Experience

UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Advisor

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Working with UKGBC to support Greater Manchester Combined Authority and other stakeholders with the development of the policy, strategy and guidance for a low carbon, sustainable built environment in the city region. Working with UKGBC to support Greater Manchester Combined Authority and other stakeholders with the development of the policy, strategy and guidance for a low carbon, sustainable built environment in the city region.



pro-manchester

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co Chair Green Economy Group

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  pro-manchester is the leading business networking organisation for the professional services in the region. The Green Economy Group aims to raise the profile of the contribution that the professional services sector is making, promote knowledge sharing and collaboration and support the development of regional strategies and policy that advance the green economy. pro-manchester is the leading business networking organisation for the professional services in the region. The Green Economy Group aims to raise the profile of the contribution that the professional services sector is making, promote knowledge sharing and collaboration and support the development of regional strategies and policy that advance the green economy.



WSP in the UK

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Director - Sustainability & Energy

  • Apr 2007 - Present

  WSP has a global team of 50,000+ specialist engineering, environmental, energy and sustainability consultants. I am based in the UK and I lead the Commercial Real Estate sector development strategy for our Planning and Advisory business. My client work focuses on ESG, sustainability and carbon strategy for owners and investors in real estate and infrastructure. Current projects include:- Global Airport Carbon Accreditation programme on behalf of Airports Council International. The programme currently has ~330 airports participating and recently launched a new level for airports to align their carbon reduction trajectories with the 1.5 / 2 degC pathways.- ESG advisory services for CBRE Global Investors real estate funds.- Portfolio of net zero carbon / ESG assessments for Nuveen Real Estate- Sustainability guidelines for real estate acquisition, development and refurbishment for global merchant bank - MEES advice for clients including Aberdeen Standard Investments, BlackRock Real Assets and Schroders Real Estate Investment.- 2030 sustainability roadmap for a UK airport



Entec

• Associate Director

  • Dec 1997 - Mar 2007

  I was responsible for Entec's Sustainable Business services which included:- Energy and Carbon Management- Corporate Responsibility- Environmental Management - Waste LogisticsI led many of Entec's carbon management contracts, particularly through their appointment with The Carbon Trust, including projects for UK Water Sector, Astra Zeneca, Kronospan, Severn Trent plc.I also worked extensively for the water sector including:- Carbon Management for several water companies- Development of sustainability indicators for UK water industry- Tariff studies and cost modelling, e.g. trade effluent treatmentI was also an advisor on the Envirowise national Helpline for several years, providing waste minimisation and environmental advice to a wide range of both private sector businesses and public sector organisations. In addition, I implemented waste minimisation programmes for businesses, developed best practice guides and developed and delivered industry training workshops.



Atkins

• United Kingdom
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Process Engineer

  • Jun 1989 - Dec 1997

  I joined Atkins after two years as a process engineer for Marathon Oil in Aberdeen and then two years for RTZ Chemicals (as was) manufacturing speciality chemicals in Manchester.Initially I carried on with process engineering design, particularly for a sulphonation plant expansion for ICI in Belgium. A comnination of the early '90's recession and the launch of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 saw me start to get involved with environmental services. This included BATNEEC research for various industry sectors for the UK Government and a number of regional and sectoral waste minimisation programmes.I decided to focus on environmental consultancy and in my time with Atkins had a very wide range range of experiece including:- Waste minimisation projects with >100 companies in many different sectors- IPC and other regualtory compliance services for industry- Development of environmental management systems- Due diligence auditing- Safety studies, including HAZOP, relief and blowdown



RTZ Chemicals

• Process Engineer

  • May 1987 - Jun 1989

  Process engineer working on pilot plant design and process debottlenecking Process engineer working on pilot plant design and process debottlenecking



Marathon Oil Corporation

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Process Engineer

  • Sep 1985 - May 1987

  Process operations support to Brae A platform (Aberdeen) Process operations support to Brae A platform (Aberdeen)