Kim graduated from University College, Cardiff with joint honours in English and Economics, an academic grounding that played to his interest in narratives, people and business. After travelling and experience working in hospitality, he developed a career in publishing, progressing through the ranks in a number of commercial roles at Haymarket and other magazine publishers.

In 1986 he co-founded Brass Tacks Publishing which, under his stewardship, became one of the top ten UK customer magazine and website publishers. Somerfield, Royal Mail, the RAC, British Gas and the RFU numbered among its many blue-chip clients. He sold the business to Chime Communications in 2000, remaining as MD of the Bristol office until 2009.

Returning to live in his native Cornwall in 2002, Kim ran Brass Tacks Media Ltd until becoming CEO of Cornwall Chamber of Commerce from April 2012 – August 2024. His visionary yet highly pragmatic approach enabled him to develop the Chamber into an organisation that is now firmly at the forefront of Cornwall’s business community. Cornwall Chamber of Commerce has grown to encompass a specialist team that offers an extensive range of services, from business support to a vibrant mix of networking events, as well as being very much the voice of business in Cornwall on a regional, national and international scale.

Today Kim is also a member of and chairs, several business and education boards. He is a director of Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, Chair of Cornwall Community Foundation, and has been a member of Truro & Penwith College Employment & Business Board, on the FEAST steering group and an advisory board member of Golden Tree Productions, Smartline and Cornwall Place Board. Kim was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall in 2019 serving on the King’s Award for Enterprise panel and the King’s Award for Voluntary Service group. He was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh in 2024 and given the bardic name Kannas Kann (Bright Messenger).

Outside of work his family, wife Sarah and three grown up children, his garden, boat, Falmouth Rugby and walking the Coast Path are sources of great enjoyment.

Robin is Chair of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Nature Partnership. He is a member of the House of Lords where he speaks on climate change and biodiversity issues.

Until earlier this year he chaired House’s EU Environment committee.  Robin is also involved in the energy storage sector, and is a trustee of the company that holds the green share in the Green Investment Bank.  He lives near Tregony in Cornwall.

Gitty has a degree in Public Health Engineering from Tehran University and has settled in England since 1979, after gaining an M.Sc. in Occupational Medicine from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. After working for Cornwall Council she transferred to the Environment Agency (EA) in 1996 where she worked in waste planning, pollution prevention, waste minimisation, resource management and sustainable good practice. She recently retired after working as a Catchment Co-ordinator for the past 5 years in the Environment Agency (EA), where she worked closely with Flood Defence colleagues, landowners, SW Water, Cornwall Council and other interested parties on water management.

Gitty has 37 years’ of experience and has a broad knowledge of environmental issues including Climate Change, Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Waste and Resource Management, Environmental Legislation, Environmental Impact Assessments, Land Remediation and Management, Environmental Management Systems, Habitat Creation and Enhancement and Water Management.
Gitty was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday 2010 Honours List “For services to the Recycling and Waste Industries in Cornwall”.

As part of International Women’s Day in 2018, 2019 and 2020 Gitty was cited in the press as one of 60 inspirational and remarkable women who have made major contributions to Cornwall. She has worked closely with a range of Government Departments on both preventing and responding to the climate emergency and brings a focus on how we put people at the heart of that thinking. Gitty combines extensive regulatory experience with the ability to think creatively and strategically about the future and to engage others on that journey. She is very effective at networking and bringing people from all walks of life together.

MD of the Good Ship Leap, a Certified B Corp design and impact agency whose purpose is to ignite the creative change our planet needs. Ocean activist—some say married to the sea, others claim I’ve just got salt water in my veins. As a trained B Leader, I guide organisations through their journey to B Corp certification, fuelled by a deep passion for Impact Business Models that create meaningful change.

Cornwall’s sustainability landscape is my playground for positive disruption, helping local businesses transform how they operate while honouring our precious coastal environment. Community champion, compelled to forge real connections between business and local voices—because the best innovations happen when we actually listen to each other. An optimist at heart who believes Cornwall can lead the sustainability revolution. Competitive by nature (just try me at Swimruns or Surf Lifesaving competitions), but driven by empathy and emotional intelligence in all I do.

When not judging the Cornwall Sustainability Awards, you’ll find me with toes in the sand, plotting the next wave of positive impact for our community and beyond

Clare is a dairy farmer and agri-food specialist and has the role of rural lead on the Board. Clare has long championed the agri-food sector and land-based industries in Cornwall, managing a number of trade organisations and a farm visitor centre. She is Chair of the LEP’s Rural Advisory Group and also Vice Chair of the LEP’s Employment and Skills Board.  Clare is also a Board member on the CIoS Local Nature Partnership.

Justin is a Senior Funding & Investment Manager working within the Environment Directorate of the West of England Combined Authority

Justin also acts as the finance lead for the Department of Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) Local Net Zero Accelerator Pilots supporting Greater Manchester, West Midlands and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authorities.

Justin has an extensive background in investment banking (capital markets and hedging infrastructure finance), education management, curriculum development, consultancy, social enterprise, and sector specialisms in renewable energy and environmental goods & services.

Justin was born into an engineering and farming family in Cornwall and educated at a range of UK universities before working across the world in various roles before returning to his native Cornwall with the birth of his son.

Justin is currently Chair of The Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Climate Commission and a Director of South West Business Council, and he has previously served as an (Associate) Non-Executive Director of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of the Senior Executives Forum, a Special Advisor to The Office of the Third Sector in the Cameron-led coalition UK Government, the DEFRA representative of the South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC), Treasurer of Volunteer Cornwall and as a member of the Co-op’s National Member’s Council as well as a school governor for academies in both Devon & Cornwall in addition to serving on a number of other not-for-profit Boards aligned to his professional expertise.

John is a communications and branding consultant, keynote speaker and CEO of the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce. He has spent the last 15 years working with firms like Virgin, COOK, lululemon, Natura & Co, McAfee, B Lab UK and more. His focus is on creating fearlessness within brands through radical transparency, human personality and moments of mass engagement. 

John, along with his wife and two children, is a proud resident of Cornwall. As the CEO of the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, he fervently champions for Cornwall to emerge as a global leader in the regenerative economy. His relentless efforts aim to attract both private and public investment into the Duchy, while also shining a spotlight on the remarkable Cornish businesses.

He’s a dad to two and a husband to one. He believes that to be a great writer, you need to be a great reader, so when he is not out in the Cornish landscape, failing miserably at skateboarding, he can usually be found buried in a book or research paper. He holds a degree in environmental science.

Loic is a Cornwall Councillor (lead member for Environment and Climate Change) and Deputy Mayor of Truro, representing Tregolls Ward in Truro. He previously worked as a journalist and copy writer, and is now a singer songwriter and busker performing across Cornwall and beyond.