Authors
Roger Levett
Roger Levett is a partner in Levett-Therivel Sustainability Consultants. Previously he was a Director of CAG Consultants, promoted green business at Scottish Enterprise, and developed energy efficiency policy in the former Department of Energy.
Roger played a leading role in Local Agenda 21 and local government environmental management through the 1990s, and in public sector sustainability policy and appraisal in the 2000s. He is currently completing Integrated Impact Assessments of three London Mayoral strategies and advising the United Nations Environmental Programme on the fifth Global Environmental Outlook. His publications include A Better Choice of Choice, Fabian Society, 2003.
Simon Slater
Executive Director, Sustainability West Midlands
Simon was previously Head of Sustainable Development at Advantage West Midlands, and was at the UK’s leading sustainable development charity Forum for the Future.
Simon chairs the BeBirmingham Carbon Reduction Partnership, the strategic partnership for Birmingham City Council and partners. He is a Board member of the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership, which promotes good practice in affordable new and retrofit green housing. He is also a Board member of the Springfield Project, a community regeneration project promoting joint working between Muslim, Christian, and other faiths, in inner city Birmingham.
Darren Gardner
Darren is currently an Environmental Technologies Sector Advisor for Coventry City Council, Chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Environmental (technologies) forum, a writer, and regularly blogs at enviro-techno.tumblr.com. He is a football fan, likes growing his own veg and spending time with his family.
For more information on the low carbon social enterprise contact Darren Gardner on 0785 227 6336 / 02476 831279, email darren.gardner [at] coventry.gov.uk or tweet @enviro_techno.
The views expressed are not necessarily Coventry City Council policy.
John O’Connor
Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project, Project Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group
Initial career was spent at Ford Motor Company in a number of roles in both Europe and South America including product planning, product launch and manager of the Global Testing Operations. Career at Ford culminated in being the Chief Programme Engineer for the Fiesta product-line that was launched at Cologne in 2002.
After leaving Ford John’s career has primarily been in the Rail Transportation Industry, UK MD for Bombardier Signalling and Senior Vice President for Projects at ALSTOM Transport, and was more recently Operations Director at JCB Excavators in Uttoxeter. John joined the Low Carbon Vehicle technology Project in September 2009 and has led the project through the funding approval and startup process.
Tony McNally
Managing Director, www.climate-change-solutions.co.uk
Over 25 years’ experience on organising conferences, exhibitions, seminars, training and other projects on environmental sustainability, with increasing focus on climate change. This has been engaging business, public sector and NGOs from a range of UK cities and regions. This includes:
- Pledge to the Planet major campaign, featured at the UN earth Summit, Rio, 1992.
- Global Future, UN 50th Anniversary environmental conference and exhibition, London 1995.
- The Annual Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference, Exhibition and European partnering since 2004.
- Global City in Lyon, 2006.
- Earth from the Air, international exhibition Founding Climate Change Solutions Ltd in 2003.
- Leading a partnership of business and public sector organisations to establish a Sustainable Living Centre.
Krystyna Tarkowski
Project Manager, Coventry & Warwickshire Lifelong Learning Network
Krystyna has been working in collaboration with Coventry and Warwickshire universities, FE Colleges and employers with an aim to coordinate training which is relevant to industry demand. She works across all sectors although her current interest and energy goes to all training and development related to future industries and the low carbon economy.
Krystyna also coordinates continuous professional development opportunities for FE Colleges with an aim to upskill their staff in a low carbon related area of their specialisms. Furthermore, she collaborates with partners to develop labour market intelligence related to low carbon construction, low carbon vehicles and leadership of low carbon strategies.
Krystyna holds a Master degree from Warwick Business School and a PRINCE2 accreditation in project management. She is a Member of the Chartered Management Institute.
