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The Trustees
John
Elkington: www.johnelkington.com
A Trustee since 1994 and Chair of the Foundation since 1995, John
Elkington is a founder and now Chief Entrepreneur at the strategic
management consultancy and think-tank, SustainAbility Ltd, having
worked in the environmental field for well over 30 years. He has
consulted with companies, government organisations and NGOs. He is the
author or co-author of 16 books, most recently The Chrysalis
Economy (Capstone/John Wiley 2001). In 1989, he was elected to the
UN Global 500 Roll of Honour for his "outstanding environmental
achievements".
Dr Malcolm Aickin TD:
A founding Trustee of the Foundation, Dr Aickin has been Chair of The
Environment Council since 1988. He worked on environmental liabilities
in the insurance industry for ten years and was a principal at the
environmental consultancy Dames and Moore. He is also Chair of the RMC
Environment Fund and Chair of ebco: the Environmental Bodies Council.
Sir Geoffrey Chandler,
CBE
A Trustee for several years, Sir Geoffrey’s long career has included
the BBC; the Financial Times; Director of Shell International, where he
was instrumental in establishing Shell’s first business principles;
Director General of NEDO; Director of Industry Year 1986; and Chair of
the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. He has recently
retired as Chair of the Amnesty International UK Business Group. He has
written widely on business, human rights and corporate responsibility.
Ian Christie:
A Trustee since 1998, Ian Christie is Associate Director of the Local
Futures Group and a research associate of the independent think-tank
Demos, of which he was until early 1999 Deputy/Acting Director. He has
also worked with the Henley Centre for Forecasting and the Policy
Studies Institute. He has written widely on environmental issues,
regeneration and business involvement in the community, including
Managing Sustainable Development (with Professor Michael Carley).
Jane Nelson:
A Trustee since 1998, Jane Nelson is Director of Business Leadership
& Strategy at The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum. Before
that she has been Vice-President at Citibank, lecturer in agricultural
economics at Natal University in South Africa, and a consultant to a
range of international organisations. Author and co-author of several
books and reports on the role of business in development, she is on a
number of international advisory boards. Educated in Africa, the USA
and Europe, she is a Fellow of the 21st Century Trust, an Aspen
Institute Scholar and a former Rhodes Scholar.
Tim
O’Donovan:
A Trustee since 1985 and Treasurer of the Foundation since 1998, Tim
O’Donovan played a significant role in the Foundation’s environmental
awards schemes, as Chair of the Steering Group. He is Honorary
Secretary of The Friends of St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Halina Ward:
A new Trustee, Halina Ward is the Director of the program on Corporate
Responsibility for Environment and Development (CRED) at the
International Institute for Environment and Development in London. The
program works to highlight where and how corporate responsibility can
best contribute to sustainable development, particularly in developing
countries, and the kinds of public policy and civil society
interventions that are needed to support it. Before joining IIED in
October 2001, Halina was a Senior Research Fellow with the Royal
Institute of International Affairs in London. She has also worked with
the consultancy ERM and as a solicitor practicing commercial
environment law. Halina is an Associate of the Foundation for
International Environmental Law and Development, with an LLM in Law and
Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies and an LLB
from University College London. Windsor.
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