Our partners in stewardship

Chris was the UK Energy Minister attending Cabinet, responsible for signing the UK’s net zero commitment into law— becoming the first G7 country to do so. He also helped secure the UK’s Presidency of COP26. In 2022, Chris was appointed by the UK Government to chair the Net Zero Review, publishing the widely-acclaimed Mission Zero report in January 2023, which was described by Lord Nicholas Stern as ‘a remarkable and important piece of work’ (Mission Zero | Biteback Publishing). The Net Zero Review was the largest engagement exercise on net zero in the UK, engaging with over 2,800 businesses. For his work, in 2023, Chris was awarded Politician of the Year at the UK Green Business Awards, and Political Figure of the Year at the British Renewable Energy Awards 2023. Chris was a Member of Parliament for Kingswood between 2010-2024, during which time he also served as Minister for the Constitution, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and Minister for Health. He was also Chair of the All Party Group on the Environment. He resigned from Parliament in January 2024 in protest at new legislation promoting additional oil and gas licences. Between 2021-2023, Chris was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and in 2023-24, a Visting Fellow at Oxford University. He is currently a Professor at Bath University. Chris is currently Chair of the Climate Action Coalition, launched by Secretary John Kerry in June 2024, and a founding partner of Desmos Capital Partners, an advisory investment bank that supports new technologies and sustainable businesses. He is also Chief Operating Officer of Better Earth.

Louise Rouse is a consultant helping non-profit organisations design and implement engagement strategies with global financial institutions, regulators, and policy-makers on a range of environmental and social issues.  Louise has worked with groups including Amnesty International U.K., Bank Fwd, BankTrack, Ekö, Global Witness, Greenpeace, and WWF-UK. Louise was previously the director of campaigns and engagement at ShareAction and before that worked for several years as a finance lawyer advising many of Ireland’s leading financial institutions.

Cameron Hepburn is Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. He is also Professor of Environmental Economics at the Smith School and at the Institute for New Economic.

Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. He is a Professorial Research Fellow of The Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and a Fellow at New College, Oxford. He is an expert in environmental, resource and energy economics and is involved in policy formation, including as a member of the DECC Secretary of State’s Economics Advisory Group. Cameron has advised governments (such as China, India, UK and Australia) and international institutions (e.g. OECD, UN organisations) on energy, resources and environmental policy.

Heidi has more than 30 years’ experience working in the energy sector.  She is currently on the board of the Port of Inverness and the Notting Dale Heat Network.

She began her career working as an offshore engineer in the oil & gas sector in the Gulf of Mexico and Norwegian North Sea before taking a break to get an MBA in Finance and Multinational Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Following three years at Enron, Heidi joined Royal Dutch Shell, where she worked in a range of commercial and strategy positions.  From Shell, Heidi moved to BG Group, where she was Head of Group Strategy, following which she became Head of Group Strategy and Environment for Centrica Plc. In this position Heidi was responsible for leading group-wide strategy, the competitor intelligence function, market fundamentals and group’s environment team. In addition to her MBA from The Wharton School, Heidi has a degree from Stanford University in Petroleum Engineering and is currently pursuing a Masters’ in Climate Change Policy at King’s College London.

Miles was Group Chief Executive of the FTSE-listed global packaging company DS Smith plc for 13 years before retiring in 2025. Miles led the executive management of the Group overseeing overall ESG performance and was credited with driving the integration of sustainability into the core of the company’s strategy. He chaired the Group’s Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committee.

Miles is currently a Non-Executive Director of Land Securities Group PLC. Following his early career in engineering, Miles became a Chartered Accountant. He was previously Chief Executive of McBride plc, having originally joined as its Group Finance Director.