Thomas Auguste Read Delay (born 9 April 1959) is the chief executive of the

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. He has served in that position since its formation in 2001. He was initially appointed by a joint committee of the UK

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and the

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. Tom Delay is a member of the UK Energy Research Partnership and chairs the advisory board of the MSc in Climate Change, Management & Finance at

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London. In 2011 he was appointed to the UK Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force. He was appointed a

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by the Queen in the New Year's Honours 2018 for services to sustainability in business. Tom Delay is a noted commentator on business issues arising from the

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Tom Delay was educated at

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, followed by the

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