Libby Peake
Libby Peake is head of resource policy at Green Alliance, an independent charity and think tank focused on achieving ambitious leadership for the environment. She works closely with other NGOs, academics and businesses to promote better use of resources throughout the economy. This includes managing the Circular Economy Task Force, a forum for business thinking on resource efficient policies. Much of her current research is focused on driving the right innovations, infrastructure and systemic changes to ensure improvements in resource use. Her recent reports include Building a circular economy: how a new approach to infrastructure can put an end to waste, Plastic promises: what the grocery sector is really doing about packaging and Fixing the system: why a circular economy for all materials is the only way to solve the plastic problem. She is an expert and trusted commentator on topics including: ecodesign; chemicals regulation; resource efficiency; plastic; and recycling.
Christian Lenges
Bineke Posthumus
Bineke Posthumus works as a Director Business Development at the Renewable Polymers department of Avantium. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Strategic Management from the London School of Economics in 2007. Before Avantium she worked at TNO, one of Europe’s largest research institutes, for approximately 10 years. There, she worked at the Strategic Analysis & Policy department, where she had a specific focus on bringing new technology to market in the areas of the circular economy and the energy transition.