Meet the Sustainability Summit 2025 speakers

Keith Kee

Andy Baber

Experienced Project and Programme, with Strategic Business Account and Development Management skills

Experienced Project and Programme, with Strategic Business Account and Development Management skills across a proven track record of running large, complex, multi-site projects, demonstrated history (20+ years) of working cross sectors in the Energy, Aerospace and higher education industries.

Aurio de la Cruz

Sustainability Champion at PMI

Passionate about generating positive impact through projects, he currently serves as Volunteer Social Impact Lead for PMI Latin America. Recently appointed as Sustainability Champion at PMI

Aybüke Aslantaş

Aslantaş is the responsible of Climate & Sustainability Committee of PMI Southern Italy Chapter.

Aybüke Aslantaş works as a researcher in various NGOs. She has been a member and volunteer of PMI-SIC since January 2022. Aslantaş is the responsible of Climate & Sustainability Committee of PMI Southern Italy Chapter.

Bradlie Martz-Sigala

Bradlie Martz-Sigala is an environmental policy and law professional

Bradlie Martz-Sigala is an environmental policy and law professional committed to advancing climate justice and inclusive climate action. She coordinates the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Bronwyn Hall McLoughlin

Bronwyn Hall McLoughlin is Founder of People Planet Change.

She brings three decades of dynamic leadership experience in human capital, change, and sustainability worldwide. She serves as a PMI–GPM European Sustainability Champion

David Haze

The Nomadic Paddler, is an award-winning adventurer, environmental campaigner and endurance athlete

Known widely as The Nomadic Paddler, is an award-winning adventurer, environmental campaigner and endurance athlete whose powerful personal journey has inspired audiences across the UK.

Donnie McNicol

He advises on mega-project delivery in the UK and overseas.

focused on developing programme and portfolio delivery capability for public and private sector organisations. He advises on mega-project delivery in the UK and overseas.

Edoardo FAVARI 

Edoardo helps organizations turn large-scale ambition into measurable long-term impact.

Metaphors guide our actions and are vital in sustainability. Project managers need new ones such as the “gardener” metaphor which highlights nurturing, adaptability, and legacy over control and short-term results.

Haikal El Abed

A volunteer member of PMI’s Sustainability Outreach community

Haikal El Abed is a PMP® and PMI-ACP® certified program leader with 20+ years’ experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives across Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He currently serves as Team Leader with GIZ Ethiopia.

Hugo Minney

Dr. Hugo Minney is an accomplished chair and executive director, bringing curiosity, dynamism and decades of experience.

Dr. Hugo Minney is the author of a series of 20 articles on sustainability in the Project Management World Journal putting some numbers on the costs of implementing these and at the same time the costs of failing to do this.

Ines Garcia

Agile & Climate Coach, author of Edges.

I help individuals, teams and organisations to deliver better value & reduce waste (time, effort, materials energy) To focus on impact. Active contributor to: scrumalliance.org, Agile Alliance (Sustainability Initiative), Pledge1%, Business Declares, Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Work on Climate & Business of Purpose communities, The Mentorship Central & YeurLeadin.

Jack Adams

Jack Adams is a Project Manager working in the sustainability in the public sector

Jack Adams is a Project Manager working in the sustainability in the public sector, with a focus on delivering infrastructure that reduces the carbon impact of organisations and the communities where it is built.

Jo Dobson

Jo Dobson is Director of Useful Projects, a leading impact-driven consultancy within the Useful Simple Trust

An award-winning consultant, Jo is highly skilled at helping public, private and third sector organisations develop sustainability strategies, and supporting them to embed sustainability into delivery approaches

Joel Carboni

Dr. Joel Carboni is a global authority on sustainability and regenerative approaches to project managementand and founder of GPM®

Dr. Joel Carboni is a global authority on sustainability and regenerative approaches to project management, with a 30-year career spanning environmental science, sustainability strategy, and governance. As the founder of GPM®, Dr. Carboni created the P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management and Business Practice

Jonathan Norman

Consultant on Human-Centric Data implementation in complex projects.

He moved on to semi-retirement, since when he has consulted on Human-Centric Data implementation in complex projects.

