UK solar thermal scale-up announces new COO

●Naked Energy appoints Steve Craddock, who brings over 20 years of experience in engineering and infrastructure, to cement its global presence
● Naked Energy is leading global innovation in solar heat and solar PVT technology - this hire builds on last year’s £17 million funding round from Barclays and E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions

Crawley, 1st December 2025: British solar heat tech disruptor Naked Energy has announced the appointment of Steve Craddock as Chief Operating Officer (COO). With over 20 years of experience in the engineering and infrastructure sector, Steve has led major projects and teams across multinational firms including SPIE Group and DAR Group. His career spans the renewables, utilities, and infrastructure sectors, working across Abu Dhabi, the US, and the UK. His appointment comes at an exciting time for Naked Energy, following the company’s £17m investment from E.ON and Barclays to accelerate growth and global deployment of its solar technology. Naked Energy’s solar heat and electricity Virtu product range is the world’s highest energy density solar technology. It saves up to four times the amount of carbon as standard solar PV panels and generates zero carbon heat independent of the grid.Before joining Naked Energy, Steve served as Managing Director at UL, a leading energy and infrastructure group, where he oversaw significant business growth. Throughout his career, Steve has been instrumental in driving international expansion, securing large sustainability contracts with globally recognised organisations, and leading business growth strategies that have transformed the companies he’s worked with. With a number of major projects featuring Naked Energy’s innovative solar heat technology underway across the UK, Europe, and the US – including the British Library – Steve’s international experience will strengthen the company’s position as a leading global clean energy technology provider. Christophe Williams, CEO of Naked Energy, said: “It’s fantastic to have Steve join the Naked Energy team. We’re entering an exciting and incredibly important phase of the business, and his experience achieving significant growth for companies in the energy sector will accelerate our mission. “His track record is remarkably impressive, and it’s exciting to have his international expertise help us to change energy for good. ” Steve Craddock, COO of Naked Energy, said: “I’m thrilled to join Naked Energy at such an exciting stage of its growth. The company’s technology has the potential to transform how we think about heat anddecarbonisation, and I’m looking forward to working with this talented team to accelerate our global impact.”ENDSFor all press enquiries please contact nakedenergy@harpswood.comAbout Naked EnergyNaked Energy is a British design and engineering business, leading the global innovation in solar heat and solar PVT. Naked Energy’s mission is to change energy for good, by decarbonising heat, the largest global energy end use in buildings across the world.Naked Energy’s high energy density solutions are capable of decarbonising heat cost-effectively and with limited space; its solar PVT technology delivers up to four times the carbon savings per m2 in comparison to conventional solar PV.