Having become its largest shareholder over past year, Ecotricity has now requested Dale Vince and Simon Crowfoot sit on Good Energy’s board – but Good Energy looks set to try and resist the move. Ecotricity’s Dale Vince and Simon Crowfoot have launched a shock bid for seats on the executive board of rival clean energy supplier Good Energy, prompting latter’s existing board members to brand the move as “not welcome”. Despite being direct competitors, Ecotricity has over the past year gradually acquired an increasing stake in Good Energy in order to become its largest single shareholder, with more than four million shares representing more than 25 per cent of Good Energy’s share capital.
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