Jörg Glunde

Lifetime Projektmanager Board Member PMI Germany Chapter

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Jutta Eckstein

Jutta Eckstein works as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer.

Jutta has served the board of the Agile Alliance (from 2003-2007) and has recently founded the “Agile Sustainability Initiative” which aims at increasing the awareness of the Agile community’s possibilities to make a difference.

Karen Thompson

Dr Karen Thompson is a co-founder of Responsible Project Management (RPM)

Dr Karen Thompson, FSI FAPM FHEA is an award-winning project management educator, researcher and co-founder of Responsible Project Management (RPM). She has worked at the intersection of sustainability and project management for more than two decades.

Lucila Dotto

PMI Global Head of Sustainability, leading the PMI-GPM Joint Venture

Led the Global Purpose Aligning enterprise purpose with sustainability goals to enhance positive impact on people, clients, and society. PMI Head of PMI Community, Europe Currently PMI Global Head of Sustainability, leading the PMI-GPM Joint Venture Honors & Publications

Marc Astley

CEO, SeaSurf/Ocean Activist

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Mehmet Egilmezer

Mehmet Egilmezer is an international C-level executive and sustainability advocate

Mehmet Egilmezer is an international C-level executive, sustainability advocate, and ICF Master Certified Coach with over 20 years of experience leading large-scale construction, digital transformation, and organizational development projects across multiple countries.

Miriam Lanzetta

Head of International Projects at Lascò, PMI Southern Italy VP

Head of International Projects at Lascò, PMI Southern Italy VP. Project Manager, PMP® and GPM-b™ credential holder, specialising in EU-funded projects on digital transformation, sustainability and innovation in education and training

Mohammed Elguarni

Mohammed Elguarni explores the paradox between AI's rapid growth and its environmental consequence.

I am a Project Manager and coauthor of two books “AI in the service of project management” (2025, AFNOR) and "Rethinking Project Management for a Sustainable Future" (2024, AFNOR).

Phil Driver

Phil Driver developed the OpenStrategies system based on PRUB-Logic.

Phil Driver developed the OpenStrategies system based on PRUB-Logic. He facilitates large-scale, complex, multistakeholder strategies on topics such as climate change, biodiversity and river catchment management.

Prassede Colombo

Senior Consultant for Change Management, Sustainability

Prassede Colombo is a project management professional with over 36 years of experience leading projects and supporting organizations in navigating change. She is a partner at Innovatel, a benefit company, where she focuses on integrating sustainability into project practices and organizational strategy.

Sam Baker

Climate and Biodiversity Educator

Advocate for System Level Change to Address the Polycrisis | Climate and Biodiversity Educator | Campaigner

Stuart Thorp

Stuart Thorp is an experienced program and project leader who has successfully delivered complex initiatives

Stuart Thorp is an experienced program and project leader who has successfully delivered complex initiatives across telecoms, energy, transport, pharmaceuticals, finance and automotive sectors for some of the world’s largest corporations.

Taiwo Abraham

Taiwo Abraham is a sustainability thought leader at PMI.

Taiwo Abraham is a sustainability thought leader at PMI. Combining an advanced degree from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, a PhD training specializing in corporate sustainability strategy, 15-year career in project management and certifications in sustainability and project management

Tao Chun Liu

Tao Chun Liu is a recognized authority in AI and Agile project management.

Tao Chun Liu, a PMI Global Summit Speaker and AI SME, blends seven years of AI expertise with eight years of Agile leadership. With credentials including PMP, AHPP, DASSM, and PSPO II, he has delivered 80+ GenAI workshops and led thousands of sprints, helping professionals thrive in the AI-driven Project Economy.

Thomas Strum

Purpose Transformation is the new Digital Transformation

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Venkata Subodth

I’m a Sustainable Project Management Advocate

I’m a Sustainable Project Management Advocate at InGeniusly, with over 7 years of experience leading revenue-driven projects across diverse industries. My background spans Customer Relations, Production, Operations, Administration, Marketing, and Finance. This journey has honed my project management expertise, commercial insight, and deep understanding of the built environment.

Werner Waldner

PMP certified with focus on SRP projects, sustainability lead in Allianz Direct

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