
Business support

Professor Paul Baines
Head of Executive Education, Professor of Political Marketing
University of Leicester
Professor in Political Marketing, Head of Executive Education, Co-director of University of Leicester School of Business Help to Grow programme for SMEs and Principal Investigator for the GreenerFuture Leicestershire project.

Dr Cristina Fona
Director of Sustainability
University of Leicester
Director of Sustainability and Lecturer in marketing at the University of Leicester School of Business and is the Project lead for the GreenerFuture Leicestershire Business Advisory Service.

Junior-Cudjoe (JC) Impraim
Marketing and Engagement Officer
University of Leicester
Marketing and engagement officer, Carbon Literacy accredited, creating communication strategies and media plans to engage businesses, residents, and communities in sustainability and green initiatives.

Dr Sandra Lee
Sustainability Lead
University of Leicester
PHD in sustainability behaviour change. She leads on the Climate Strategy and associated for net zero plans and advising organisations around sustainability

Alice Jackson
Sustainability Impact Consultant
University of Leicester
Working directly with businesses in Leicestershire to provide sustainability support. She is an accredited Carbon Literacy Facilitator.

Dr Alina Khakimova
Research Associate in Sustainability
University of Leicester
PhD in Management from the University of Edinburgh, specialising in strategic development. Her research focuses on sustainability transformation. Previously collaborated with the Scottish Government, UNDP, and the banking and financial sector, providing advisory support on sustainable investment strategies.
Residents and communities support

Carbon Reduction Team
Leicestershire County Council
Get in touch with the team for more information about carbon reduction in the county

Community Energy
Green Fox Community Energy
To express interest in joining a community energy group, contact us
Governance support

Andrew Reeves
Associate Professor, Energy and Sustainable Development
De Montfort University
Project director for education for sustainable development (ESD), environmental sustainability theme lead at Universities for 'Leicester' partnerships and the principal investigator for the GreenerFuture Leicestershire project

Daniel Kerr
Research Fellow, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development
De Montfort University
A research fellow in the institute of energy and sustainable development at De Montfort University. Investigating transferrable governance arrangements for net zero project implementation.

John Rowlatt
Research Fellow
De Montfort University
Chartered Building Engineer specialising in solar energy with focus on households and SMEs with solar PV systems, working as a research fellow on the GreenerFuture project