The current judges for the Ashden Awards are:
International Awards
Sarah Butler-Sloss, Chair of International Judges
Founder Director, Ashden
Sarah set up the Ashden Trust, a Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust, in 1989. The Trust has initiated a wide range of environmental and social regeneration projects in the UK and the developing world. In 2001 she started the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. Sarah is also a trustee of the sustainable development charity Forum for the Future.Dominic Brain
Head of Programme Funding Division, Christian Aid
Whilst with Christian Aid Dominic has worked largely in Central America and South Asia. He is responsible for mobilising and managing Christian Aid’s funds for development and humanitarian issues from governments and institutional donors. Dominic introduced environmental management systems and approaches to Christian Aid, including carbon footprinting and ecological footprinting approaches.Adam Brett
Founder and Chairman, Tropical Wholefoods
Adam Brett is a Director of Fullwell Mill Ltd, a business that markets the Tropical Wholefoods range of fairtrade & organic food products which are sourced from small farmers in Uganda, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, Tanzania, Zambia & Costa Rica. Fullwell Mill work directly with partners in these countries to produce a range of sustainably manufactured foods. Adam is also a trustee of another Sainsbury's family charity The Kilimo Trust which works in East Africa.Ben Good
CEO, GVEP International
Ben Good is an engineer with 20 years’ experience in the renewable energy and utility sectors. He has undertaken a range of senior operational, commercial, financial, and corporate finance roles with various businesses and projects across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Ben joins GVEP from D1 Oils plc, the UK-listed renewable energy business with interests in India and southern Africa, where he was CEO. He has a degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University.John Magrath
Programme Researcher, Oxfam
John Magrath is a journalist and researcher who has worked for Oxfam GB for more than 20 years in various capacities, including Executive Assistant to the Director. His recent focus has been on the implications of climate change for Oxfam's work.Mike Mason
Director, Biojoule
Mike Mason set up Climate Care in 1998 which is now a market leader in the provision of voluntary carbon offsets. He also set up Biojoule - a company developing radically new biomass technologies. Mike graduated as a mining engineer, worked in the oil industry then founded several healthcare and IT businesses, before ‘retiring’ and gaining a Masters in Environmental Change and Management at Oxford University.Andrew Simms
Policy Director and head of climate change programme, New Economics Foundation
Andrew Simms is a board member of Greenpeace UK and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Europe. He's worked for a variety of development and environmental organisations, including Christian Aid, the International Red Cross, Oxfam, and the World Development Movement.Dr Anne Wheldon
Knowledge and Research Manager, Ashden
Anne Wheldon has a PhD in environmental physics. At the University of Reading, she worked as senior lecturer in renewable energy and director of the MSc programme in renewable energy and the environment, with a particular interest in solar energy and carbon management. In this capacity she has acted as technical assessor and judge of the Ashden Awards from their inception. Anne took up post of Technical Director of the Ashden Awards in 2005, responsible for technical assessment of applications, seminars and technical communication.Martin Wright
Editor in Chief, Green Futures
Martin Wright is a writer, photojournalist and communications and strategy adviser on the environment and sustainable futures. As special adviser to the Ashden Awards, Martin has travelled widely in Africa, Asia and the Far East, carrying out assessment visits. He has won the Environment Council’s Science and Environment Journalist of the Year Award, a Travelex Travel Writer of the Year Award and a Wildlife Photographer of the year award.Additional judges for the Awards for Small Island Developing States
Pierre Audinet
Clean Energy Program Team Leader, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), The World Bank
Pierre has formulating policies and prepared investment operations that expanded clean energy supply in Asia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and the Americas for two decades. He has worked at the World Bank, the International Energy Agency and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pierre holds a PhD from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS, Paris, France) and masters in economics from Paris Pantheon-Assas University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University (France). Ofa-ki-Olohau Sefana
Energy officer, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Kingdom of Tonga, SIDS DOCK member
Ofa-ki-Olohau is National Coordinator/Project Manager for various renewable energy development and climate change mitigation projects. His expertise includes: national and sectoral energy demand analysis and forecasting, feasibility studies of photovoltaic energy projects and wind resource assessment. He has also assisted the climate change team of Tuvalu, Kiribati and Republic of Marshall Islands conduct Greenhouse Gas Inventory in accordance with the IPCC Guidelines.UK Awards
