Meet our team
Carbon Copy has always welcomed diversity and aimed to be inclusive. Although we are a small team, we try to encompass as many of the protected characteristics as possible – such as race, age, gender and neurodiversity – as well as include people of different backgrounds and viewpoints.
Trustees
Core Team
Advisory Board
Riccardo Casale Chair of Trustees
Ric is the author of Civic Revolution, about the power of collective local action to address the biodiversity and climate crises. Prior business experience includes mobile communication startups, strategy consulting and brand marketing. Recognised by Greenhouse as a Green Pioneer, he is enthusiastic about disruptive innovation for social and environmental good. Ric chairs the Carbon Copy Trustee Board.
Andy Knott Chair of Advisory Board
Andy is the co-founder of Hedron, the pioneering change management consultancy. Andy has advised top UK companies on the human dimensions of designing and implementing radical change programmes to achieve lasting shifts in attitudes and behaviours. He is a former trustee of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets, and of the Fifth Trust for learning-disabled adults. Andy chairs the Carbon Copy Advisory Board.
Heather Allen Trustee
Heather is a trustee of The Carbon Community – a science-led charity accelerating breakthrough carbon removal through trees and soil – and a non-executive director of Jamieson Wellness Inc. Heather was the executive vice-president for category development at Reckitt plc responsible for the global brand portfolio, including sustainability. She is a lifelong believer in the environment and the importance of spending time outdoors.
Ruth Gerrard Trustee
Ruth is a freelance consultant in grant fundraising and development within the non-profit environmental sector, working almost exclusively in this field since 2007. She is a Diploma Qualified Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising with substantial success raising funds for community-scale, nature-based and sustainable energy projects in the UK, as well as developing backroom strategy and process. Notable past employers include the Centre for Sustainable Energy and The Conservation Volunteers.
Claudia Jaksch Trustee
Claudia is the CEO of not-for-profit think tank Policy Connect. As head of the sustainability team, she has also overseen the development and delivery of 13 substantial research publications and over 150 parliamentary discussion events that collectively engaged government, civil service, businesses, academia and the third sector. In addition to being a seasoned policy expert, Claudia has in-depth experience from strategy to operations, financial reporting and governance.
Isabelle Sparrow Head of Communications
Isabelle heads up the communications team at Carbon Copy, working on strategy, campaign planning and implementation. She uses her storytelling expertise, gained through roles within the NHS, Fauna and Flora International and the British Heart Foundation, to highlight big-thinking local climate action through on and offline channels, including most recently as the host of the Carbon Copy Podcast.
Brad Ingham Multimedia Production
Brad plays a key role in the production of the Carbon Copy Podcast and in filming the amazing people and projects we showcase. He spent his former years making a living in music, before putting down his instruments and picking up a camera. Based in Manchester, he is the creator and founder of People Place Process, an agency that helps people tell their stories with personality and realness.
Hannah Butcher SEO
Hannah leads Carbon Copy’s SEO work, from technical through to content strategy and copywriting. She has 15 years of creative and analytical search engine optimisation work, as a freelance expert and in prior agency roles as Head of SEO and Head of Content & PR. She currently works for several clients, in the UK and North America, helping them make a bigger impression.
Zarina Ahmad Advocate for climate justice
Zarina has played a leading role in Scotland supporting 150 BAME projects to apply successfully to the Scottish Climate Challenge Fund and actively connecting community groups with the nation’s government addressing climate justice and race equality. She has recently embarked on a PhD focused on sustainable behaviours within migrant communities in the UK.
Sonya Bedford Partner, Spencer West
Sonya is a partner at renown legal firm Spencer West, sits on the board of seven community energy groups, is a non-executive director of Regen and is also a Trustee of the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT). She is one of the founders of the innovative and ambitious Zero Carbon Wedmore group and was awarded an MBE for services to community energy.
Ian Thomson Professor of Accounting and Sustainability
Ian teaches and oversees projects that inform the development of sustainable policies and practice, from citizen accounting to carbon accountability, at Dundee University. His other roles include Chair of the international Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) network.