Sustainability Team
The Sustainability Team are based in the Estates and Facilities department and are responsible for sustainable operations across the University.
The team work closely with the University's Institute for Sustainability and Centre for Environment and Sustainability to support sustainable teaching and research.
Team Sustainability Statement
Our team
Our team is responsible for embedding sustainability across the University. We cover everything from sustainable operations to behaviour change campaigns.
Get in touch with us by emailing sustainability@surrey.ac.uk.
Professor Bob Nichol
Chair of Environment and Sustainability Steering Group | Executive Board Lead for Sustainability
Biography
Bob is the chair of our Environment and Sustainability Steering Group and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. As a member of the Executive Board of the University, he has formal responsibility for sustainability at Surrey.
Martin Wiles
Head of Sustainability
Biography
Martin leads the development and delivery of the University’s energy and sustainability strategy.
He manages projects, activities and events to improve the University’s environmental sustainability and works with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the delivery of the broad sustainability strategic objectives, delivering cultural change across the University.
Nick Jones
Head of Procurement
Biography
Nick’s role involves oversight of the Sustainable Procurement Strategy and responsibility for embedding sustainable best practice into procurement across the University.
As our Sustainable Procurement Champion, he is in close contact with higher education sustainable procurement groups, researching and implementing best practice responsible procurement across the University.
Professor Angela Druckman
Academic Lead for Sustainability in the Curriculum
Biography
Angela is the Director of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability. She oversees the implementation and delivery of our Sustainability in Curriculum Strategy and collaborates with relevant departments to ensure sustainability is included in the education of all students.
Professor Richard Murphy
Academic Lead for Sustainability in Research
Biography
Richard is a champion for our Sustainability Strategic Research Theme. As the chair of our Sustainability Research Enhancement Working Group, he collaborates with academic and professional departments to ensure that opportunities are available for students to conduct sustainability research and apply it within the University.
Andy Harman
Energy Manager
Biography
Andy oversees energy management at the University, delivering the objectives of the Energy Policy.
He identifies and prioritises areas for energy efficiency work and works closely with the Building Management Systems. Andy works with the Head of Energy and Sustainability on the University’s energy procurement strategy. He creates performance reports and works with building stakeholders around the University.
Iain Main
Sports Groundsman and Landscape Manager
Biography
Iain is responsible for the University's grounds. He is also the University lead for biodiversity, working to main and improve biodiversity across our 67 hectares campus.
Amy Woods
Senior Team Leader
Biography
Amy leads the Estates and Facilities Logistics team. She is also responsible for waste management on campus and is working towards improving the University's recycling rate, as well as reducing the amount of waste produced on site.
Charlotte Discombe
Sustainability Awareness Coordinator
Biography
Charlotte manages sustainability awareness across campus and is responsible for organising campaigns and engagement activities.
Matthew Gibson
Doctoral Practitioner in Circular Economy
Biography
Matthew is a doctoral practitioner working in partnership with the Centre of Environment and Sustainability.
He is currently working with the Sustainability Team and Procurement Team to identify and develop an effective transition to a circular economy.
Cemsu Senyurt
Student Engagement Assistant
Biography
Cemsu supports the Sustainability Team in organising student engagement across the University. Their role includes managing student volunteers, running student pop-ups and developing student communications.
Negar Ganji
Green Impact Assistant
Biography
Negar supports the running of Green Impact, an integral staff/student engagement campaign encouraging departments to be more sustainable.
Katie King
Sustainable Labs Assistant
Biography
Katie supports the running of Sustainable Labs, an integral staff/student engagement campaign encouraging laboratories to reduce their carbon emissions and create an environment that supports research quality.