BTETalks - A Systemic Approach to Health & Wellbeing

An interactive workshop examining what organisations might do to support societal health and wellbeing

In this BTEtalk, speaker Duncan McCombie (Yes Energy Solutions) will be taking an integrated approach to health and wellbeing and asking key questions as to how we might seek to resolve some of the key health & wellbeing challenges facing broader society such as rising fuel poverty and declining health indicators. 

With an increased focus on a healthy lifestyle, involving drinking plenty of water, taking appropriate exercise and seeking advice on our physical and mental health, they ask what might be done individually and collectively to promote a more healthy lifestyle as well as to overcome some of the barriers to achieving that. In particular, they will consider what might be done within and across organisations and institutions to support broader systemic change so as to alleviate some of worst effects of fuel and health poverty. 

The session will be partly made up of presentations from the speakers following by a facilitated discussion. There will then be an opportunity for audience members to contribute to the debate and discussion and to offer suggestions, solutions and challenges that must be addressed in order to engender this sort of systemic change.

Programme:

17:00 Welcome and networking with refreshments

17:30-18:30 BTETalks 'A Systemic Approach to Health & Wellbeing'

18:30 Networking with refreshments

19:00 (approx) Close

About the Speaker:

Duncan McCombie - Chief Executive - Yes Energy Solutions

Appointed as Group chief executive of YES Energy Solutions CIC in late 2016, to lead the company’s strong social purpose - addressing fuel poverty and reducing the impacts of climate change. This role built on extensive commercial, utility, customer and energy efficiency sector experience. In three years, Duncan lead a trebling in turnover and raised customer satisfaction to 91% while reinvigorating a clear culture of ‘Green, Great and Gracious’ supported by strong governance and a sustainable growth strategy, focussed on customer outcomes and making YES a great place to work.

The visible and tangible success saw YES teams collect multiple regional and national awards, recognising their focus of delivering fantastic projects and providing in depth support for householders to reduce their energy bills. These include EDIE Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022 - Energy Management Project of the Year; Utility Week 2019 - Utility partner of the Year and Women in Housing - Compliance team of the Year.

Prior to YES he had a diverse career in energy efficiency at Energy Saving Trust and the water sector dealing with both drought and flooding for Thames Water. He has also delivered strategic roles: working across the utility sector; business; NDPB; and skills sector, delivering a broad range of extensive and successful projects, in the UK and abroad. With continued development he undertook the Help to Grow: Management programme at Sheffield Hallam University and training as an executive coach.

Taking the golden thread of customer expectations and needs to the heart of businesses, he is currently Chair of the Customer Engagement Group focussed on National Grid Electricity Distribution’s RIIO-ED2 business plan and chair of the National Energy Action / Northumbrian Water, Water Poverty Advisory Group,. He was also previously on the Welsh Water Customer Challenge Group, a Climate Change Commission member for Wales, Chair of the Existing Homes Network, member of the Welsh Transport Ministers Low carbon steering group and provided evidence to Government committees and scrutiny panels

Duncan’s endless passion about delivering and seeing through sustainable improvements provides tangible benefits for people, businesses and communities and embeds positive change in the culture of the organisations he leads.