Experience

Metsims Sustainability Consulting

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Managing Director

  • Apr 2011 - Present

  Metsims Sustainability Consulting, bespoke consultancy specialised in life cycle assessment, measuring sustainability, eco-cost, corporate and product carbon footprint and management, Resource efficiency, EU Ecolabel, Environmental product declarations and natural capital costing. • Developer of Turkish Life Cycle Inventory Database-TLCID ver.1.0 • Developer of Turkish Construction Products Life Cycle Inventory Database, TurCoMDat • Building Life Cycle Design, EU Level(s) Framework • Adviser to Operational Group for the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials. • Assessor for the FP7 NMT, ENV, Eureka, Eurostars and CorNet funding streams • Member of Technical Committee, The International EPD System. • Expert in EN 15804 compliant Environmental Product Declarations. • Founding Member of ECO-Platform • Head of R&D at Turkish Green Building Council, CEDBIK Show less



Digital Environmental Hub

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services

• Founder of Environmental Hub for Global Construction Products

  • Jan 2018 - Present



EPD International AB

• Sweden
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EPD Verifier | Chair of the Technical Committee | LCA Reviewer

  • Apr 2011 - Present



SDG Türkiye

• Türkiye
• Non-profit Organizations

• Project Director

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Managing this not-for-profit initiative to bring the best projects contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into limelight and broaden their effects to wider society without any green washing. Managing this not-for-profit initiative to bring the best projects contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into limelight and broaden their effects to wider society without any green washing.



Turkish Sustainability Code

• Türkiye
• Environmental Services

• Project Director

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Turkish Sustainability Code is adapted version of the German Sustainability Code (DNK) reporting standard introduced by The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) in 2010. It is the result of cooperation between RNE and the Turkish Center for Sustainable Production Research and Design (SÜRATAM) at the last quarter of 2018. Currently, the Turkish Sustainability Code is at a stage of consultation with stakeholders and work on an adaption of some of the criteria to the local conditions. The most important activities include networking to interlink relevant actors in the development and researching cooperation opportunities. An international team is formed and enthusiastically works on the adaption in the Istanbul office. Show less



The UK Ecolabel Centre

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services

• Co-Founder and Director

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  The UK Ecolabel Centre has been established by a team of UK experts in ecolabelling and product sustainability. Its aim is to provide a first point contact for information and advice on product ecolabelling, green or sustainable products, green public procurement policy and sustainable consumption. Its focus is on ecolabelling services for manufacturers and producers in the UK and around the world. Its scope is Type I Ecolabel and Type III EPD labels defined by the ISO 14024 and 14025 standards, respectively, for both b2c and b2b users. Show less



SÜRATAM Sustainability Services

• Türkiye
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor to Board

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  Research and Development on sustainable products and processes, and circular economy business models for industry. Research and Development on sustainable products and processes, and circular economy business models for industry.



European Commission

• Belgium
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advisor & Assessor

  • Apr 2008 - Apr 2011

  Advisor on technical evaluations of EU Ecolabel applications on behalf of UK Competent Body. Advisor on technical evaluations of EU Ecolabel applications on behalf of UK Competent Body.



Oakdene Hollins

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Renewables & Carbon Management

  • Sep 2007 - Apr 2011

  Consultancy services on the sustainable product and services, technology assessment and analyses, project assessment & monitoring, carbon management and renewable energy. Selected managed projects: • Lead a project on possible key rare metals bottlenecks for low carbon energy generation technologies defined by the EU Strategic Energy Technologies Plan (SET-Plan): EU Joint Research Centre Energy Institute, The Netherlands, March 2011 • Lead a project on developing a software toolkit to calculate the optimum life of a product based on various environmental indicators such as carbon, energy, ecological footprint, water and resource depletion, Waste & Resources Action Programme, March 2011 • Carbon footprint of remanufactured inkjet cartridges, Environmental Business Products Ltd., September 2010 • Technical advisor to UK Ecolabel Delivery Body, EU Commission, 2009-2011 • Technical adviser to grant review for the UK Northwest Development agency on energy and environment, 2009-2011. • Project monitor for UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB), 2008-2011. • Currently Assessor and Evaluator for Eureka Eurostars, Eco-Innovation, FP7 and CORNET funding streams. • Led a project on looking into the security of supply issues around rare earth metals for electric vehicles and wind turbines, UK Department for Transport, May 2010. • Pre-feasibility study (technical, financial and carbon) on energy from landfill gas project in Turkey, ERA Environmental Technologies, 2010. • Delivered a techno-economic and environmental assessment of novel lead battery recycling technology developed by Cambridge University, 2009. • Conducted LCA for carbon footprint of remanufactured products: Toner cartridges, cutting tools, gearboxes, photovoltaic panels, Defra, 2008-2011. • Completed the construction of a production cost model and review of two existing Titanium production technologies for headroom cost for a new competing technology to raise further funding for investment (confidential), 2008. Show less



Johnson Matthey

• United Kingdom
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Scientist

  • May 2006 - Sep 2007

  Acted as technical consultant for Johnson Matthey and Anglo Platinum related to high temperature processes including pyrometallurgy, refining and materials performance.• Involved in the optimisation efforst for the high temperature precious metals recycling process and provided technical expertise.

• Research Scientist

  • Apr 2003 - May 2006

  Technical consulting in smelting furnace optimisation, process development and optimisation, thermodynamic modelling of indutrial processes, Precious metal recycling.• Developed and implemented a thermodynamic based process model to control industrial smelting furnace for Anglo Platinum of S. Africa (Copyrighted). • Advised regularly on alloy developments for catalytic applications, hydrogen storage, gas purification processes, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Reading.• Organised and delivered various workshops on the use of computational thermochemistry in materials and process developments, Anglo Platinum. Show less



National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scientist

  • Jun 2003 - May 2004

  JM sponsored one-year secondment for high temperature process modelling and thermodynamic database development at UK National Physical Laboratory. • Excelled in thermodynamic database and process development, mastered the use of MTDATA, a thermochemistry software package from NPL. • Achieved technology transfer from NPL to Johnson Matthey. JM sponsored one-year secondment for high temperature process modelling and thermodynamic database development at UK National Physical Laboratory. • Excelled in thermodynamic database and process development, mastered the use of MTDATA, a thermochemistry software package from NPL. • Achieved technology transfer from NPL to Johnson Matthey.



University of Bath

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Jan 2000 - Mar 2003

  Processing and piezoelectric characterisation of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) based functional ceramics and composites for low frequency sensing transducers. • Supervised laboratory practical on mechanical testing of metals and microstructure characterisation. • Managed the project on day-to-day basis, presented technical papers and exploited of further research possibilities. Processing and piezoelectric characterisation of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) based functional ceramics and composites for low frequency sensing transducers. • Supervised laboratory practical on mechanical testing of metals and microstructure characterisation. • Managed the project on day-to-day basis, presented technical papers and exploited of further research possibilities.