Chair
Appointed: September, 2006
Reappointed: June, 2009
Shaun McCarthy is a leading advocate of sustainable business. His current portfolio includes:
- Chair, Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, a ground breaking assurance body directly advising the Mayor of London and Olympics Minister,
- Director, Action Sustainability, a social enterprise with a mission to inspire sustainable procurement,
- Environmental advisor, Transport for London, expert advisor to the non-executive Health, Safety and Environment board,
- Senior advisor, Institute for Sustainability, a research based charity for sustainable solutions,
- Commissioner, London sustainable development commission, a strategic advisory body to the Mayor of London.
Shaun has over 20 years senior management experience with large companies, mainly Shell and BAA. During his time with BAA, Shaun developed pioneering strategies for carbon management, sustainable construction and procurement, he also developed programmes in the mid-1990s to increase business participation by small, local and ethnic minority businesses. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (MIEMA) and the Institute of Directors (MIOD)
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