Founder & CEO
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Dean is the owner and founder of The Ribble Vanguard and Green Dream Solutions and also a Director of Community Energy Preston. Dean graduates with his M.Sc. in Advanced Renewable and Sustainable Engineering in June 2024; Dean specialises in preventative engineering solutions to climate change, sea level rise, Renewable energy generation, Dean is also an Associate member of the Energy Institute and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Dean is a proud father of 6 children 4 of whom are now grown up which leaves Dean time to race his GSX1340 down Santa Pod racetrack or on nice sunny days can be found upon the banks of the Ribble link canal on his narrowboat completing renovations.