About us

Pearlstone is a DSR Aggregator and technology company, recognised and approved by the National Grid. Simply put, this means Pearlstone has licence to create real value for UK businesses by finding energy flexibility in every building and monetising it.

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Pearlstone is a UK leading innovator in DSR technology and services, the first to offer managing multiple sites within one simple cloud-based tool.

We are dedicated to ensure the operational stability of the UK’s power grids by harnessing the power of distributed energy.

Our real-time energy-balancing platform provides a highly flexible approach for creating controllable and dispatchable energy resources from flexible loads, energy storage and renewable energy sources.

Intelligent.

 Revenue positive.

 Carbon negative.

Meet the Management Team

Across our dedicated workforce and executive team we have accumulated over 150 years of experience. Our unparalleled product set makes a natural choice for all businesses looking to optimise energy bills and charges across their building portfolio.

Dr Azad Camyab MBA

Founder & CEO

For over 25 years Azad has held senior business development and project management roles in the energy sector.‍

Dr Azad Camyab MBA

Founder & CEO

For over 25 years Azad has held senior business development and project management roles in the energy sector.‍

He began his career with CEGB and International Power, developing and constructing a number of power plants in the UK, as well as managing several Independent Power Producer projects globally. Azad’s focus over the past 15 years has been in developing and financing low carbon and renewable projects.

Azad is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge for Sustainability Leadership & Industrial Manufacturing, a Fellow at the Energy Institute and the Institute of Engineering & Technology.

He has a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Imperial College London and an Executive MBA from Bristol Business School.

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Bernard Kaufhold

Director & CFO

Bernard has spent over 20 years in the UK and European energy sectors as a corporate financier, sector strategist and developer.

Bernard Kaufhold

Director & CFO

Bernard has spent over 20 years in the UK and European energy sectors as a corporate financier, sector strategist and developer.

A former Investment Banker with Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW), SBC Warburg and Europa Partners Bernard has advised on numerous transactions including M&A, divestments, restructuring, equity & debt capital raising. 

He has also held senior roles as a Principal with energy merchants and developers leading multi-disciplinary teams in complex, high tech power plant and sustainable energy developments.

Bernard brings substantial entrepreneurial and commercial experience along with financial discipline, an appreciation of risk and good governance. 

He has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of NSW and an MBA from the University of Bath.

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David Horrex

Senior Business Development Manager

For over 25 years David has held senior business development and project management roles across the SaaS and Sustainability sectors.

David Horrex

Senior Business Development Manager

For over 25 years David has held senior business development and project management roles across the SaaS and Sustainability sectors.

He began his career working within the Offshore Gas Industry leading Shell shutdown planning projects and sustainability.

He then went on to win and manage Fortune 500 clients across Media, Telecommunication, Procurement and Sustainability sectors. An award-winning Sales Executive, specialising in reducing Energy, carbon emissions and Net Zero strategies for large organisations.

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Caroline Bennett

Consultant – Operations, Strategy and People

For over 25 years Caroline has worked in global organisations across multiple sectors occupying leadership positions in new product development and industrialisation as well as organisational effectiveness, talent, and leadership development.

Caroline Bennett

Consultant – Operations, Strategy and People

For over 25 years Caroline has worked in global organisations across multiple sectors occupying leadership positions in new product development and industrialisation as well as organisational effectiveness, talent, and leadership development.

She began her career as a formulation chemist and material scientist working for Hoechst and then Lafarge, where she headed up a team developing and industrialising new products for the global roofing business. Caroline followed her passion for leadership and organisational development to head up OD, L&D and talent management in various global organisations in the energy, engineering and oil sectors.  Caroline has a particular interest in working with teams to enhance performance and navigate the start-up to scale-up journey.

She has a BSc Hons in Applied Chemistry and is a qualified counsellor and accredited coach.

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Our mission

We believe the cleanest and greenest energy is the energy not used. Real-time data on the energy system and energy use will become the high-value commodity, not the energy itself.

This is why we are passionate about DSR and the impact it has on the current and future energy landscape and develop our core DSR offering, the Virtual Integrated BuildingTM (ViB}.

With the capability of connecting a portfolio of buildings, we make DSR more available to a wide range of facilities and businesses than ever before.

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