15th NOV – 16TH NOV online

FESTIVAL Speakers.

Meet our A-Listers. All of them pioneers, game-changers and trailblazers in their field. These people don’t just say, they do! Amazing people achieving amazing things, who we can all learn something new from as we work together to bring circularity to life.

Meet our inspirational speakers

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Manuel Pulgar-Vidal

Global Leader of Climate & Energy
WWF

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is the global leader of Climate & Energy at WWF and interim chair of the IUCN Climate Crisis Commission.

Walter R. Stahel

Member of the Strategic Foresight Board
circulareconomyalliance.com

An architect by training, an industrial analyst by compassion, a researcher in risk management to earn an exciting living, today a keynote speaker and author on sustainability and circular economy, I have always been interested in what I do not know.

Helena Boniatti Pavese

Head of Environment
Suzano

Natasha Chorlton

Circular Economy & Recyclability Manager
Ahlstrom

Natasha is a Circular Economy & Recyclability Manager at specialty material manufacturer Ahlstrom.

Feliks Bezati

Global Circular Packaging Director
Mars

He is passionate about circular economy and keen to develop systemic solutions to improve the recyclability of plastic and paper-based packaging.

Amy Peace

Innovation Lead, Circular Economy
Innovate UK

Amy Peace is the Innovation Lead for Circular Economy at Innovate UK.

Sophie Thomas FCIWM

CTO/ Director of CE/ Founder
etsaW Ventures/ Useful Projects/ Thomas.Matthews

Sophie is Founder and CTO of etsaW Ventures, Director of CE at Useful Projects and Founder of Thomas.Matthews. She is an honorary fellow at UAL, holds numerous board and forum positions within circularity including WRAP UK, Defra and CIWM, and judges and evaluates numerous circular, design and material based commercial competitions across the globe.

Mark Shayler

Author/ Circular Economy Expert

Mark works on sustainability, company purpose and coaches businesses and individuals.

Harriet Lamb

CEO
WRAP

Harriet joined WRAP as CEO in March 2023 and is looking to build strong, strategic relationships with WRAP’s key partners to scale impact.

Senior Representative, Pentatonic

David Greenfield

Vice President – External Affairs
Circular Economy Institute (CEI)

David is Vice President of Circular Economy Institute (CEI) responsible for External Affairs. Prof. Dr. David Greenfield FCIWM FRSA CEnv is also leader of Circular Economy Club (CEC) London chapter and co-leader of the CEC Brighton & Hove chapter.

Tessa Clarke

Co Founder & CEO
Olio

Tessa is Co-Founder & CEO of Olio, an app tackling the climate crisis by solving the problem of waste in the home & local community.

Prof Linda Godfrey

Principal Scientist/ Extraordinary Professor
CSIR/ North-West University, South Africa

Prof Linda Godfrey is a Principal Scientist at the CSIR and Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, South Africa, and holds a PhD in Engineering.

Izzie Eriksen

Managing Director
ApparelXchange

Izzie Eriksen is the Managing Director of ApparelXchange, a social circular enterprise based in Glasgow. Focusing on school aged children’s clothing, Izzie’s visionary approach to solving economic, environmental and social problems has accumulated into a Clothing System for young people for a city. And her current efforts are focused to achieving this model which can be replicated across other cities and towns.

Dr. Stephen Wise

Chief Strategic Development Officer
Advetec

Dr Stephen Wise is the Chief Strategic Development Officer for biotechnology business Advetec.

James Martin

Principal Consultant
WSP

James Martin is a Principal Consultant in the WSP Circular Economy team.

Peter C. Evans, PhD

Chief Strategy Officer
McFadyen Digital

Peter C. Evans is Chief Strategy Officer at McFadyen Digital. He has held senior strategy at large global enterprises (former partner at KPMG, strategy and analytics at GE).

Wendy Rayner FCIWM

Head of Circular Economy for NHS Scotland/ Fellow
The Scottish Government/ CIWM

Wendy has worked and lived in Scotland for almost 30 years. She has a broad range of experience including consultancy and working in industry in the UK and internationally.

Sam Jackson

Head of Impact
Ecologi

Sam is Head of Impact at Ecologi. He leads the team responsible for maximising environmental and social impact across all of Ecologi's work - including sourcing and supporting impactful climate projects, and grounding Ecologi's tech products in the latest climate and environmental science.

