Steering Committee

Sarah is the Sustainability and Social Value Lead at SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK, and was recognised as one of the industry’s “ones to watch” in the 2019 Lets Recycle 35 under 35 awards. Sarah also chairs the social value working group for the Environmental Services Association (ESA).

Jonathan is Head of Services at Pagabo (a leading procurement framework provider) and has spent over 20 years working in procurement across both private and public sectors. Jonathan is both MCIPS qualified and NEC3 accredited.

Peter is the Head of Social Value for the UK and Europe at Faithful+Gould (part of the SNC-Lavalin group). Alongside working in social value, Peter has over 30 years of procurement and supply chain experience.

Viki is an Associate at Steer Economic Development, a division of international transport and infrastructure consultancy Steer. Viki leads the Net Zero and Social Value offer. She has a PhD in Atmospheric Physics and over 17 years’ experience as a multi-disciplinary researcher working across a diverse range of domains – from economic policy to climate change science.

Matt currently works as an Economic Advisor in central government, having previously worked at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and GSK.

Tom is the Social Sustainability Principal at RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board) where he leads their work on how the rail industry can maximise the social value it creates for stakeholders connected to the railways. Prior to RSSB Tom worked with many different organisations to help them plan, deliver and measure their social and sustainable impacts.

Angus is the Director of Social Value at the 55 Group and its five businesses. Prior to that Angus worked in strategy and management consulting across both private and public sectors.