Tom Delay

Thomas Auguste Read Delay CBE (born April 1959) is the chief executive of the Carbon Trust. He has served in that position since its formation in 2001. He was initially appointed by a joint committee of the UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Confederation of British Industry.

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

He was awarded a CBE 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 impact of climate change

Tom Delay was educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, followed by the University of Southampton.