TLC - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Materials and Construction Advisor
Alex Page is the TLC Construction, Concrete and Materials Advisor; a geologist and executive construction technologist with over 30 years in the concrete, materials development and construction industry; formerly with Sika and currently with Carbon Capture
His projects have included the: 7 World Trade Centre Reconstruction at Ground Zero New York City, Beijing New International Airport, Shanghai Financial Centre, Chek Lap Kok- New Hong Kong Airport, Stone Cutters Island Bridge, Tsing Kau Bridge, and many many more.
Alex's geological, materials and construction experience and advice is invaluable in driving reduced embodied carbon emissions in new building and infrastructure development, and shift construction away from materials and methods that harm the climate environment and people.
Professor David A Kirby, BA. Ph.d. - Co-founder: Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society. Is a UK academic who pioneered the teaching of Entrepreneurship in the UK and internationally and was awarded, in 2006, the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion for his research, teaching, training and consultancy in the field.
He has been a Vice President and Director of The International Council for Small Business and a Director of the UK Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, in addition to being a Visiting Professor at the Henley Management College (University of Reading) and the University of Loughborough, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and the University of Tehran.
He holds Fellowships of The Royal Society of Arts, the Institute of Business Consultants and the Higher Education Academy.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Vice President of the International Federation of Surveyors
Diane currently serves as Vice President of the International Federation of Surveyors, and is a Trustee of Lionheart, the RICS benevolent Fund. Her previous board experience includes member of RICS Governing Council, founder and chair of the FIG, Africa Regional Capacity Development Network, Property Director Scott's Hotels, UN Habitat Advisory Group on Gender Initiatives (AGGI), and over many years a member of a number of RICS regional, faculty and local boards as well as attendance at international expert group panels.
She holds a Doctorate in Land Policy Planning & business strategy in Coastal Area Management and a BSc degree in Land & Property Management. She is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and an accredited member of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).
Diane is deeply involved in water and coastal resources projects with a focus on regeneration, water related projects and water rights.
Dr. Mahendra Shah has had over four decades of international appointments in the UN, World Bank, Public and Private sector including, sustainable development, systems science and systemic policy, climate change, food security, famine emergency, and international negotiations.
He prepared the Agenda 21 Rio1992 Earth Summit summary report. He was co-authored 2002 Joburg WSSD "Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability", 2000 co-authored World Bank Book "Food in the 21st Century- from Science to Sustainable Agriculture. Realizing that there can be no sustainable development without sustainable human beings since 2005 he has focussed on holistic wellness, lifestyle transformation, and sustainable tourism at Zen Resort Bali - www.zenresortbali.com.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Director of Sustainable Innovation Initiatives
- Marine Environment and Biodiversity Advisor
Dr. Nigel Noriega is the founder and director of Sustainable Innovation Initiatives, a non-profit organization enabling ecologically regenerative and sustainable economies in tropical forest regions.
Dr. Noriega is a former research biologist who has worked at the Society for Conservation Biology, Dept. of Neurobiology Physiology and Behavior at the University of California at Davis, Division of Neuroscience at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Endocrine Branch of the National Health & Environmental Effects Research Laboratory at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and Laboratory for Integrative Studies in Amphibian Biology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Environment and Biodiversity in Tourism Advisor
Dr. Pranab J Patar is an award winning environment & sustainability professional with over 20 years of experience on water resources, biodiversity, climate action, alternative livelihood & sustainable tourism issues.
Currently, he is Chief Executive of Delhi based Indo-American environmental charity - Global Foundation for Advancement of Environment & Human Wellness. Also part of the Climate Reality Leadership Corp and has been a member of multiple bodies including IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, ONet Facilitation Team of IPBES (Intergovernmental Science -Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), Responsible Tourism Society of India, International Council for Circular Economy, to name a few.
As a capacity development specialist, he has trained and addressed over 10,000 teachers, students, NGO professionals and corporate executives on key environmental issues. He regularly speaks on sustainability, water resources and changing climate and has been featured across global events/Institutions.
Dr. Rusty Brainard is an oceanographer/marine scientist that has spent the past 4 decades leading applied research on various aspects of marine ecosystems, oceanography, biodiversity, fisheries and climate change. He spent 38 years as a commissioned officer (retired as Commander in 2002) and then supervisory oceanographer with the U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From 2001-2019, Dr. Brainard served as founding Chief of NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Division leading an interdisciplinary team of 65 scientists in conducting habitat mapping, coral reef ecosystem assessment and monitoring, and applied research to support management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems across the Pacific Islands.
Internationally, Dr. Brainard served as: NOAA's lead for an ecosystem approach to fisheries management for the 6-country Coral Triangle Initiative and 8-country Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project; co-PI for the Int'l Census of Marine Life; and advisor for the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the UN Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). From 2019 to 2022, Dr. Brainard served as Chief Environmental Sustainability Officer (CESO) for The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), where he was responsible for ensuring the environmental sustainability of all aspects of The Red Sea and AMAALA regenerative luxury tourism development projects along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. As CESO, he built and led the Department of Environment and Sustainability's efforts to develop a science-informed adaptive ecosystem-based management regulatory framework to support TRSDC's ambitious vision to: 1) enhance environmental conservation value, as measured by biodiversity, by 30%, 2) achieve carbon neutrality, 3) align with all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, 4) achieve zero waste-to-landfill, and many others. Dr. Brainard presently serves: as Courtesy Professor of Marine Science in the Red Sea Research Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); on the Ocean Visions Marine Circular Bioeconomy Task Force; and as an Expert Consultant on coral reefs with the World Bank.
