The speakers of 2024 who inspire, motivate, and provided a catalyst for sustainable growth.
Headline Speakers
Councillor Jonathan Pryor
Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council and Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Sustainable Development
Ed Gillespie
Co-Presenter Jon Richardson & the Futurenauts
Jon Richardson
Actor, Writer, Co-Presenter Jon Richardson & the Futurenauts
Kevin McCloud
Designer, Writer, TV Presenter
Mark Stevenson
Mary Portas OBE
Businesswoman, Broadcaster, Author & Activist
Mayor Tracy Brabin
Mayor of West Yorkshire
Professor Nick Plant
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation, University of Leeds, UK
Speakers
Abiola Ogunsami
Ambassador, Regeneration Brainery
Adam Ashman
Head of Strategic Planning, Yorkshire Water
Adam Bastock
Ali Morpeth
Consultant, Healthy& Sustainable Diets @WWF
Alistair Little
Regional General Manager , Yorkshire at Biffa
Amandeep Kaur Maan
Co-founder, EcoSikhUK
Andrew White
Senior Project Manager, Leeds City Council
Anna Ashford
Head of ALT Legal, ALT Legal
Ash Wray
Founder, C3 Group
Caroline Jones
External Affairs Lead, C-Capture Ltd
Charlie Winstanley
Head of Regional Economic Change, CLES
Chris Smith
Lead Consultant – Resource Efficiency & Circularity, Beyondly
Claire Burns
People Director, Abraham moon
Claire Thew
Sustainability Consultant, Venture Zero
Dave Healy
Director of Geosolutions, University of Leeds
David Loseby
Professor, Leeds University Business School
David Nugent
Chief Executive, Canopy Housing
Declan Williams
Head of Partnerships , The Sustainability Community LTD
Dev Sharma
Youth MP & Food Activist, UK Youth Parliament
Dr Alan James
Founder, Expert Alliance
Dr Colm Bowe
Nature North Development Manager, Nature North
Dr Lynn Wilson
Director, Circular Design Synergy Limited
Dr Ruth Brown-Shepherd
Managing Director, Responsive Learning CIC
Emma Knight-Strong
Founder and Sustainability Adviser, Green Arch Consulting
Emmanuel Matuka
Youth activist, Biteback 2030
Erin McGurk
Founder, Girl Economics
Eve Roodhouse
Chief Officer, Culture and Economy at Leeds City Council
Fatima Garcia
Data Consultant, The Data City
Faye Tomson
Founder/Director, Tomson Consulting Ltd
Fiona Bolam
Head of Economic Policy, Leeds City Council
Fiona Conor
Managing Director, Trust Electric Heating
Fiona Ras Jones
Director, Mission Works
George Machin
Director of Engineering Apprenticeships, DN Colleges group
Helen Grayshan
Climate Change Programme and Partnerships Manager, Wakefield Council
Jennifer Brennan
Founding Director, Harlow Consulting
Jo Cutter
Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations and Unite the Union Equality and Inclusion Officer, University of Leeds
Joanna Hynes
Chief Operating Officer, Leeds Trinity University
John Burgess
Partnership Manager, Make It Wild
Jonathan Straight
Purposeful entrepreneur and food waste campaigner
Jonathan Williams
Head of Development, FareShare Yorkshire
Jude Daniel Smith
Communications Specialist/Youth Social Action Campaigner, A Fleet for Change
Kate Hutchinson
Founder and Director, The Sustainability Community LTD
Katy Longstaff
Technical Product Manager, Abraham moon
Kevin Allen
Head of Innovation & Partnerships, AI Tech UK
Lella Violet Halloum
Digital Changemaker, IBM
Liam Gillard
Senior programme manager, Salix Finance
Lucinda Yeadon
Social Impact Manager, CEG
Lucy Meredith
Marketing & Sustainability Lead, Leeds Community Homes
Marcus Rafael
Customer Service Officer - Pharma & Nutrition, BTC Europe
Martyn Broadest
Director of Home, Connect Housing
Martyn Long
Director of City Strategies and Future Talent, Creaticity
Matt Wheeler
Co-Founder & Digital Director, madeby.studio
Meshi Taka
Associate Director (Project Lead for Project Groundwater Northumbira), Waterman Aspen (seconded to Gateshead Council)
Michael Devlin
Deputy Chief Executive, Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
Michaela Lindridge
Head of ESG, Severfield.
Naomi Timperley
Co Founder, Tech North Advocates
Natasha Nauth
Commissioner, YHCC
Nathan Atkinson
Co-Founder, Rethink Food
Neil Dewis
Director, WSP UK
Nicola Martin
Head of Sustainability, Transpennine Express
Nigel Banks
Technical Director - Zero Bills and Low Carbon Homes , Octopus Energy
Niki Roach
Honorary Vice President, CIWEM
Pam Warhurst
Incredible Edible CIC
Pete Tatham
Hyde Oark
Professor George Lodorfos
Dean of the Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University
Richard Bond
Innovation and Services Director , The Coal Authority
Richard Clarke
Managing Director, Highland Carbon Ltd
Richard Hore
Corporate Partnerships Manager , Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
Richelle Schuster
Co-Founder, Creaticity
Rod Brown
Managing Director, Abraham Moon & Sons
Saj Greenall
Energy Strategy Manager, Northern Gas Network
Sam Perry
Green Bargaining Officer, Yorkshire and Humber TUC
Sean Coleman
Sustainability Consultant – Carbon Accounting, Beyondly and Energy Efficiency
Sharon Jandu
Director, NPH Ethnic Minority Business & Policy Forum
Simon Middleton
Head Of Direct Sales, Engie
Stephen Crow
Clarion Solicitors
Susanna Jackson
Lead Consultant – Sustainability and ESG, Beyondly
Tim Frenneaux
Radical, Tim Frenneaux & Co
Tony Gosling
Blast Furnace Shift Fitter and Community Union Branch Secretary, British Steel, Scunthorpe
Vickie Rogerson
Founder and MD, North PR
Vincent Walsh
Director, RegenFarmCo
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