Speakers – PMI United Kingdom Chapter

Meet the Sustainability Summit 2025 Speakers

Keith Kee

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.

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

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

Aurio de la Cruz
Sustainability Champion at PMI

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.

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

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)

Bradlie Martz-Sigala
Bradlie Martz-Sigala is an environmental policy and law professional

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

Bronwyn Hall McLoughlin
Bronwyn Hall McLoughlin is Founder of People Planet Change.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Haikal El Abed
A volunteer member of PMI’s Sustainability Outreach community

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.

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

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.

Ines Garcia
Agile & Climate Coach, author of Edges.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Norman
Consultant on Human-Centric Data implementation in complex projects.

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Jörg Glunde
Lifetime Projektmanager Board Member PMI Germany Chapter

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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Marc Astley
CEO, SeaSurf/Ocean Activist

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.

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

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

Miriam Lanzetta
Head of International Projects at Lascò, PMI Southern Italy VP

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).

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

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.

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

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.

Prassede Colombo
Senior Consultant for Change Management, Sustainability

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

Sam Baker
Climate and Biodiversity Educator

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.

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

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

Taiwo Abraham
Taiwo Abraham is a sustainability thought leader at PMI.

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.

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

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Thomas Strum
Purpose Transformation is the new Digital Transformation

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.

Venkata Subodth
I’m a Sustainable Project Management Advocate

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