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Susan Alexander, Research and Communication Director of Alexander Ballard Ltd, Susan left the BBC to consult on climate change communication and strategy. Recently she has led an important project on the leadership role of climate change 'champions' and played a key role in research on behaviour change and on the consequent strategy implications. Susan's expertise in communication is widely endorsed, particularly by senior scientists. [more...]

Penny Walker, Penny has an eighteen year track record in catalysing change for sustainable development. She helps clients to learn about sustainability, identify where they can make a difference, and overcome barriers so as to build excellent solutions.Penny is Co-ordinator of the Association for Management Education and Development (AMED) Sustainable Development Network and a Full Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). [more...]

Melanie Newman, Melanie has particular expertise in the aviation and transport sectors. She has 15 years senior management experience with British Airways ranging from operational roles to strategy development in UK and overseas. In 2000, she developed the company's strategy for corporate responsibility, a new code of conduct and their first social and environmental report. As a consultant, Melanie works with senior management teams in the private and public sectors to improve strategies, policies, practice and performance for sustainable development.[more...]

David Ballard, David is a Director of Alexander Ballard Ltd and leads many of our projects. David's strong background in business strategy, his prolonged experience of working in the sustainability field in the commercial and governmental sectors and his deep understanding of change at the organisational, personal and social level gives him a unique command of the issues inherent in developing commercially sharp and creative responses to climate change and other related issues. [more...]

Robert Weston, Robert has worked in corporate responsibility strategy, organisational change, education, training and communications for twenty years. He has published three books and many articles on the topic; spoken at, facilitated and chaired numerous conferences and seminars and worked with a wide range of global, regional and national client organisations in the private, public and NGO sectors. Recently he has focused his work on the strategic and organisational implications of climate change.[more...]

Carole Bond, An environmental scientist, sustainability practitioner and marketing professional Carole has more than 24 years business experience working in the steel industry, media, engineering, government at all levels and multi-sector consultancy. For the past 17 years she has specialised in environment and sustainable development with a focus on raising awareness, promoting attitudinal shifts and supporting behavioural change around sustainable development issues in organisations across all sectors. [more...]

Tim Malnick, Tim's experience on organisational change and leadership comes from extensive consultancy in the Banking, Retail, and Electronics sectors. With many years of experience of the sustainability agenda, Tim is a core tutor on the University of Bath's renowned MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice, where he works with managers at all stages of their careers to support them in finding their own responses to issues such as climate change. [more...]