20 – 22 May

FESTIVAL Speakers.

Meet our 2025 A-Listers. All of them pioneers, game-changers and trailblazers in their field. These people don’t just say, they do! Amazing people achieving amazing things, who we can all learn something new from as we work together to bring circularity to life.

Meet our inspirational speakers

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Lucy Hughes

Founder
MarinaTex

Founder and creator of MarinaTex.

Sophie Thomas FCIWM

CTO/ Director of CE/ Founder
etsaW Ventures/ Useful Projects/ Thomas.Matthews

Sophie is Founder and CTO of etsaW Ventures, Director of CE at Useful Projects and Founder of Thomas.Matthews. She is an honorary fellow at UAL, holds numerous board and forum positions within circularity including WRAP UK, Defra and CIWM, and judges and evaluates numerous circular, design and material based commercial competitions across the globe.

Martin Holicky

Co-founder
Matoha

Martin specialises in developing sensing systems and translating sensing technologies from research labs into real-world use.

Siddharth Hande

Founder
Kabadiwalla Connect

Siddharth Hande is a GIS expert, experienced in delivering high-quality data-driven research. He has held leadership roles in varied projects related to Urban Governance, Sustainability and the Environment. He is the founder and current CEO of Kabadiwalla Connect, an award winning social enterprise in the field of waste management.

Slendy Díaz

Circular Economy Lead & Sustainable Development/ Circular economy ambassador
Colombian Ministry of Environment / LATAM

Slendy Díaz is a speaker and advisor. Circular economy expert in the public and private sectors with over 12 years of experience in circular economy and energy efficiency. Civil engineer with studies in top management and project management.

Mary Creagh CBE MP

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) & Labour MP for Coventry East

Mary Creagh is the Labour MP for Coventry East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Paul Foulkes-Arellano

Non-Executive Director
Eco-Age

Paul was appointed to the UK Design Council Expert Network in June 2024.

Dounia Wone

Chief Impact Officer
Vestiaire Collective

Dounia Wone is Vestiaire Collective's Chief Impact Officer since March 2020 and a member of the company’s executive committee.

Yaseed Chaumoo

Greyparrot

Yaseed Chaumoo is a seasoned entrepreneur, AI expert, and investor with a strong background in product development and commercialisation.

Maya De Souza

Independent Consultant
previously at BITC (Director, Circular Economy) and Defra (Head of Resource Efficiency & Waste Prevention)

Maya de Souza is an independent consultant researching policy measures to support Circular Economy approaches to achieve a Net Zero Nature Positive.

Philip Mossop

Chief Operating Officer
Pentatonic

Philip Mossop is an award-winning entrepreneur, visionary and trendsetter in the world of sustainability.

Dr. David Greenfield

Vice President – External Affairs
Circular Economy Institute (CEI)

David is Vice President of Circular Economy Institute (CEI), Senior Vice President of the CIWM, Founder of SOENECS and Co-founder of etsaW and Tech-Takeback.

Wayne Hubbard

CEO
ReLondon

Wayne is responsible for helping London’s boroughs to reduce waste and increase recycling rates.

Amy Peace

Innovation Lead, Circular Economy
Innovate UK

Amy Peace is the Innovation Lead for Circular Economy at Innovate UK.

Omar AlSaleh

Senior Circular Economy & Sustainability Expert / Founder
Royal Scientific Society / CEC Amman

Omar is currently the Senior Circular Economy & Sustainability Expert for the Royal Scientific Society and Founder of CEC Amman.

Katarina Rimarcikova

Fashion Industry Expert & Education Consultant in circular design and responsible business

Senior Lecturer // Fashion Designer // Start- ups &Brands Mentor and Coach // CEC London Fashion lead

Dr. Raquel Prado-Garcia

Head of Research and Sustainability
ANANAS ANAM

Dr. Raquel Prado: Head of Research and Sustainability at Ananas Anam.

Mattia Trovato

Head of Communication & Sustainability Expert
Manteco®

Mattia Trovato is the Head of Communication & Sustainability Expert at Manteco®, a Tuscan company that has been a leader in high-quality textiles and circular economy since 1943.

Claire Potter

Associate Professor of Design and the Circular Economy & Head of Product Design, University of Sussex
University of Sussex

Claire Potter is an Associate Professor of Design and the Circular Economy and Head of Product Design at the University of Sussex.

Prof Mark Miodownik

Materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster and writer/ Professor of Materials & Society
UCL

Mark Miodownik is the UCL Professor of Materials & Society. He received his Ph.D in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University, and has worked as a materials engineer in the USA, Ireland and the UK.

Bert Van Son

Founder & Spokesman
MUD Jeans

Bert van Son is a social entrepreneur and circular denim pioneer, who founded MUD Jeans in 2012, the first and only circular jeans company in the world.

Max Walter

Senior Advisor, Industry & Commerce
Tony Blair Institute (TBI)

Max Walter is Senior Advisor, Industry & Commerce, with the Tony Blair Institute (TBI).

