Mark has over 40 years’ experience in the environmental field and related areas including sustainability and planning.

He has developed environmental policy and strategy for many in the private and public sectors and has led and reviewed numerous research projects and programmes. He has served on a range of Professional and European Committees.

Mark founded Temple in 1997 and has also worked as a Director of SECBE (South East Construction Built Environment), NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) – Innovation Advisory Board and was on the Ceequal Board (CIRIA).

Mark is passionate about delivering meaningful change to deliver on sustainability, hence the reason for setting up TSF.

John is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer. He served as a Director at Arup for 20 years and is now a Senior Consultant. He has worked in the UK and Internationally.

His recent work has focused on major infrastructure projects including large stations in London. He is particularly interested in how these major projects shape cities and communities, and how they can be developed sustainably for long-term benefit.

With a masters degree in town planning, Michelle started her career as a local authority planning officer in London.  She then moved into grant-giving and project management for the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), the largest dedicated grant funder of the UK’s heritage.

She now has more than 20 years’ experience through a range of leadership roles and is currently responsible for all the Fund’s grant-giving activity in London and the South of England. She leads a talented and committed team to distribute over £90m each year and oversee more than 700 heritage projects being delivered by charitable organisations of all sizes.

Michelle passionately believes that, by bringing talented people together to collaborate and innovate, we can tackle even the toughest challenges and threats to our biodiversity and natural environment.

Sally is a highly experienced Marketing and Communications professional, working at board level in blue chip agencies before starting up her own brand and marketing agency working with international brands and UK government departments.

To fulfill a growing interest in the environment, she studied sustainable business at Cambridge and moved into the NFP sector as Marketing Director for a number of charities, with a focus on behaviour change, and as a trustee for The Woodland Trust.

Shelley is a strategic communications specialist with over 30 years of experience driving change in the infrastructure and environmental sectors. Her career journey began in environmental consultancy in Australia and evolved through diverse roles across the charity, public and private sectors, both within the UK and internationally.

She has used this varied experience to inform leadership, communications and business development roles across the infrastructure sector, including with CH2M (now Jacobs), Eurovia UK, and VINCI Construction UK.

As a freelance consultant, Shelley now combines her proven strategic leadership expertise, environmental knowledge, and passion for making a difference, to engage with and support projects and people that are shaping a truly sustainable future.

Gary shares the core beliefs of the Southwood Foundation that the world needs to move towards a more sustainable future and needs to work towards this at pace, with passion and with pride.  He bring over 30 years’ experience as a knowledge broker and advisor in the public, private and professional sectors including serving as Deputy Chief Scientist in Natural England & various roles in Defra.  His particular specialism in foresight and futures analysis, applied in the development of environment and sustainability strategies, is fundamental to the innovation of solutions, approaches and technologies.

Caroline joined the Southwood Foundation in July 2019 to help us convene and drive innovative responses to the climate emergency, bringing a wealth of experience in community building, communications and organisational development at the national and local levels.  Caroline’s career has spanned management of European social policy programmes and communications in the European Commission, pan European negotiations on employment and disability rights, leadership in launching and implementing Barclays’ ground-breaking work on inclusion and diversity globally, and a breadth of experience in strategy development and community engagement in the charity sector.

Caroline was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to young people and the arts in Sussex in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2022.

Francesca joins Southwood Foundation as Personal Assistant to the Leadership Team, bringing 10 years of high-level experience supporting senior leaders across a range of sectors.

In addition to her strong professional background, Francesca has a genuine passion for nature and conservation. She actively champions initiatives that advance environmental sustainability and biodiversity, contributing a thoughtful, values‑driven approach to both her work and personal pursuits.