Amanda has over 20 years’ experience in teaching, school leadership, adult training and organisational improvement. She is a highly qualified and experienced educator, with Qualified Teacher status and the National Professional Qualification for Head Teachers, and is a Specialist Leader of Education.

Rachel brings a decade of experience in the UK Civil Service, including in senior leadership, alongside a wealth of insights from roles in education, commercial enterprise and civil society. An experienced facilitator, Rachel is committed to helping organisations deliver a just transition and deepen their responses to the climate and nature emergencies.

Paul has led the ground-breaking Zero Carbon Britain research for over 12 years, leading on the development of six reports and liaising directly with government, business, public sector and the arts to share their findings.

John has a background in decision-support consultancy, training, research, facilitation and project management in the private sector, and holds degrees in international relations, law and international security.  He has spent many years building and training research teams that support high-level problem solving in emergency situations.

Ruth currently works as the Research Manager for CAT’s Zero Carbon Innovation Lab, developing and testing models for engaging people in transformational change at grassroots and institutional levels. She also supports teaching in CAT’s Graduate School.

As Research Officer, Joel supports the design, development and delivery of innovation labs, including contributing to research, analysis and write up of the outputs, and providing expertise across a wide range of topics relating to ways of addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency.