associates

Our associates are a small pool of consultants with whom we have a particularly close relationship. They all have impressive track records in the environment sector and their own areas of significant expertise. Associates work with us on an ad-hoc basis but are involved in our planning and relationship building all year round. We are fortunate to have such a group of talented individuals providing support, advice and considerable added value to our work.

Ian Christie
Chris Church
Julie Hill
Jiggy Lloyd
Stuart Singleton-White
Derek Smith
Sheila Watson
Rebecca Willis 

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Ian Christie

Ian Christie is an independent adviser, researcher, teacher and writer on sustainable development and environmental issues. He is a visiting professor at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey. He chairs the advisory group for the Centre's RESOLVE research programme on lifestyles, behaviour, values and energy consumption. His work has included advisory roles on sustainability and climate policy in Whitehall (2006-08), consultancy to voluntary bodies, public agencies and businesses, lecturing and advocacy. Ian was joint head of environment, waste strategy and economic development at Surrey County Council (2003-06).

His other posts have included deputy director of the think tank Demos and associate director of the consumer trends consultancy The Henley Centre for Forecasting. He worked for nearly ten years as a fellow of the Policy Studies Institute, working on technology policy, energy efficiency and the take up of cleaner production systems in UK industry. His early career was in the IT industry as a computer programmer and technical author. His main publications are Cleaner Production in Industry (PSI, 1995), Managing Sustainable Development (with Michael Carley, 2nd edition, Earthscan, 2000), From Here to Sustainability (Earthscan, 2001) and Church and Earth (Church House, 2009), the Church of England's seven year plan for climate and environment.

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Chris Church

Chris works on ways in which policy and practice around climate and sustainable development issues translate into action at the local and community level.  His work includes research, training, evaluation and project management. He worked for Friends of the Earth UK from 1984-1990 with responsibility for local and regional development and projects, before starting the Community Environment Associates consultancy.  He is also a director of social enterprise Mapping for Change, an Honorary Research Associate at University College London (UCL), and a member of the London Sustainable Development Commission appointed by the Mayor of London.

Chris carries out a range of community-focused work and has written five publications for the Community Development Foundation including the ‘Plain English’ certified guide to local sustainable development,  ‘A Better Place to Live’. He is chair of the Low Carbon Communities Network, a UK-wide network of 370 local organisations. He also works across Europe on sustainable consumption and production issues with the ANPED NGO network.

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Julie Hill

Julie works with Green Alliance on projects including waste, producer responsibility, procurement and product policy. She has been with Green Alliance since 1985, including as director between 1992 and 1997. Her policy expertise also covers GM crops and agriculture, and she has previously been a member of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, Deputy chair of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission, and a member of the GM Science Review Panel.  She is presently a non-executive director of the Environment Agency for England and Wales,  and  a non-executive director of the Eden Project in Cornwall.  She was awarded an MBE in 2001.

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Jiggy Lloyd

Jiggy is an independent consultant in public policy, corporate strategy and sustainable development and has spent twelve years in policy-related roles in leading utility companies. She was group director for Sustainable Development at AWG;  group head of environment at Severn Trent Plc; and government and environmental affairs adviser at Vivendi.  She is currently also a member of the Defra/Treasury Sustainable Procurement Taskforce; a trustee of Transport 2000; and a trustee and honorary treasurer of the Town and Country Planning Association.

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Stuart Singleton-White

Stuart has more than 15 years experience in politics and the NGO sector. A seasoned campaigner he has successfully led the campaign to bring in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 2000 and the Draft Marine Bill 2004.

Stuart developed Plan International’s first global advocacy campaign on Universal Birth Registration, securing the support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. He successfully led the 1997, 2001 and 2005 general election campaigns in Reading, returning MPs to parliament on each occasion. He has also run a number of successful local election campaigns.

Stuart is a non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Reading Transport Limited which provides public transport services through Reading Buses, Newbury Buses and Goldline Travel.

Find out more at www.themessagehub.com/stuart.htm 

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Derek Smith

Derek is a Director of SD Analytica Ltd, a consultancy specialising in the business impact of sustainable development and sustainable development in public policy. His experience includes environmental policy evaluation, research and development for UK government and the European Commission in areas such as product policy, resource productivity, and energy efficiency. He has wide-ranging experience with companies in the fields of risk management and assurance, auditing, and corporate reporting. His work with Green Alliance has included studies on sustainable procurement, a UK product body, and the comprehensive spending review.

From 1989-2002, Derek worked at Ernst & Young, where he was the head of the UK Environment and Sustainable Development group, within the risk management services department. From 1986-88, he worked at a Government relations consultancy in Westminster, and prior to that as a Research Assistant in the House of Commons.

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Sheila Watson

Sheila Watson is director of environment at the FIA Foundation, a UK Charity committed to promoting sustainable mobility across the world. An economist, with many years experience as an advisor and consultant, her most recent role was as senior special adviser to the Labour government at DTI, Defra and latterly the FCO. During the 10 years she spent at the heart of government, she specialised in a range of environmental and resource protection issues from sustainable farming and food production to international climate security. Her former roles include deputy director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, and policy researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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Rebecca Willis

Rebecca Willis is an independent researcher and vice-chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. Her work focuses on environmental politics and policymaking at both a national and regional level. She has researched and written on issues such as climate change, energy policy, public attitudes to the environment, government spending and taxation, and the environmental and social impact of new technologies. She was director of Green Alliance from 2001 to 2004. Before joining Green Alliance in 1998, Rebecca spent two years as a policy adviser at the European Parliament in Brussels, specialising in international environmental issues.

Find out more at www.rebeccawillis.co.uk.