Duncan Baker-Brown

BakerBrown, RIBA Council, Climate Literacy Champion University of Brighton Chair Industry Advisory Board for Architecture Author 'THE RE-USE ATLAS' & 'THE PEDAGOGIES OF RE-USE' NATURAL MATERIALS RETROFIT CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Senior Representative, Anthesis

Senior Representative, McDonalds

Senior Representative, Corstorphine & Wright

Mark Shayler

Author/ Circular Economy Expert

Mark works on sustainability, company purpose and coaches businesses and individuals.

John Twitchen

Founder
Stuff4Life

John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and environmental scientist.

Elin Bergman

Chief Operating Officer/Vice chair/Circular Economy Expert and spokesperson
Cradlenet

I am passionate about accelerating the transition to a circular economy that enables humanity to live in harmony with nature.

EurIng Michael A. Cusack BSc MBA MA CEng MIET MCIPD

Chief Sustainability Officer
ACS

Michael Cusack is a leading advocate for circular fashion and sustainable business transformation, driving innovation at the intersection of technology, circularity, and social impact.

Youma Wally Ndong

Founder & Creative Director
GamPlus Clothing

Ms. Youma Wally Ndong, is a creative fashion and craft entrepreneur and consultant with both local and international experience. As the founder and creative director of GamPlus Clothing, an ethical fashion brand deeply rooted in sustainability and environmental consciousness, Youma exemplifies the fusion of creativity, ethics, and innovation within the fashion industry.

Jodi Harford

Chief Operating Officer
Tech-Takeback

Jodi Harford is the Chief Operating Officer at Tech-Takeback, where she leads the Social Value programme and helps maximise the organisation’s impact on both people and the environment.

Fiona Charnley

Professor of Circular Innovation & Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy
University of Exeter

Rachel Gray

Behaviour Change Manager
WRAP

At WRAP my focus is the design, delivery and evaluation of citizen behaviour change programmes, bringing circular living into every home by harnessing circular business models.

Dr. Andy Rees OBE

Head of Waste Strategy
Welsh Government

Andy has 45 years experience of working in the environmental field, including spending the last 29 years in the area of waste strategy.

Kaie Small-Warner

Head of Responsible Business
BRE

Kaie Small-Warner is Head of Responsible Business at BRE with 15 years experience in the energy and construction sectors in multiple countries.

Andrea Charlson

Managing Director
Madaster UK

Andrea is a Chartered Environmentalist and Engineer who has been at the forefront of circularity in the built environment for 15 years. Specialising in the sustainability of the built environment, with particular expertise in the circular economy and how this applies to materials, structures and buildings.

David Dyce MCIWM

Senior Waste Management Consultant
Vegware

David works closely with the organics recycling sector to develop new composting solutions for plant-based compostables.

Mark Sumner

Textiles Programme Lead
WRAP

Mark Sumner is the Programme Lead for WRAP’s activities to improve the sustainability of Textiles. His remit includes developing the strategy for Textiles 2030, the UK industry’s initiative to reduce GHG emissions and water footprint, and to create the pathway to a circular textile system. He is also involved in WRAP’s growing international Textiles work.

Melody Carraro

Senior Policy Manager
Veolia

Melody is a leading policy professional in circular economy policy and implementation across multiple resource streams. With extensive experience spanning plastics, waste management, water, biodiversity conservation, and energy systems, she has established herself as a pivotal figure in ecological transformation on both national and global stage.

Dr. Adam Read

Chief External Affairs & Sustainability Officer
SUEZ UK

Adam is a member of the Suez UK Management Team with responsibility for external affairs, communications and sustainability. He has been with Suez for 6 years after a successful career in academia, local government and environmental consultancy spanning over 30 years, whilst his PhD focussed on UK waste policy failures, and numerous academic and trade publications on a diverse range of issues from waste prevention and the circular economy, to behaviour change, policy implementation, recycling contamination and technology failures.

Lucy Mortimer

Founding Partner
Archipelago Ventures

Lucy is a founding partner of Archipelago Ventures, an impact focused VC investing in early stage deep tech solutions within the Circular Economy.

Loïc Le Fouest

Customer Experience (CX) expert
Clarasys

Loïc is a Customer Experience (CX) expert, specialising in service design, business model innovation and circular economy.

Tim Walker

Chief Executive / President
arc21 / CIWM

I am currently the Chief Executive of the arc21 local authority partnership in Northern Ireland, a role I have held since 2019. Prior to that, I headed up waste management at Belfast City Council for two decades.

Fabrice Sorin

Circulab Academy Manager
Circulab

Fabrice Sorin is a seasoned professional with 15 years experience in commercial, procurement, strategy, business transformation, operations and management roles in multinational corporations.
He holds a Circular Economy MBA from Bradford university (GB) and publishes on service-dominated industries and the hospitality sector.

Jenny Adholm

Circular Economy and Sustainability Expert

Jenny Adholm is a sustainability expert with a proven track record of driving change in the circular economy.

Rembrandt Koppelaar

Director of Research & Innovation
EcoWise Ekodenge Ltd

Senior Representative, ReLondon

Marcus Gover

International Business and Sustainability Leader

Marcus Gover has been an international business and sustainability leader for over 30 years.

A scientist by background, he is a passionate believer in the need for cross sector collaboration to create total systems change; from policymaker and business leader actions, to inspiring and involving individuals.

Tabitha Skeats

Consents Assistant (South)
FCC Environment

Robin Osterley

Charity Retail Association

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