Charles Secrett

Biographical Information
"CHARLES SECRETT is an Advisor on Climate, Environment and Sustainability and an Associate Faculty member of the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry. Between 2004-8, he was a Special Advisor for The Mayor of London and was a Board Member of the London Development Agency, and Chair of its Health and Sustainability Advisory Group. Charles has also worked for Triodos Bank, the UK Government’s Roundtable (and Commission) on Sustainable Development. He was director of Friends of the Earth between 1993 and 2003." He is the former Executive Director of the environmental organization Friends of the Earth. In 1985, following extensive research on tropical deforestation, he launched Friends of the Earth's International Rainforest Campaign, the first in the world to investigate and campaign against the range of economic, social and political causes of tropical forest clearance. He led the campaign for nearly three years. []http://www.mcspotlight.org/people/biogs/secrett.html Cv]

Affiliations

 * Chair, Triodos Renewables
 * Cofounder, Robertsbridge Group
 * Cofounder, Active Citizens Transform
 * Member, Green New Deal Group
 * Advisory Panel, BP's targetneutral
 * Former Commissioner, UK Sustainable Development Commission
 * Various, including Executive Director between 1993 and 2003, Friends of the Earth - 1979 – 2003 ("There was a gap between 1989 and 1993, when I worked in Brazil for a year, and then at the International Institute for Environment and Development in London as Co-Director of the Climate Change Programme.")
 * Member External Review Committee, Shell October 2011 – Present (2 years 2 months)
 * Advisory Council, Environmental Law Foundation