William has spent his career in the creative industries with a particular focus on advertising. He ran the European agency networks of Young & Rubicam (WPP) and BBDO (Omnicom Group) and, until
Professor Elena Marco is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Arts, Technology, and Environment at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol. An internationally recognised leader
Jonquil Hackenberg is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a charity founded in 2010 to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. She brings over 20 years of
We're sad to inform those visiting this page that Dr Tayo Adebowale passed away in November 2025. Across her work at Design Council Tayo has given much of her time to guide multiple
Educated as an architect, urbanist and cultural geographer, she has 35-years’ experience in higher education and 20 in senior leadership, most recently as PVC for Research, Business &
Paul has made a career exploring the impact of sustainability agendas on how we think about and do design via modes of practice that are explicitly social and take design (and designers) into new
Phineas Harper is an innovative leader in developing sustainable cultural programmes that engage broad audiences with architecture and design. A regular contributor to the Guardian on ecological
Ve Dewey is a globally networked executive design leader whose career has been at the intersection of technology, design, and innovation, with success across industry, the third sector, and academia.
