Recent Contributors to the Programme

Interactive panel discussions with major figures are a key feature of our training events. You will get the chance to explore leadership issues with sustainable development experts. We are very grateful to all our friends and supporters from government, business, NGOs and Academia who shared their knowledge and experience with our Associates during previous LEAD Europe Programmes. We’d like to thank everyone who helped us to achieve our goal of delivering a truly diverse cross sectoral learning experience including:

Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General, United Nations (UN)

James Alvarez, Negotiation Specialist

John Ashton, Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Paloma Agrasot, ENP Campaigner, WWF-European Policy Office

Sian Berry, Green Party, UK

Stella Bland, Head of Communications, CABE

James Briggs, Associate, Buro Four

Tom Burke, E3G

Prof. Dr. Tom Casier, Brussels School of International Studies

Tom Crompton, Change Strategist, WWF

Chris Davies, Member of European Parliament, UK

Jos Dings, Director, European Federation of Transport and Environment

Steve Drummond, Managing Director, CO2e

Jean Fabre, Deputy Director, Greening & Sustainable Development, UNDP

David Ferguson, Corporate Responsibility Manager, EDF Energy

Dusty Gedge, Co-founder, Living Roofs

Ben Gill, Director, BioRegional Consulting

Mel Grech, Principle Consultant, Pinnacle

Mark Halle, Director, European Representative, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Nick Harrison, Former Head of Evidence, Creating Excellence, LEAD Europe Fellow

Satu Hassi, Member of European Parliament, Finland

Jim Haywood, Environment Director, Business in the Community

Adrain Hewitt, Founder, Merton Rule

Ingrid Holmes, Policy Advisor, Climate Change Capital

Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group

Paul Clements-Hunt, Head, United Nationals Environment Programme Finance Initative

Tony Juniper, Director, Friends of the Earth

Charlie Kanareck, Senior Housing Manager, Clapton Par

Vesile Kulacoglu, Director of Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization

Sanjeev Kumar, ETS Coordinator, WWF- European Policy Office

Julia Marton-Lefevre, Director-General, IUCN

Roger Madelin, CEO, Argent Group Plc

Hugo-Maria Schally, Head of Unit (Multilateral Environmental Issues), DG Environment

The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, Former Minister for Environment, UK

Donnachadh MeCarthy, Environmentalist, Green Lifestyle Coach

Daniela Meilmann, Sustainability Consultant, International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)

Robert McKinnon, Head of Business and Communities Marketing, Energy Saving Trust

Ciaran Mundy, Trustee and Acting Director, One World Wildlife

Paula Orr, Consultant, Collingwood Environmental Planning

Janos Pasztor, Director, Environment Management Group Secretariat, UN

Stephen Peake, Head of Climate Leadership MBA course, Cambridge University’s Judge Institute

Matt Prescott, Director, RSA / CarbonLimited

Pamela Puchalski, Projects Coordinator, London School of Economics Urban Age Programme

Del Redvers, Head of Sustainability, BMT Cordah

Sue Riddleston, Executive Director and Co-Founder, BioRegional

Chris Rutherford, Fleet and Depot Manager, Islington Council

Richard Rugg, Head of the Public Sector, Carbon Trust

Colonel Mike Ryan, Military Attaché, US Permanent Representation to the EU

Heru Santoso, Project Coordinator, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Johnansyah Salim, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Emil Salim, Chair, Yayasam Pembangunan

Christian Saublens, Executive Director, EURADA

Lucy Shea, Strategy Director, Futerra

Surendra Shrestha, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Region, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Stephan Singer, Head of European Climate and Energy Policy Unit, WWF- European Policy Office

Simon Stocker, Executive Director, EUROSTEP

Achim Steiner, Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Maurice Strong, former Undersecretary General of the UN

Matt Sullivan, Exhibition and Training Manager, BedZED (BioRegional)

Monique Sumampouw, Project Leader, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Sir Crispin Tickell, Chancellor of the University of Kent (UK), and Convenor of the UK Government’s Panel on Sustainable Development

Frauke Thies, EU Energy Campaigner-Renewable Energy, Greenpeace

Daphne Thissen, Founder, The Partnership Builder

Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament, Luxembourg

Raymond Van Ermen, Executive Director, European Partners for the Environment (EPE)

Kim Vanguers, Renewable Energy House

Stefaan Vergote, Deputy Head of Unit, Unit C5 Energy & Environment, DG Environment

Jim Walker, The Climate Group

Bob West, Former Head of the Kings Cross Team, London Borough of Camden

Michael Williams, Information Officer, UNEP

Jon Williams, Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change, PWC

Briony Webb, Consultant

Ewald Wermuth, Counsellor for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Peter Wollaert, General Manager, Café de Fiennes

Anders Wijkman, Member of European Parliament, Sweden

Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador for Millennium Development Goals

Tomas Wyns, Policy Officer (EU ETS and Energy), Climate Action Network-Europe