Professor Paul Ekins, Chair of UK judges
Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, UCL Energy Institute, University College, London
Paul Ekins was previously Head of the Environment Group at the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Westminster. In 2002 he was appointed to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. He is Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre. He is a consultant to the Sustainable Development Commission, a member of the High Level Environmental Advisory Group of Ofgem, the UK gas and electricity regulator and a member of the Government’s Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board.Sarah Butler-Sloss
Founder Director, Ashden
See biographical details above.Peter Capener
Independent Energy Consultant
Peter Capener has an MSc in Energy Resource, and has worked in the sustainable energy field for over 20 years, including seven years as Chief Executive of the Centre for Sustainable Energy. Since 2002 Peter has worked as an independent sustainable energy consultant on a range of projects for various private, public and voluntary sector clients.Emma Jones
CAG Consultants LLP
Emma Jones is a member of CAG Consultants, having previously been a director at Impetus Consulting since 2000, and before that working with the Association for the Conservation of Energy. She has been closely involved with the Home Energy Conservation Act and was also a trustee of the Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust from 2001 to 2004.Emma Howard Boyd
Head of Sustainable Investment and Governance, Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
Emma Howard Boyd joined Jupiter Asset Management in 1994, and is responsible for their sustainable investment business. Emma is also a director at Triodos Renewables (since 2003), a non-executive member of the Environment Agency board and a Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership.Dr Anne Wheldon
Knowledge and Research Manager, Ashden
See biographical details above.Martin Wright
Editor in Chief, Green Futures
See biographical details above.Additional judge for the Impax Ashden Award for Energy Innovation
Ian Simm
Founder and Chief Executive of Impax Asset Management
Ian has been responsible for building Impax since its launch in 1988, particularly the firm’s listed equity and infrastructure teams and investment products. In addition to his role as Chief Executive, Ian heads the firm’s investment committees. Prior to joining Impax, Ian was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. in the Netherlands, where he led teams to provide advice to clients in a range of environmentally sensitive industries.Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel
Professor Paul Ekins, Chair of Sustainable Travel judges
Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, UCL Energy Institute, University College, London
See biographical details above.Richard Brown CBE
Chairman, Eurostar
Richard was Chief Executive of Eurostar from August 2002 to April 2010, before stepping up to the role of Chairman. Prioir to this, Richard had worked at British Rail from 1977 to 1996, setting up Midland Mainline during this period, and then worked for National Express from 1996 to 2002, as Chief Executive of its trains division and then Group Commercial Director.Lilli Matson
Head of Delivery Planning in Better Routes and Places, Transport for London
Lilli has been with TfL since 2006, first as Head of Integrated Area Programmes and now as Head of Delivery Planning. Previously, she worked in consultancy on transport and environmental issues, served on the Commission for Integrated Transport for six years and was Head of Transport and Natural Resources at CPRE.Professor Phil Goodwin
Emeritus Professor of Transport Policy, UCL and UWE
Phil has been Emeritus Professor of Transport Policy and both UCL and UWE Bristol since 2005, having previously been Professor in the same post at UCL from 1996. He has also worked at the Greater London Council and the University of Oxford in planning and transportation, and is also an advisor to a range of public and private organisations in the field of transport.Peter Capener
Independent Energy Consultant
See biographical details above.Emma Jones
CAG Consultants LLP.
See biographical details above.Emma Howard Boyd
Head of Sustainable Investment and Governance, Director, Jupiter Asset Management Limited
See biographical details above.Dr Anne Wheldon
Knowledge and Research Manager, Ashden
See biographical details above.Martin Wright
Editor in Chief, Green Futures
See biographical details above.School Awards
Sarah Butler-Sloss
Founder Director, Ashden
(See biographical details above)Stephen Green
Environmental coordinator, Ringmer Community College and Sixth Form
Ringmer Community College and Sixth Form won an Ashden School Award in 2008 for its work to transform its energy culture and engage its pupils in environmental activities.Emma Jones (chair)
CAG Consultants LLP
(See biographical details above)Andrew Suter
Programme Manager, Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life.Mike Wolfe
Chief Executive Officer of CREATE
CREATE is a not-for-profit organisation working for the promotion and co-ordination of sustainable energy in UK schools and colleges. Over the past 20 years, it has developed training and support programmes for over 300 organisations across the public and private sectors from village schools to multi-national corporations.
