• Beacon Rail owns UK passenger and freight rolling stock. We have over 30 years of experience in the rail industry. We currently lease trains to train operators and freight operators within the UK.
• We procure and finance new rolling stock and have invested more than £3 billion in new trains since privatisation in 1994.
• We are also committed to maintaining the quality and reliability of our existing assets. We continuously invest in our fleets through heavy maintenance and major enhancement programmes to deliver a better passenger experience and minimise through-life costs.
• We have a proud history of innovation and play an integral role in the growth and modernisation of the UK rail sector by introducing new products, technologies and manufacturers into the market. We continue to invest in innovation through projects and manufacturers, thereby creating and securing jobs and fostering skills across the UK.
Lee is currently CEO of Fuel Cell Systems Ltd (FCSL). Industry insiders often talk about Hydrogen’s Chicken and Egg problem: Vehicle manufacturers cannot sell hydrogen vehicles without a refuelling infrastructure; Infrastructure & fuel network providers cannot recoup their investment if there are not enough vehicles using hydrogen. The result is Gridlock! Our approach has been to redefine the Chicken and Egg problem as simply “Refuelling Infrastructure is too expensive”. Now that’s an engineering problem we can fix!
Prior to FCSL, Lee spent eight years at UK Fuel Cell manufacturer Intelligent Energy, completing his time there as Chief Sales Officer. Leading the global commercial team and launching Intelligent Energy’s low carbon hydrogen products in to three market sectors: automotive, power generation and aviation. Lee’s involvement with the hydrogen industry started back in 1995 when among other projects he supported the field trials of SOFC CHP.
