Jim is a co-founder of The Climate Group and directs the organisation's international programmes on markets and technology. He is a member of The Climate Group's Executive Management team.
For the last 14 years he has worked on public and private sector responses to environmental and social challenges. He has spoken on climate change leadership at events in the UK, US, Ireland, UAE and China, and during appearances on ITV News, CBC Canada, France 24 and at TED Global.
Jim holds a Masters degree in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London, and competed in rowing events at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He lives in Beijing.
"Widespread innovation is urgently required to match the world's aspirations for human development with the constraints we face on energy, natural resources and carbon emissions. The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge highlights some of the most innovative green entrepreneurs working around the world today. And, for the winners the prize is transformational - 500,000 euros to fast-track a disruptive idea.
It's a pleasure to be involved in the jury – meeting the contestants each year I get a renewed sense of optimism about the power of entrepreneurs to solve environmental and social challenges."
This will be the third time that Jim serves as a member of the jury for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge.
(Founder and CEO of OVG, the leading European re/developer in zero-carbon sustainable buildings)
(Founder of Samasource, board member at OneLeap and TechSoup Global)
(Chief Sustainability Officer for the IKEA Group)
(Executive Director & General Counsel of Rocky Mountain Institute)
(Former director of Greenpeace Netherlands, MP for the Dutch Green Left party)
Nick Christy (2011): Water Recycling Shower
Scot Frank (2010): SolSource
Dean Gregory (2009): RidgeBlade
Eben Bayer (2008): Ecovative
Igor Kluin (2007): Qurrent
