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.

Professor of Economics and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor at Bristol, member of CHUDE, Director of the Economics Network

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.

Chartered Association of Business Schools, Royal Statistical Society

Sam McLoughlin is Senior Campaign Manager for Discover Economics at the Royal Economic Society, where he leads national efforts to broaden participation in economics and widen access for under‑represented groups. He sits on the Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Network Steering Group and is a Fellow of the RSA, reflecting his commitment to social impact and educational opportunity. Sam has extensive experience across education and the charity sector, including launching a new Studio School in Newcastle and leading the development and delivery of flagship education programmes at Newcastle United Foundation and Middlesbrough FC Foundation. He also serves as a Non‑Executive Director, school governor, and trustee for several education and community organisations.

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). Shloka previously worked for SOS UK on the initial establishment of the AQE, now holding a guiding role on our advisory board. She holds a BSc in Economics from SOAS University of London, where she served as President of SOAS Rethinking Economics and is 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.

Susan Newman is Professor of Economics at the Open University. Much of her research has been on the political economy of commodity provisioning systems with a focus on processes of commodification, corporate restructuring and financialisation, pricing, unequal exchange, and income distribution. She committed to economics education  for students from non-traditional backgrounds as well as outside of academic spaces and have engaged in economics education with trade unionists, social and environmental activists, and campaigners. She is an editorial member of the Review of Radical Political Economics and a management team member of the Association of Heterodox Economics.

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.