Independent Advisory · Energy · Infrastructure · AI

Strategy, governance and delivery — grounded in operator experience, not theory.

LNRD helps boards, operators and investors turn complex, capital-intensive decisions in energy, infrastructure and AI into delivered outcomes.

30
Years operating capital-intensive projects
£1bn+
Project portfolios governed & delivered
500 MW+
Solar & BESS currently under advisory
4
Continents delivered across

What we do.

Practice Areas

Four connected disciplines, one operator’s perspective — working where technical complexity, commercial structure and board-level governance intersect. Across all four, risk review and management — and the governance of both projects and companies — is a key review point in every engagement.

Renewable Energy & Energy Transition

Project viability, bankability and delivery strategy across solar PV, BESS, SAF and biofuels — from concept through FID and into execution.

  • Technology & bankability assessment
  • EPC / PMC delivery strategy
  • Grid, DNO & HV interface risk

Complex Project Strategy & Delivery

FEED, EPC and EPCM contracting strategy; risk transfer; supply chain resilience; portfolio execution governance — from someone who has sat on both sides of the table.

  • NEC 3 & 4, FIDIC and LOGIC frameworks
  • Portfolio & multi-site governance
  • Owner / contractor alignment

AI & Software for Regulated Industries

Strategic advisory for AI and software companies serving energy, infrastructure and other safety-critical industries — commercial positioning, operating model and board governance.

  • Commercial & GTM positioning
  • Operating model & KPIs
  • Board & investor readiness

NED & Board Advisory

Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor engagements for PE-backed, growth-stage and mid-market businesses in renewable energy, infrastructure, clean tech and AI-enabled SaaS.

  • Independent challenge & governance
  • Audit & risk committee readiness
  • Capital allocation oversight
Operator DNA. When your board reviews a delivery programme, a contract structure or a supply-chain strategy, I don't just ask whether it looks reasonable on paper — I know whether it will work on site, because I've done it. And every review comes back to the same two tests: is the risk understood and managed, and is the governance — of the project and the company — strong enough to carry it.
Paul Leonard — founder, LNRD Ltd

How we work.

AI-Enabled · Agentic

A single principal at the front — modern AI agents at his back. Agents work under operator direction to widen the evidence base, broaden the optioneering set, and apply the consistency and traceability that board-level decisions demand. Behind them sits a vetted network of specialists in governance, financial modelling, planning and procurement. At every stage, risk review and governance — at project and company level — are built in as a standing checkpoint, not bolted on.

01 · Deep research

Wider evidence base, deeper read.

Agents canvas a broader corpus of regulatory, technical, commercial and market evidence than any single advisor could read alone — then surface what matters to the decision, sourced and structured.

02 · Rigorous optioneering

More options, properly stress-tested.

A fuller set of viable options, scenarios and sensitivities — so boards and sponsors choose from a considered shortlist, not the first idea that sounded right.

03 · Compliance & consistency

Traceable, sourced, board-ready.

Every output is traceable to source, applied consistently across an engagement, and shaped to the regulatory and governance frameworks the decision lives within — ready for scrutiny.

Selected current engagements.

Active Work · 2026

A live portfolio of advisory and non-executive roles across energy, infrastructure and AI. Details anonymised where client confidentiality applies. Common to every engagement: a disciplined review of risk and of governance — for the project, and for the company behind it.

Is your board or project facing a decision that matters?

Most LNRD engagements start with an initial 45-minute conversation, on or off the record. No decks. No fees.