David Bird joined Co-op Energy as CEO in April 2017 from E.ON where he was the Managing Director of its residential business. David is committed to customers being at the heart of a successful business and at E.ON delivered significant increases in customer satisfaction during his time there.

He has a wealth of experience in the retail energy industry, as well as in a number of different service organisations including Marks & Spencer, BUPA, Vodafone, Homebase and National Express.

He has also held non-executive director roles in the NHS and is on the Board of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (the IPCC).