UK Green Building Council - UK GBC Appoints Paul King as Chief Executive

The UK Green Building Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul King to the role of Chief Executive.
Paul joins the UK GBC from WWF-UK, where he is currently Director of Campaigns, leading the highly effective One Million Sustainable Homes campaign. Paul is also a co-founder of One Planet Living®, a joint WWF/BioRegional initiative that is facilitating the development of sustainable communities in a range of countries and promoting the imperative for One Planet Living to governments, businesses and individuals around the world.
Announcing the appointment, UK GBC Chairman Peter Rogers said:
“Paul is absolutely the right person to drive the organisation forward; he knows the industry and government well. The Board and Founding Members are delighted he is joining us at such an exciting and important stage in the development of the UK GBC.
“Paul’s personal commitment to the mission of the UK GBC, his experience in directing major campaigns, and his involvement in the Sustainable Buildings Task Group, the BREEAM Sustainability Board and the Code for Sustainable Homes Steering Group, will bring invaluable expertise and leadership to the Council.
“We are all greatly looking forward to working with him.”
On his appointment, Paul said:
"I'm delighted to be heading up the UK GBC. There has never been a better time, or a greater sense of urgency, to radically transform the sustainability of the built environment. The founding members are as committed as I am to leading this transformation from within the industry.”
Over the course of his career with WWF, Paul has headed the Corporate Sponsorship team, worked in the Directorate on strategic planning and governance, spent two years on secondment to WWF Bhutan, and led a policy team working on a range of consumption and production issues including climate change, toxic chemicals, timber trade, tourism and socially responsible investment.
In January 2003 Paul became Campaign Director for WWF’s One Million Sustainable Homes campaign, with the aim of moving sustainability from the fringes to the mainstream of the UK housing sector.
In 2006, Paul was the winner of the Leadership category at the Building Sustainability Awards.

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