Advisory Group
The Nexus Network has been overseen by an Advisory Group, drawn from academia, business, government and civil society. This group has met twice a year to provide oversight of the network’s direction, priorities and work plan.
Martin Cooke, Director, ANGLE Management Services (Chair)
Richard Black, Director of Communications, Global Ocean Commission; former Environment Correspondent, BBC News
Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Rosaleen Duffy, formerly Professor of Political Ecology of Development, SOAS, University of London, now Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.
Andy Gibbs, Head of Economic Performance and Environment Team, Economic and Social Research Council
Oliver Greenfield, Convenor, Green Economy Coalition, IIED
Heide Hackmann, Executive Director, International Social Science Council
Gemma Harper, Defra Chief Social Researcher and Deputy Director, Evidence & Analysis
Peter Jackson, Professor of Human Geography, University of Sheffield
Alan Knight OBE, Corporate Responsibility General Manager, ArcelorMittal & Adviser, Business in the Community
Melissa Leach, Director, Institute of Development Studies & Co-Chair, Science Committee, Future Earth
Thomas Lingard, Global Advocacy Director, Unilever
Peter Simpson, Managing Director, Anglian Water Services Ltd.
Sian Thomas, Head of Information Management, Food Standards Agency
Teresa Tucker, Investment Manager for the Nexus Network, Economic & Social Research Council
Jim Watson, Research Director, UK Energy Research Centre & Professor of Energy Policy, SPRU, University of Sussex
Sir Robert Watson CMG FRS, former Chief Scientific Adviser, Defra; Chair, Engagement Committee, Future Earth
James Wilsdon, Professor of Research Policy, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield & Director, The Nexus Network.