Who we are
Nicky Lumb
Co-Chair
Nicky Lumb is a strategy, sustainability, and change management consultant with over 20 years of experience across various sectors, including finance, retail, health, construction, public, and charity.
Her expertise spans the full change lifecycle, from strategy definition to organizational design and governance.
Recently, she has worked to define purpose-driven strategies, redesigned governance around ESG commitments for major corporates, and advised a Global Head of Sustainability and their senior team on their operating model and organisation design.
Simon Maxwell
Co-Chair
Simon Maxwell is a development economist, formerly with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and Director of the Overseas Development Institute in London.
He has served as the Executive Chair of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, and as a Chief Scientific Editor of the UN Environment Emissions Gap Report.
Currently, he is working on climate compatible development, at the interface of climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. You can find more information about work on climate change on his website here.
Simon has also worked extensively on the theory and practice of think-tanks. He was the founding Chair of the European Think Tanks Group, and works regularly with the global think-tank platform, On Think-Tanks. You can find more information about his work on think-tanks and on bridging research and policy on his website here.