Tom Pakenham is the Director HEMS & Flex at Centrica.

Tom is an environmental entrepreneur and executive. He has launched and exited a number of ventures, including greentomatocars and greentomatoenergy. In addition, he has worked in industry, at Transdev and OVO Energy / Kaluza respectively. His experience spans e-mobility, energy efficiency, EV charging and the energy retail sector. Whilst at OVO, Tom led on the EV-grid integration programme and EV retail offering. Now at Hive/Centrica, Tom is overseeing its transformation into a whole home ecotech provider, offering householders throughout the UK simple and affordable clean energy solutions integrated into a clean, flexible energy systems. He is an active angel investor, chair of The Longford Trust and founder of AdaptationUK.

Featured in Future of Utilities Insights

Tom was featured in the Future of Utilities article What Happened at Energy Transition Summit 2026, published in March 2026.