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Susan Alexander, Director Research and Communication Director of Alexander Ballard Ltd, Susan leads our communications team. She 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...]

David Ballard, Director David is a Director of Alexander Ballard Ltd and leads many of our consulting projects. He has also played a leading role in the development of the PACT framework. 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...]

Penny Walker, Consultancy team 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, Consultancy team 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...]

Tim Malnick, Consultancy team 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...]

Helen Baron, Advisory Panel Helen Baron is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years experience as a psychologist. She specialises in two areas - equal opportunities and psychometric research and development. 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. Her expertise has helped us considerably in the development of our PACT tool.[more...]

Tracey Logan, Communications team Tracey Logan is an established broadcaster and science journalist, presenting and producing reports and documentaries for BBC radio. She is also an experienced online webcast and TV science show host. Newly freelance following a fifteen-year career as a Senior Broadcast Journalist in BBC Science Radio, Tracey's recent broadcasts include regular reports on Science in Action and Digital Planet for the BBC World Service and on Radio 4's Leading Edge.[more...]

Carole Bond, Consultancy team 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...]

David Bowen-Jones , Communications team David has produced, directed and edited prestigious documentaries for most of the world's major networks and two of his programmes have been nominated for Emmy awards. Corporate video projects for top 100 UK companies and major global players have covered mergers and acquisitions, award-winning training programmes, analyst & AGM presentations, stock market flotations, and detailed presentations on IT, molecular biology, nuclear issues, defense related activities, water supply and drainage technologies, automotive, investment, insurance, pensions, sport, sponsorship, etc. [more...]

Rochelle Mortier, Consultancy team Rochelle's experience comprises 14 years in accounting, finance and financial management consulting and 5 years on research and advocacy on sustainable investment and responsible business practices, especially pertaining to issues of international development and climate change. Rochelle began her career with Cargill, a US commodity and trading multinational where she was trained in audit, trading accounting and finance in the UK and the Netherlands. After completion of an MBA she worked as a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse on corporate finance and strategic change projects and as a senior finance manager for MCI WorldCom managing finance-driven change programmes.[more...]

Stephen Peake, Advisory Panel As well as an enthusiastic teacher (Fellow in Management Science, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Technologies, Open University) and media communicator, Dr Peake is a professional consultant, facilitator and media advisor. Originally trained as a physicist, Stephen gained a PhD in Engineering and Management from the University of Cambridge, where he also worked as Research Associate in corporate environmental management and auditing. From 1993-1995 he was Research Fellow in the Energy and Environmental Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, during which time he was seconded for several months to group planning at Shell International Petroleum Company in London. [more...]