Devrim Celal

Devrim is the CEO of KrakenFlex, formerly Upside Energy, which joined the Octopus Energy Group in 2020 to add another layer of capabilities to Octopus’s energy technology platform, ‘Kraken’. Kraken was launched to market four years ago, offering utility clients end-to-end customer management through one simple solution aimed at helping utilities and their customers transition into a decarbonized future. Kraken’s cloud-based flexibility platform controls and optimises distributed energy resources such as batteries of all sizes, EVs, solar and wind generation or heat pumps with machine learning and AI to match electricity supply and demand, helping the electricity grid deal with the natural volatility of renewable generation. Kraken is currently contracted to manage and optimise over 5.5 GW of power, including over 80,000 consumer electric vehicles. Before starting KrakenFlex, Devrim’s professional career saw him take up executive roles with blue chip management consultancies and finance companies such as Publicis Sapient, Kearney and Lansdowne. He holds an MBA from Yale University and is Deputy Chair of the Thames Estuary Growth Board, where he co-chairs the decarbonisation committee, and an independent non-executive director of Elexon.