Advisory Board

Alex Duff

Director at not A Duff word

Alex Duff is Director of not A Duff word Ltd. She is a storyteller, ghost writer and all-round communicator.  She is particularly interested in how you change systems to achieve a more sustainable, circular and socially just society.  With two decades communications experience, all gained with internationally-loved household brands, Alex established not A Duff word in 2017 offering freelance communications support to those wanting to tell purposeful stories.  Alex has been an advocate for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s work since its launch in 2010, when she established B&Q’s founding partnership with the organisation.  A firm believer that to drive change we must find creative ways to connect people with the issues that matter, Alex also writes fiction and has just completed her debut novel to powerfully tell the story of our industrialised food system.

Julian Hill-Landolt

Director Sustainable Lifestyles, WBCSD

Julian leads the Sustainable Lifestyles work programme at WBCSD. It is one of nine Action2020 priority areas for business action and covers a broad range of challenges, from understanding full value-chain impacts and hotspots, the innovation of new more sustainable products, services and business models, to how companies can help their customers live more sustainable lifestyles and improve overall societal well-being. Previously, Julian managed the President’s Office, acting as Peter Bakker’s sherpa and responsible for his public engagements and outputs.

Dr Markus Laubscher

Program Manager Circular Economy, Philips

Markus is part of the circular economy center of excellence team at Philips Group Sustainability, based in the Netherlands. He oversees pilot projects on circular economy implementation within the different Philips businesses, tracks progress, drives learning and capacity building and is the operational contact for partnerships and communication on the topic.

His main area of expertise is sustainable business and innovation strategy, built up over 10 years in corporate research, venturing and consultancy with Philips. He has notably developed technology and business concepts for public health in resource-poor settings, sustainability metrics for project portfolio management and a framework to guide corporate sustainability vision. Prior to joining Philips, Markus earned a PhD at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne by extending scientific understanding of light-tissue interaction and 3D tissue imaging. He holds a master in physics from the University of Karlsruhe and the Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble.

Dr Nabil Z. Nasr

Director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability

Nabil is the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and founding Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He also founded the Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery at RIT, which has become a leading source of applied research and solutions in remanufacturing technologies. For over 25 years, Dr. Nasr has worked in the fields of sustainable production, remanufacturing, clean production, and sustainable product development and is considered an international leader in research and development efforts in these disciplines. He has developed strong ties to industry through efforts to implement and improve sustainable design and remanufacturing processes at hundreds of companies from diverse sectors. Dr Nasr chaired the Advisory Expert Group on Sustainable Production and Eco-Innovation with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. In addition, he also served as an expert delegate for the U.S. government with several international forums, including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization. He recently served as an invited expert to the 13th International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Dr Mike Tennant

Imperial College London

Mike is a lecturer in sustainable business studies in the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London. As Imperial’s PI for the EPSRC Centre for Industrial Sustainability his research focuses on the future of manufacturing practice and, in particular, on how we can think about this in a resource- and carbon-constrained world. This includes thinking about circular industrial strategies as part of a toolkit of options.