Vivian has been a member of Westmill Wind Farm Co-op since its launch and has taken a keen interest in its development and governance. He was founder and CEO of The Phone Co-op and is Vice President of The Midcounties Co-operative and a board member of Co-operatives Europe. His background is in the development of enterprises in the Co-operative Movement, and he brings brings that perspective of co-operative entrepreneurship to this role.

Vivian believes our common need to tackle climate change by changing the way we produce and consume energy should be our co-operative’s central focus, while generating an adequate (but not excessive) economic return. He also believes that we should build on our achievements to date by ensuring our co-operative has a long-term future. We will sadly not have solved the problems of climate change when our wind farm reaches its 25th anniversary in less than a decade, and although the original plan was to wind our co-operative up at that time, Vivian supports the idea that we sho