Our team

rb&m’s managing partners Sue Bloomfield and Colin Meek offer a unique combination of technical, consumer, research and report-writing expertise, a wealth of experience in consumers’ involvement in the transition to net zero and a thorough understanding of the policy landscape within which that transition is taking place.

The managing partners have carried out ground-breaking research on consumer energy transition issues and, using their expertise and experience in consumer law and best practice, have developed industry monitoring and audit strategies for energy services designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

Meet the Team

Managing Partners

  • Sue has worked on consumer protection issues for over 30 years (and known Colin for nearly as long!). Initially a writer and researcher for Which? before ‘graduating’ to Policy Research Manager, Sue has also been a consultant to consumer bodies and has written or edited a range of policy reports and consumer rights guides.

    Since 2008, her focus has been consumer protection in the decentralised and renewable energy sectors. She has developed and monitored compliance with codes of practice and standards for oversight bodies such as the Renewable Energy Consumer Code, the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body, Heat Trust and FlexAssure, as well as working with government and Ofgem on the Assignment of Rights scheme in renewable heat.

    With a background in evidence-based policy and an MSc in research methods, Sue has also delighted in delivering consumer and policy research for MCS to support the transition to net zero.

    A passionate advocate of making information accessible to consumers, Sue has written or co-authored a series of plain-language consumer guides to battery storage, home EV chargepoints and most recently to the flexible energy future.

    Outside of work she can be heard singing with passion but little expertise as a member of the Cherry Pie choir (gigs in New York and the Royal Albert Hall two notable highlights) or found gamely paddling up and down the Thames in a quad. 

  • Colin is a fierce supporter of renewable energy and better practical and technical solutions for decarbonising UK’s built environment. He has worked on decentralised energy issues full-time for over 15 years as a consumer policy and research expert and now sits on four UK renewable energy technical working groups - developing skills in standards development and driving work on improving performance forecasting methods.

    His fusion of practical, academic and theoretical skills offers a unique perspective on the energy transition. Colin holds an MSc in Sustainability in Energy Provision and Demand Management (Distinction) and in 2023:

    • qualified as a Retrofit Coordinator through a Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management; and

    • gained a certificate in Nature Based Solutions after completing an intensive 4-week construction course building an autonomous learning centre in the Austrian Alps.

    Recent work has included:

    • development of a CO2 mitigation models;

    • ground-breaking research on heat pump performance and the thermal efficiency of housing and fuel poverty; and

    • development of industry codes and standards and associated compliance regimes and audit strategies.

    Colin was co-coordinator and co-author of the MCS and RECC Best Practice Guide to the Installation of Heat Pumps and has worked as an expert witness for the Serious Fraud Office.

    Colin learned the craft of research working first with Which? (with Sue!) as a Principal and Research Manager for Which? and later on investigative projects for a range of publications and organisations including Which?, the Times, the BMJ and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

    Colin lives, works, swims, runs and climbs in a remote corner of the Highlands where he is working on multi-agency campaigns for just decarbonisation and better housing.

Partners and Associates

  • Jacqueline has more than 25 years’ experience both internationally and in the UK, addressing sustainable development and public health challenges and enabling organisations to deliver strategic results.

    Over the last eleven years she has developed unique expertise crafting and monitoring industry standards in the decentralised and low carbon energy sectors and carrying out policy and consumer research to support the energy transition to zero carbon.