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UK Green Building Council - UK GBC Appoints Paul King as Chief Executive
The UK Green Building Council is pleased
to announce the appointment of Paul King to the role of Chief
Executive.
Paul joins the UK GBC from WWF-UK, where he is currently
Director of Campaigns, leading the highly effective One Million
Sustainable Homes campaign. Paul is also a co-founder of One
Planet Living®, a joint WWF/BioRegional initiative that is
facilitating the development of sustainable communities in a
range of countries and promoting the imperative for One Planet
Living to governments, businesses and individuals around the
world.
Announcing the appointment, UK GBC Chairman Peter Rogers said:
“Paul is absolutely the right person to drive the organisation
forward; he knows the industry and government well. The Board
and Founding Members are delighted he is joining us at such an
exciting and important stage in the development of the UK GBC.
“Paul’s personal commitment to the mission of the UK GBC, his
experience in directing major campaigns, and his involvement in
the Sustainable Buildings Task Group, the BREEAM Sustainability
Board and the Code for Sustainable Homes Steering Group, will
bring invaluable expertise and leadership to the Council.
“We are all greatly looking forward to working with him.”
On his appointment, Paul said:
"I'm delighted to be heading up the UK GBC. There has never been
a better time, or a greater sense of urgency, to radically
transform the sustainability of the built environment. The
founding members are as committed as I am to leading this
transformation from within the industry.”
Over the course of his career with WWF, Paul has headed the
Corporate Sponsorship team, worked in the Directorate on
strategic planning and governance, spent two years on secondment
to WWF Bhutan, and led a policy team working on a range of
consumption and production issues including climate change,
toxic chemicals, timber trade, tourism and socially responsible
investment.
In January 2003 Paul became Campaign Director for WWF’s One
Million Sustainable Homes campaign, with the aim of moving
sustainability from the fringes to the mainstream of the UK
housing sector.
In 2006, Paul was the winner of the Leadership category at the
Building Sustainability Awards.
Email:
kirsten.hawes@mission-21.com