Samantha Heath
Executive Director, London Sustainability Exchange
"By supporting the Green Awards, we are looking to a desirable and exciting future that meets the needs of the 21st Century; a time when we will live within environmental limits and still enjoy higher levels of health and well-being."
Samantha Heath is Director of London Sustainability Exchange; a groundbreaking voluntary organization supporting the delivery of London as the most sustainable world city. She is a member and former co-chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission and a member of the London Energy Partnership. She is also sits on the Stratford City Environmental Review panel. Her experience includes ten years in London politics, eight years in academia and research and ten years in civil engineering.
Prior to joining LSx, Samantha was Sustainability Manager for Future London, the capital’s regeneration centre of excellence. Until 2004 she was a Labour London-wide Assembly Member, Deputy Chair of the London Assembly and Chair of Assembly’s Environment Committee. In 2003 she was the Mayor’s representative on the Energy Taskforce - part of the London Sustainable Development Commission, and responsible for setting a carbon emission reduction target for London. In 2004 she became chair of the DTI / GLA London Renewables group. As lead member for the Mayor on London Waste Action she facilitated funding for London’s waste awareness campaign.
She has written for various publications and speaks at conferences and seminars on waste, air quality, energy and other issues.
Samantha trained as a Civil Engineer and worked for many years in the construction industry. She was a lecturer in design and construction management at the University of Greenwich until May 2000. Until she stood down in May 2002, Samantha was a Wandsworth Councillor and served on the Education, Housing and Environment committees from 1994, and was a lead member on housing in Wandsworth up until the May election for the GLA.
Address: London Sustainability Exchange,
84 Long Lane, London SE1 4AU
Tel: 020 7234 9400
E-mail: a.browne@lsx.org.uk
