Advisory Panel
Kelvin Lack
(Founder)
A former Geologist who established his own management consultancy company which he later sold to Siemens. He is now dedicated to wildlife conservation
Prof. Mike Depledge
Chair of Environment and Human Health at the Peninsula Medical School (Universities of Exeter and Plymouth), Devon, UK. Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Group on Environment and Climate.
Prof. Richard Thompson
A Senior Lecturer at Plymouth University and Chief Scientific Advisor to the team, Prof. Thompson is recognised as one of the world’s leading experts in his field
Prof. Edward Kosior
A world leader in the science of plastics and recycling technologies. Managing Director Nextek Ltd. Developer of new plastic-to-diesel technology
Prof. Brian Morton OBE
Founding Director, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, University of Hong Kong. Regional Editor, Marine Pollution Bulletin
Prof. Bill Cooper
Director of University of California, Irvine’s Urban Water Research Center and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Hans van Weenen
Former Professor of sustainable product development at the University of Amsterdam he has been studying the plastic pollution issue since 1974
Dr Lindsay Porter
Lindsay runs SMRU Ltd’s office in South East Asia. She has spent the last 17 years in Asia, primarily in the South China Sea, studying populations of Indo-Pacific humpback and dolphions (Sousa Chinensis) and other tropical delphinids
Dr Keith Scholey
Director of Wild Horizons Ltd and Big Cat Productions. Formerly the Head of the BBC Natural History Unit and BBC Controller of Factual Production
Brian Leith
Executive Producer
BBC Natural History Unit
Daniella Russo
A Social Entrepreneur, she founded the Plastic Pollution Coalition in 2009. Daniella is committed to elevating the issue of plastic pollution to the forefront of social, political and environmental discourse.
Dr Francois Galgani
Dr François Galgani is a French biological oceanographer. He has specialized in assessing the effects of pollution on marine organisms as well as the distribution of waste on the seabed of the European coasts.
Dr Cheryl Rodgers
Director of the MSc Business and Management at the University of Portsmouth Business School and Principal Lecturer in Corporate Strategy and Business Sustainability. Cheryl has a longstanding interest in Sustainable Business and her book on the same subject is forthcoming in 2012
