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Victoria Hurth is a Fellow of the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Visiting Fellow of Cambridge Judge Business School. She works at the intersect of academia and day-to-day business, focusing on purpose, governance, marketing, leadership, strategy and culture. She has over 20 years’ consulting experience, having previously worked for 3M and Accenture and been an Associate Professor of Sustainable Business. Victoria is currently Convenor of ISO37000: a global standard on ‘Governance of Organizations' (ISO37000) and led work on Indicators for Governance (ISOTC309/AHG5). She reviews ISAR Honors for UNCTAD and was on the UNCTAD/UNEP Task Force developing a methodology for SDG indicator 12.6.1. Victoria is the Climate Change theme lead for Common Ground Research Network and Scientific Advisor for Scientist’s Warning Foundation. She founded a social enterprise, served on a regional social enterprise committee and is currently Non-Executive Director of the Soil Association Certification Ltd and FTB Lawsons Ltd.

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John Elkington, Co-Founder & Chief Pollinator at Volans, is one of the founders of the global sustainability movement, an experienced advisor to business, and a highly regarded keynote speaker and contributor, from conferences to advisory boards.

In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People’ in London, describing him as “a true green business guru”, and as “an evangelist for corporate social and environmental responsibility long before it was fashionable”. In 2009, a CSR International survey of the Top 100 CSR leaders placed John fourth: after Al Gore, Barack Obama and the late Anita Roddick of the Body Shop, and alongside Muhammad Yunus of the Grameen Bank.

John has addressed over 1,000 conferences around the world. He was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He has served on over 70 boards and advisory boards. John has won numerous awards and is the author or co-author of 19 books. The twentieth, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism, was published by Fast Company Press in April 2020.

Matthew’s background combines an in-depth understanding of environmental policy with long experience of representing business interests to policy makers at devolved, UK and EU levels.

Before joining EIC, Matthew spent three years as Director of Policy at the Environmental Services Association, the trade association representing the UK’s waste and resource management industry.

Before that he had a number of policy roles at the CBI, including stints as Head of Environment and Climate Change Policy and Head of Infrastructure Policy.  He also spent five years as Head of Policy for CBI Scotland, where he was responsible for all the CBI’s policy and lobbying interaction with the Scottish Government.

Mark Lewis is Global Head of Sustainability Research at BNP Paribas Asset Management, having joined in January 2019. Previously, he was Managing Director and Head of Research at the 
Carbon Tracker Initiative (April-December 2018), Managing Director and Head of European Utilities Research at Barclays (2015-18), Chief Energy Economist at Kepler Cheuvreux (2014-15), and Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Research at Deutsche Bank (2005-13). He has also been a member of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures since May 2016.

Mark is a UK and French Citizen and holds a BA (First-Class Hons) in Modern Languages and Economics from Sheffield University, an MPhil from Cambridge University, and an MA from London University.

In 2006 Ben took a life changing decision; leaving behind a career in industry, he founded Avieco (then Carbon Smart) with a mission to help UK and international businesses be smart about sustainability. He has been working in sustainability and business efficiency for over 23 years and has worked with many public and private organisations, leading wide ranging programmes to achieve performance improvements, behavioural changes and sustainable results. He is a well-known and sought-after member of the sustainability community in the UK. Ben oversees Avieco’s major client engagements, helping senior managers develop business focused strategies to address sustainability challenges.

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