GRADUATE PLANET - Key Persons
Kate is the Founder of Graduate Planet CIC with 25 years of experience in recruitmentc supporting a broad range of SME's and international businesses. Kate is passionate about creating long term environmental sustainability and equipping the next generation with the information they need to reduce climate change.
Peter is the Director of Wharton, a natural infrastructure consultancy. He is a chartered arboriculturalist and consultant with over 15 years combined experience within the public and private sectors. In recent years Peter has moved from a technical day-to-day job to now managing a team of knowledgeable and successful young professionals. Previously, Peter has been the Vice-Chair, a Trustee and Director of the Arboricultural Association, Chair of the Associations Media and Communications Committee and currently sits on the Consultants Working Group and Midlands Branch Committee. Professional member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and Registered Consultant, Fellow of the Arboricultural Association, Licensed user of Quantified Tree Risk Assessment, Lantra Professional Tree Inspection certificated
Simon is a procurement leadership professional with over 25 years of experience and a proven track record of delivering transformational change including creating new procurement functions, merging procurement operations and step change improvements in the performance of existing procurement departments. Simon has held senior procurement leadership roles in the automotive, food, pharmaceutical, healthcare and utility industries managing spends of up to two billion pounds per annum. Simon is passionate about "getting the basics right" and supports the procurement operations of government and charitable organisations on a voluntary basis.
Tony is the MD of Climate Change Solutions Ltd. He jointly organised the first Midlands Environmental Business Conference NEC, from which it was established and continues to date as the MEBC (Club). He was involved in organising the Pledge to the Planet and Tree of Life campaign, with John Talbot, David Middleton Jonathon Porritt, leading to and featuring in the UN Earth Summit Rio 1992. He also participated in Coventry and Warwickshire Savers as a local Agenda 21 NGO.