Sustainability Studio Speakers

Dr Holly Wilkinson

Lecturer , Hull York Medical School

Dr Wilkinson is a Lecturer in Wound Healing from the Hull York Medical School. She has been working in the field of skin research for the past 10 years, undertaking…

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Keir Nicholas-Haizelden

Postgraduate Researcher , University of Liverpool

I am a current Postgraduate Researcher in the second year of my BBSRC funded PhD Studentship at the University of Liverpool. I am working under the guidance of Dr Malcolm…

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Sam Farmer

SCS President – 2022 , Owner, Samuel Farmer

Sam Farmer founded his unisex adolescent brand in 2011, driven by the desire to combat outdated gender stereotypes in cosmetic marketing. Sam is renowned for his commitment to dispelling misinformation…

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Stacey Irving Gaffey

Managing Director & Principal Chemist , Global Cosmetic Developments Ltd

Stacey Irving Gaffey is a Cosmetic Scientist and Managing Director of Global Cosmetic Developments, a bespoke cosmetic formulation development consultancy, providing the very best industry expertise and creating the latest…

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Dr Theresa Callaghan

Cosmetic Claims Development & Scientific Affairs Specialist , Callaghan Consulting International

Dr. Theresa Callaghan PhD, is a graduate Biochemist from the University of Bath with a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While working as a postdoctoral research fellow at…

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Graham McMillan

Founder , First Avenue Consulting

Graham has over 30 years of consultancy experience in the UK, EU and globally across responsible business, sustainability, ESG, public affairs, public policy, corporate communications and stakeholder engagement. He has…

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Simon Gandy

Technical Director - Waste & Resource Management , SLR Consulting Limited

A chemical engineer by original training, Simon spent seven years working on shampoos and their surfactants for Procter & Gamble, before taking an MSc in Environmental Technology, in 1999. Since…

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Jonathan Escolar

Global Sustainability Programme Manager , AAK AB

Jonathan Escolar is Global Sustainability Programme Manager at AAK, responsible for developing and implementing sustainable sourcing strategies for AAK’s plant based feedstock such as palm and soy. A biologist by…

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Narinder Bains

Director , iNeuvo Ltd

Narinder Bains is the founder/CEO at Ineuvo Ltd, an industrial chemist by education and early profession having worked in speciality chemicals for 11 years at Shipley Europe/Rohm and Haas/Dow Electronic…

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Prof. Richard Blackburn

Professor of Sustainable Materials , University of Leeds

Richard Blackburn is the Professor of Sustainable Materials at The University of Leeds. His key areas of research focus around the principles of sustainability and how these principles can be…

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