Loowatt has teams in the UK and Madagascar

Meet the Loowatt Team

Loowatt UK

Our UK team leads Loowatt's technical development and commercial operations.
Through our pioneering technology and partnerships, delivering value to global stakeholders.
And provides luxury waterless toilets and operations for UK/EU toilet hire, glamping and events/festivals

Virginia Gardiner

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICEr

Virginia is the original inventor of Loowatt toilet system. Prior to starting Loowatt in 2010, she spent 7 years working with award-winning product and design companies including Dwell Magazine, and wrote for publications including Metropolis and The New York Times. Virginia holds a joint Masters in Innovation Design Engineering from the Royal College of Arts and Imperial College London and a BA from Stanford University in Comparative Literature.

Anthony Blaiklock

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

After 20 years working in corporate finance advising on acquisitions, IPOs, restructurings, fund raisings and disposals, Anthony took his first Finance Director role in an early stage renewable energy company. He then fulfilled the same role for three other early stage cleantech businesses before joining Loowatt. Anthony is a graduate of Cambridge University and a Chartered Accountant.

Mark Bickerstaffe

CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

Directing Loowatt’s design and engineering teams and technology strategy. Mark forged research design and development leadership capability in the first 10 years of Dyson, inventive pioneers of the domestic appliance industry, followed by 15 years at Kohler Co. driving the design-led corporate culture of the leading global Kitchen & Bath company.

Georges Mikhael

Chief Commercial Officer

With a focus on driving growth, Georges is leading Loowatt's commercial team. He has been supporting the design and scale up of innovative sanitation businesses internationally since 2010.

Ella Heather

Regional Sales Manager

Ella has worked in sustainability for a number of years, prior to Loowatt focussing on reducing single use plastics across a variety of industries. With an acute awareness of the general waste created at festivals and live events, Ella was keen to explore how other waste streams could minimize this waste and how innovation can help solve the issues with which we are faced at events and further afield.

Martin Carter

HEAD OF DELIVERY

With a history of embedding foundations for scalable production, Martin is focused on optimising Loowatt’s supply and production processes. Drawing on a breadth of experience from both start-up and large companies Martin developed his holistic business exposure to Director level. Martin attended Loughborough University where he obtained a Bachelors in Materials Engineering.

Bradely Godbold

CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER

First joining as a Design engineer in 2018 through Loowatt's placements scheme, Bradley went on to complete his degree BA Industrial Design and Technology from Brunel University London, re-joining the team in 2019. Bradley's experience ranges from research and development of waterless flush toilets, to providing strategic and operational implementation support to new emerging markets project stakeholders.

Adam Harvey-Cook

LEAD ENGINEER

Adam is responsible for the design and development of both existing and new products for Loowatt's range of toilets. Adam studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College and has built up a depth of practical knowledge over several years designing mechanical and electro-mechanical products across a range of industries.

Loowatt Madagascar

UK | MADAGASCAR

Our Madagascar team serves households in Antananarivo with waterless flush toilets and end-to-end waste processing that generates value while meeting the requirements of Sustainable Development Goal 6.2

Nancy Rakotoarison

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Graduated in Masters of Finance and accountancy, Higher Institute in Management, Private university of Antananarivo. Nancy leads the administrative and financial department by developing and implementing the financial procedures and strategies adapted to Loowatt SARL. She manages and insure the proper functioning of the department. Before Joining Loowatt Sarl, Nancy spent six years in an audit firm, worked with several companies whose accounting management have been outsourced.

Andry Ratsifehera

Rindra Andriamanana

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Food technology and Industry engineer, Andry Joined the Loowatt team Madagascar in April 2019, leading the Operations and Servicing logistics. Bringing skills and competencies from 10 years in the manufacturing industry and logistics to support Loowatt strategy and projects success in operational level. Also involved on IT System implementation.

SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR

Graduated in Business Management with a license in Marketing and Commerce, having mainly worked in the field of marketing for over 10 years, she began to take an interest in one of the biggest issues in the sanitation sector in Madagascar which is the access to a decent toilet. she joined the Loowatt Sarl social enterprise team in 2019 as part of the development of its marketing strategy inside its areas of operations.