about our staff

Matthew Spencer
director

Matthew became the new director of Green Alliance in May 2010. A biologist by training, Matthew spent the early part of his career working on tropical forest conservation, helping to establish a cloud forest conservation foundation in South America. He was founding chief executive of the successful renewable energy agency Regen SW and, before that, campaign director at Greenpeace UK. His role prior to joining Green Alliance was as head of government affairs at the Carbon Trust. He is a member of the government's Renewable Advisory Board.

PA email: jevetts@green-alliance.org.uk
PA direct dial: 020 7630 4517

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Tamsin Cooper
deputy director

Tamsin joins Green Alliance as deputy director on the 6th of September. She moves from the Institute for European Environmental Policy where she led the Agriculture and Land Management Programme. Tamsin, who has a PhD in geography from University College London, has played an active role in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, and has a detailed knowledge of EU institutions, political processes and the EU budget. Prior to joining IEEP she worked at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College.

tcooper@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4521

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Louise Humphrey
head of resources

Louise is our head of resources at Green Alliance.

lhumphrey@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4518

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Richard Booth
events co-ordinator

Richard manages our business circle, co-ordinating its programme of events for the year. He also runs seminars, launches and major events in other areas of Green Alliance's work.

rbooth@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4515

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Rachel Cary 
senior policy adviser

Rachel is leading the Climate and Energy Futures theme. She has worked on a wide range of climate change and energy projects, advising public and private sector organisations in areas from renewable heat to carbon trading.

rcary@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4522

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Karen Crane
senior communications manager

Karen is taking forward Green Alliance's communications strategy. She edits and develops the website and Green Alliance's core publications enews, Inside Track and the annual review. She also manages the media functions and leads on branding and profile.

kcrane@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4519

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David Evans
head of finance

David is responsible for Green Alliance's financial management and oversees IT, HR and other administrative functions.

devans@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4518

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Josie Evetts
PA to the director and office manager

Josie provides PA support to the director and manages the office, including our IT resources and database. She also runs Green Alliance's major membership events. 

jevetts@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4517

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Chris Hewett 
associate

Chris is on a year's secondment from the Environment Agency, where he has been head of climate change. He is leading Green Alliance's Sustainable Economy work.

chewett@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4526

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Hannah Hislop 
senior policy adviser

Hannah manages Green Alliance's Designing Out Waste theme, which includes our work on product policy and fiscal incentives. She leads the consortium of businesses and organisations convened around this work and is also currently engaged on our work looking at EU ecodesign policy. 

hhislop@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4529

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Hannah Kyrke-Smith
policy team assistant

Hannah provides administrative and research support to the policy team, with a current focus on the Green Living theme.

hkyrke-smith@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct line: 020 7630 4520

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Chris Littlecott 
senior policy adviser

Chris is leading the expansion of our EU and international work, with particular focus on climate change. He also coordinates the activities of the European Environment Bureau's Network of UK NGOs. 

clittlecott@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4516

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Laura Mackenzie  
policy adviser

Laura works on our Political Leadership  theme, she has organised the climate leadership programme  of training for politicians on climate change. She is on secondment from the National Trust.

lmackenzie@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4511

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Amy Persson 
senior policy adviser

Amy joined Green Alliance in May 2010. She is a trained lawyer who has worked previously for the government of New South Wales, Australia, as special adviser to the minister for the environment and climate change. She leads Green Alliance’s Political Leadership theme. 

apersson@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4527

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Rebekah Phillips 
senior policy adviser

Rebekah leads Green Alliance’s Green Living theme; helping government to understand how it can enable and encourage people to live greener lives. The Green Living Consortium is the main focus of current work, which includes projects examining how the government could better communicate the problem of climate change to the general public, work on people-centred behaviour-change policy and looking towards a better vision of the future.      

rphillips@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4528

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Edward Robinson
media and communications manager

Edward manages Green Alliance's public relations and is working to expand our media profile. Edward moves to Green Alliance from public affairs agency Bell Pottinger, and has experience working in public affairs, media relations and journalism.

erobinson@green-alliance.org.uk 
Direct dial: 020 7630 4512

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Sylvia Rowley 
policy adviser

Sylvia works primarily on our Green Living theme. She is currently doing a project on behaviour change in the home as well as continuing to examine how better political communication could lead to stronger public support for a low carbon society.

srowley@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4514

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Faye Scott 
senior policy adviser 

Faye leads Green Alliance's Third Sector theme, which includes the third sector task force on climate change and our work on older people and the environment. She also works on our Green Living theme focusing on homes and energy efficiency.

fscott@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4524

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Marta Silva
bookkeeper

Marta looks after the day to day finances and bookkeeping tasks for Green Alliance.

msilva@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial: 020 7630 4519

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Laura Williams
fundraising manager

Laura is leading the management of our relationships with trusts and other funders. She is developing Green Alliance's future strategy to maximise funds from these sources.

lwilliams@green-alliance.org.uk
Direct dial:  020 7630 4525

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