Stuart Orr: Water - The Solvable Crisis
Carlos Drews: The Faces of Conservation
Justin Hall-Tipping: The Power of the Simple Electron
Emmanuel De Merode: A Story of Conflict Renewal & Hope
Isabelle Autissier, sailor, navigator and writer
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Bio: Isabelle is a French solo yachtwoman, and the first woman to have sailed around the world in a competition. She is also Vice-Chair of the group in charge of the delicate meeting between the sea and the Earth within the political process known as the “Grenelle de la mer”.
Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business, Marks and Spencer
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Bio: Mike was part of the small team that developed the company’s groundbreaking Plan A, a 100 point, 5 year plan to address a wide range of environmental and social issues. He helps provide the vision and the energy to affect change and ensure a leading but efficient approach to sustainability across the company.
Stuart Orr, Freshwater Programme, WWF International
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Stuart has been with WWF since 2006 and works with the private sector on a range of water related activities, from water footprint to public policy engagement.
Emmanuel De Merode, Chief Warden of Virunga National Park
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Bio: Anthropologist, conservationist, pilot, Emmanuel worked to control the bushmeat trade and protect endangered wildlife in Central and Eastern Africa. His main focus has been support for African wildlife rangers in remote and difficult national parks and reserves. His work was primarily in the parks of eastern DRC, working to sustain the national parks through the DRC’s 15-year civil war.
Dr Carlos Drews, Director, Global Species Programme, WWF International
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Bio: A native of Colombia, Carlos has a Ph.D. in Zoology from Cambridge University and has carried out research into wildlife behavioural ecology in Africa and Latin America.
Will Day, Thought Leader in Sustainability
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Bio: Will Day spent 20 years or so working with a range of relief and development NGOs in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. He was involved in the establishment of hugely successful Comic Relief, a fundraising and grant making organisation in the UK.
Andy Wales, Global Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller
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Bio: Andy Wales is Global Head of Sustainable Development for SABMiller plc, one of the world’s largest brewers. He leads the group’s approach to prioritising economic, social and environmental issues within the group’s strategies and business plans, including risks such as water scarcity and opportunities such as promoting local economic growth through smallholder farming. He also leads stakeholder engagement for the group.
