Who we are

Adam Donnan CEnv has worked at the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) since 2006, becoming their CEO in 2013. He recently completed a three-year term as Chair of the Science Council, and past roles include Chairing the Technical Pathways Programme Board and Non-Executive Director of Change Agents UK. Adam has been well-recognised externally, winning numerous awards for his environmental and sustainability work, notably as Young Leader of the Year 2014, Association Awards UK, and being recognised on The ENDS Report Power List of the 100 most influential UK environmental professionals in 2022, 2023 and 2025.

Andy is a visiting professor, author and businessperson. He is a Fellow of the Society of Professional Economists, Royal Economic Society and the Academy of Social Science, and is a Patron of the Economics Network. A former Government Economic Service (GES) deputy director, he has served as Head of Professional Development for the GES and for the Society of Professional Economists. Today, Andy enjoys being an associate lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London.

Denise Hawkes is a Professor in Economics Education at King’s Business School and the Deputy Director of I-LEAD at King’s College London. She leads the development of the I-LEAD evaluation framework and the I-GIVE discipline outreach programme, both co-created with students to embed inclusive, evidence-informed practices across higher education. Denise is also the co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Network at the Royal Economic Society, championing equity and innovation in economics education.

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London's Department of International Development. Her work centres on imperialism and uneven development, international financial subordination and critically evaluating the discipline of Economics, including via debates about decolonization. She is a co-founder and steering group member of Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ), co-founder and editor of the Developing Economics blog, and she is on the management committee of the Association for Heterodox Economics.

Shloka Murarka is an EPOG+ Erasmus Mundus scholarship holder, currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in International Economics, with her first year based at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR). She holds a BSc in Economics from SOAS University of London, where she served as President of SOAS Rethinking Economics and co-ran a feminist collective, How Women Work!. She is also an organiser with the Development Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI). Her academic and activist interests focus on the feminist political economy of labour. Shloka previously worked for SOS UK on the initial establishment of the AQE, now holding a guiding role on our advisory board.

Open University

Dr Victoria Hurth is an Independent Pracademic. The forthcoming book: Beyond Profit: Purpose-Driven Leadership for a Wellbeing Economy, outlines her holistic theory of governance practice required for long-term wellbeing for all (sustainability). Victoria is a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, and is currently Project Leader of the first international standard in Purpose-Driven Organisations (ISO37011). She is a non-executive Director for Soil Association Certification Ltd, governance advisor for Planet Mark, impact advisor for UnaTerra.and advisor for the Association of Quality Economics. Previously she supported the UN on SDG 12.6.1 (sustainability reporting) methodology, co-led development of the first international standard in Governance of Organisations (ISO37000), was Technical Author for the first national standard in Purpose-Driven Organisations (PAS808) and advised SACE (Italy’s national export credit agency) and Creatives for Climate. Victoria has 25 years’ global experience in business transformation, previously working for 3M and Accenture and developing cutting edge theory as an Associate Professor of Sustainable Business and Marketing.