Turning policy into
real world progress
Catalyse Europe believes that accelerating Europe’s transition to a clean-energy economy will ensure its long-term prosperity and security. By leveraging deep expertise and market-driven innovation, we help Europe advance amidst increasing geopolitical uncertainty, turning policy into real world progress.
We identify and build opportunities for Europe to rapidly reduce emissions through building technological strength and unlocking scale.
Our grants demonstrate our ambition and desire to catalyse systemic change. We support targeted strategies to promote practical implementation.
We convene across ecosystems, identify critical analysis needs and form meaningful partnerships to amplify Europe’s leadership in the clean-energy economy.
Our grantees
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Grants are a core tool through which Catalyse Europe turns strategy into real world impact. We use targeted, outcomes driven funding to support organisations that can accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition, strengthen industrial competitiveness and advance energy security. Our grants are designed to back practical implementation, rigorous analysis and credible advocacy, helping ideas move from policy ambition to delivery.
Our funders
The work of Catalyse Europe is carried out with the support of Sequioa Climate Foundation, Quadrature Climate Foundation and European Climate Foundation.
Our team
Ann Mettler
President
Ann brings more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of public policy, technology, innovation and industrial strategy. She has advised global leaders including Bill Gates and Jean-Claude Juncker, and has held senior roles across European and international institutions. From 2020 to 2025, she served as Vice President for Europe at Breakthrough Energy, following five years as Director General of the European Political Strategy Centre, the European Commission’s in house think tank, which she led to global recognition
Jon Fuller
Executive Director
Jon brings over two decades of experience across government and the private sector, specialising in energy and climate policy, infrastructure investment, national security and technology. He has held senior leadership roles within the UK Government, including as Deputy Director at HM Treasury, where he led work on energy, environment and agriculture
Caroline Postel
Chief Operations Officer
Caroline is an operational leader with more than 20 years of experience driving performance, transformation and growth across international media and mission driven organisations. She spent over 14 years at Dow Jones, where she held senior leadership roles across New York and London, building and scaling new business units, leading major digital and organisational transformations and managing multi million dollar P and Ls. Known as a change agent, Caroline has led complex operational set ups and fast growth initiatives, aligning people, processes and systems to deliver sustained results in high pressure environments.
Kelsey Paulding
EU Director
Kelsey brings deep experience in EU policy, public affairs and regulatory strategy, working at the intersection of industrial policy, competitiveness and the clean energy transition. She has led EU and Member State level engagement across energy, sustainable finance and emerging technologies, advising policymakers and stakeholders on accelerating deployment of existing solutions to strengthen energy security and long term investment. She previously served as a Partner at Kreab Worldwide, advising companies, NGOs and associations on EU public affairs strategy, following earlier experience as a policy adviser in the European Parliament focusing on economic and monetary affairs.
Rudi Roberts
Director
Rudi brings senior advisory experience from working with national governments and multilateral institutions, operating at the intersection of climate policy, economic strategy and international diplomacy. He has held leadership roles within flagship global initiatives, designing ambitious multi-year strategies and overseeing governance reform, resource mobilisation and delivery. He has shaped political strategy at the highest levels of international climate diplomacy, working through established multilateral fora including the UNFCCC, G7, G20 and wider UN system, while also building bespoke coalitions of the willing to accelerate progress where normative partnerships prove to be too slow. His work focuses on converting political ambition into coordinated, durable implementation across complex international systems.
Chris McFadyen
Communications Manager
Chris is a communications professional with a background in politics and advocacy, focused on shaping clear, credible narratives around climate, energy and industrial policy. He brings experience translating complex analysis into accessible messaging that supports policy delivery, stakeholder engagement and coalition building. Chris specialises in strategic communications that connect evidence, policy and real world impact, helping accelerate practical solutions to Europe’s clean energy transition.
Aarthi Ajit
Head of Grant Operations
Aarthi brings a strong background in grant management, research and organisational operations, with experience spanning international policy environments, academia and mission driven organisations. She previously worked at Breakthrough Energy, supporting senior leadership and programme delivery across Europe, and earlier held research roles with the Embassy of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union and academic institutions in Europe and India. With doctoral training in the humanities and a career rooted in research, coordination and delivery, Aarthi specialises in building rigorous, well run grant processes that support strategic impact and long term outcomes.
Dorine Buchot
Research Manager
Dorine is a research professional with a strong interdisciplinary background spanning economics, international relations and public policy. She holds advanced degrees from the Paris School of Economics and the European University Institute, and has worked across policy research, geopolitical analysis and EU institutions. Her experience includes producing policy briefs, investor notes and analytical research for think tanks, consultancies and academic settings, as well as contributing to environmental and economic policy work at the European Parliament. Dorine brings rigorous analytical skills and a clear policy focus to research that supports evidence based decision making and real world impact.
