Click on one of the links below to see more about some of the current members of our team.
 | | Susan Alexander, Non-Executive Director |
As one of the founder directors of Alexander Ballard Ltd Susan was part of the core team which developed and trialled the acclaimed PACT framework for progressing organisational responses to climate change. Her position now involves her in reviewing business strategy and acting as "critical friend" in the Board Room. [more...] |
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 | | David Ballard, Director |
David is Director of Consultancy and Innovation for Alexander Ballard Ltd and leads many of our larger projects. He led the development of the PACT framework for organisational capacity development in response to climate change. David's strong background in business strategy, his many years of sustainable development experience and his deep understanding of change at the organisational, personal and social level gives him a unique command of the issues inherent in developing powerful and creative responses to climate change and other related issues. [more...] |
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 | | Callum MacGregor, Director of Information Systems |
Callum is the Technical Architect who designed our unique PACT software system. With ten years experience in IT roles in a variety of organisations, Callum has a BSc in Maths and Artificial Intelligence from Edinburgh University and an MPhil in Computer Speech and Language Processing from Cambridge University. He is constantly striving to make the abstract real.[more...] |
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 | | Penny Walker, Consultancy team |
Penny has a twenty 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...] |
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 | | Helen Baron, Advisory Panel |
Helen Baron is a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years experience working with people in organisations. Her leading-edge expertise in the development and testing of organisational and individual evidence-based assessment processes has played an important role in ensuring the validity and usability of our PACT self-assessment processes. As an independent consultant she advises many organisations on the design and implementation of effective, evidence based selection systems. In addition she helps organisations formulate equal opportunities policy and promote fairness in selection and other areas. [more...] |
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 | | Carole Bond, Consultancy team |
An environmental scientist, sustainability practitioner and marketing professional Carole has more than 25 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...] |
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 | | Stephen Peake, Advisory Panel |
A leading academic and teacher with many years of experience in the world of sustainable development and energy policy and with roles at the Open University and at the University of Cambridge, Stephen Peake has offered considerable academic advice in the development of PACT, ABL's world-leading framework for assessment and development of organisational responses to climate change. Stephen frequently lectures on PACT approaches to a range of audiences, from MBA students to Senior Professionals in major international development bodies.[more...] |
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 | | Doogie Black, Director |
ABL's Director of Operations, Doogie has worked in Sustainable Development for the past fifteen years. From a background in forestry, development and climate change, in 2003 he played a central role in the acclaimed EU-funded ESPACE Project, focusing on behaviour change, organisational change management, and climate change strategy. A member of the core team that developed ABL's PACT framework, Doogie has worked extensively with organisations ranging from local authorities through to multinational corporate organisations and has been heavily involved in the UK's first Climate Change Risk Assessment. [more...] |
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 | | Marilyn Reed, Office Manager |
Marilyn Reed is our Office Manager with responsibility for our quality system and office procedures, also for bookkeeping etc. She joined us in 2007.
Marilyn's background is in quality management in the electronics sector, during which time she travelled as far as Japan to work on supplier improvement processes and other aspects of corporate quality management.[more...] |
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 | | Nick Anderson, Account Manager |
Nick is an energetic, creative and practical senior marketing and business development practitioner with extensive experience of defining and then implementing complex consultancy and strategic communications projects with a wide range of clients. He has considerable experience of working in the sustainability field, particularly on transport and energy issues, but also more generally.[more...] |
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