with over 20 years of commercial and management experience. He is a retired Director of the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association having helped establish it as one of the largest hydrogen and fuel cell trade associations in Europe and was also a founding Director of the Hydrogen Office Ltd., where he secured over £5m to finance this innovative project and successfully project managed its development.

More recently Derek was the lead project manager in successfully negotiating the transfer of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme and over £6m of assets from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to the MCS Charitable Foundation.