Agnes Chruszcz

Circular Economy Manager
University of Bristol

Agnes Chruszcz has over 15 years’ experience of working within the circular economy and resources sector. She is currently the Circular Economy Manager at the University of Bristol.

John Twitchen

Founder/ Consultant
Stuff4Life

John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and environmental scientist.

Dr. Adam Read

Chief External Affairs & Sustainability Officer
SUEZ UK

Adam is a member of the Suez UK Management Team with responsibility for external affairs, communications and sustainability. He has been with Suez for 6 years after a successful career in academia, local government and environmental consultancy spanning over 30 years, whilst his PhD focussed on UK waste policy failures, and numerous academic and trade publications on a diverse range of issues from waste prevention and the circular economy, to behaviour change, policy implementation, recycling contamination and technology failures.

Tom Williams

Sustainability & Circular Economy Lead
National Bed Federation

Tom Williams is the Sustainability & Circular Economy Lead at the National Bed Federation (NBF). With over a decade of experience, he spearheads sustainability initiatives in the bed manufacturing sector.

Fleur Ruckley

Head of Implementation
Topolytics

Fleur is Head of Implementation at Topolytics (https://topolytics.com/) with a focus on generating actionable waste and resources analytics for customers and their supply chains through implementation of WasteMap®. Topolytics’ WasteMap® platform uses data analytics, mapping and machine learning to make waste and resource management more transparent, more efficient and more effective commercially and environmentally.

Wayne Hubbard

CEO
ReLondon

Wayne is responsible for helping London’s boroughs to reduce waste and increase recycling rates.

Tanya Suarez

Founder/ CEO
BluSpecs/ IoT Tribe/ Net Zero Tech Alliance

Tanya is the Founder and CEO of the BluSpecs, IoT Tribe and the Net Zero Tech Alliance, with over 20 years’ experience in delivering Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship support to public and private sector clients.

Chukwumaobi Ibe

Doctoral Student & Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sheffield Hallam University

I am an enthusiastic Ph.D. researcher and graduate teaching assistant at Sheffield Hallam University's Department of Natural and Built Environment.

Mark Roberts

Lead Analyst
WRAP

As a Lead Analyst at WRAP, Mark’s focus is on generating actionable behavioural insights to inform the design, delivery, and evaluation of levers for change.

Ian Farrell

Senior Representative, Greyparrot

Senior Representative, CIWM

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15th NOV – 16TH NOV online

FESTIVAL Speakers.

Meet our inspirational speakers

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal

Walter R. Stahel

Helena Boniatti Pavese

Natasha Chorlton

Feliks Bezati

Amy Peace

Sophie Thomas FCIWM

Mark Shayler

Harriet Lamb

Senior Representative, Pentatonic

David Greenfield

Tessa Clarke

Prof Linda Godfrey

Izzie Eriksen

Dr. Stephen Wise

James Martin

Peter C. Evans, PhD

Wendy Rayner FCIWM

Sam Jackson

Agnes Chruszcz

John Twitchen

Dr. Adam Read

Tom Williams

Fleur Ruckley

Wayne Hubbard

Tanya Suarez

Chukwumaobi Ibe

Mark Roberts

Ian Farrell

Senior Representative, Greyparrot

Senior Representative, CIWM

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15th NOV – 16TH NOV online

FESTIVAL Speakers.

Meet our inspirational speakers

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal

Walter R. Stahel

Helena Boniatti Pavese

Natasha Chorlton

Feliks Bezati

Amy Peace

Sophie Thomas FCIWM

Mark Shayler

Harriet Lamb

Senior Representative, Pentatonic

David Greenfield

Tessa Clarke

Prof Linda Godfrey

Izzie Eriksen

Dr. Stephen Wise

James Martin

Peter C. Evans, PhD

Wendy Rayner FCIWM

Sam Jackson

Agnes Chruszcz

John Twitchen

Dr. Adam Read

Tom Williams

Fleur Ruckley

Wayne Hubbard

Tanya Suarez

Chukwumaobi Ibe

Mark Roberts

Ian Farrell

Senior Representative, Greyparrot

Senior Representative, CIWM

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