Job Titles:
- Advisor / Special Advisor
John Koldowski is regarded as one of the travel and tourism sector's leading analysts. John specialises in the capture, analysis and interpretation of information concerning shifts, movements and trends in the travel and tourism industry, particularly those affecting the Asia Pacific region. This includes monitoring statistics on travel movements, tracking policy and legal developments, identifying changes in consumer preferences and destination developments with respect to branding and positioning.
He is a Professor and Foreign Expert within the School of Tourism at Leshan Normal University, Sichuan Province, China, where he continues in his role as a researcher and educator.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Executive Director
Leo's experience spans 30 years of developing health and community safety services in government, the voluntary and private sector. He has worked strategically in modelling harm costs and improving outcomes for health improvement, serious crime reduction, wellbeing, and safety nationally and internationally.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Representative of TLC Harmony for Mesoamerica
Miguel is currently the representative of TLC Harmony for Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, chairman of the Board of SalvaNATURA.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder ( Tourism Marketing Hospitality )
Nicki is a marketing and public relations titan. Her finely honed experience at blue chip corporates like leading advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi and Marriott Hotels and Resorts is matched by her integrity and sensitivity to global cultures. Her influence has created a network of the foremost decision makers across Arab, South & South East Asian and African nations and she's keenly negotiated the success of world-leading tourism and prestige destinations from Jordan to Malaysia, South Africa to the UAE.
Nicki has a deep understanding of promoting worldwide high quality health and wellness resorts; unparalleled insight into the role women have in influencing health, wellness and travel decisions; and an established, trusted business presence in Asia and the Middle East that includes a client list of ruling families, CEOs and top companies.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Professor of Hospitality Management at the IUBH International University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Willy Legrand is Professor of Hospitality Management at the IUBH International University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Prof. Dr. Legrand is the lead author of Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry: Principles of Sustainable Operations. He is the lead author of Social Entrepreneurship in Hospitality: Principles and Strategies for Change featuring best practices with industry cases.
Also the Guest Chief Editor of the Hotel Yearbook Sustainable Hospitality 2018 and 2020 Special Editions. Prof. Dr. Legrand chairs the HospitalityNet World Panel on Sustainability in Hospitality.
Robert has a proven and successful background in strategic, commercial and operational management in waste, renewable energy, recycling and waste-water.
Ryan Resources, Management consultancy, specialises in delivering value in waste management, waste to energy and recycling for resource and waste focused businesses, local Government and Environment Consultancies. Current engagements include UK Residual waste procurements, International PPP, advising Central Govt and Local Authorities and procurement of waste wood for a biomass business.
He also led Viridor to support and negotiate Planning Applications, Environmental Permits, PPP Project Agreements and EPC contracts and achieving Board approval for 25 year contracts with Oxfordshire CC, Peterborough Council and South London Waste Partnership
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Instructor
- Visionary Senior Consultant
Somayeh is a visionary senior consultant with more than a decade of experience as an entrepreneur, Multidisciplinary Sustainability professional, process excellence & optimization specialist, and an experienced and proven Architect. An award winning sustainability professional focused on designing for Sustainable Ecotourism and regenerative designs.
She has a Master degree (M. Arch) in Sustainable Design with over 15 years of working experience in sustainable Architectural Design. Driven by her strong passion, she pursued education and led projects in a broader scope of Sustainability leadership and business sustainability management. She obtained her credentials in "Green Economy" and "Sustainability Management & Enterprise Process Excellence programs of Toronto Metropolitan (Ryerson) University in Canada, as well as "Business Sustainability Management" of the University of Cambridge in the UK. She is also a certified Blackbelt (CSSBB) from the American Society of Quality (ASQ).
Finding strong ties with sustainability and sustainable development, she pursued her career by applying and practicing Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement tools to Design For Sustainability Excellence (Business Strategy, Operation, and Built environment) and create value for stakeholders. Her focus is to help clients design efficient systems through integrating process excellence methodologies with the sustainability framework of balanced environment, economic and social pillars.
Somayeh is currently the instructor & Guest Speaker for the Sustainability Management and Green Economy programs at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also the co-founding member, course developer, and instructor of the sustainability management program at McMaster University, continuing education department (MCE).
Maldives' economic dependence on tourism makes it absolutely essential we continue to focus on sustainable tourism development, whilst we embark on nationwide tourism expansion initiatives and celebration of our tourism industry's Golden Jubilee in 2022.
Taleb Rifai served as the Director General of the UN World Tourism Council from May 2009 to 2017, previously he had served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). He has been instrumental in leading Travel and Tourism's contributions and responsibilities in a rapidly changing global scene.
Job Titles:
- Young Professionals Ambassador
Born in Cardiff, Tom Ireland-Life is a 22 year old young professional currently working for KPMG in Canary Wharf. Tom previously captained Wales at rugby before moving to Rugby School on a full William Webb Ellis scholarship. He then spent four years studying Politics and International Relations at the University of Bath whilst spending a year working in Brussels as a Communications Officer for the British Chamber of Commerce. Tom currently holds a position has Chair of the Alumni Committee at the British Chamber, and remains committed to promoting sustainability in the things that he does - in the personal and professional sphere.