Our Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides invaluable external guidance and thought leadership to CAST, drawing on expertise from a range of sectors. It plays a crucial role in shaping and enhancing CAST’s research and activities, ensuring that we continue to drive meaningful change in the climate space.

Current Advisory Board members (2025)

Prof Frans Berkhout (Chair)King’s College LondonProfessor of Environment, Society and Climate
Zarina AhmadUniversity of ManchesterPhD Researcher, Climate Change Trainer and Communicator
Louise BlytheBBCCulture & Change, BBC Transformation, Co-Chair BBC RAISED (Real Action in Socio-Economic Diversity)
Anne Marie Bennoy, Victoria Black, Sophia DavidDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)Senior Policy Advisor
Andy BrownAnglian WaterGroup Chief Sustainability Officer
Ian ChristieCentre for Environment and Sustainability (CUSP), University of SurreyAssociate Professor, Social Science and Ethics of Sustainable Development & Co-Investigator ACCESS and CUSP
Lucy CorfieldWelsh GovernmentHead of Decarbonisation
Jonny WatesWates GroupDirector
Ben MillerUKRIUKRI ESRC Representative
Helen MeechThe Climate CoalitionExecutive Director
Sandra BogeleinClimate Change CommitteeSenior Analyst – People and Net Zero
Prof Julie BarnettUniversity of BathProfessor of Health Psychology, Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change

Previous Advisory Board members (2020-23)

Prof Corinne Le Quere FRS (Chair)Climate Change CommitteeFormer Tyndall Centre Director
Alex PlantAnglian Water Regulation Director
Amy MountGreener UK networkHead of the Greener UK network of 13 NGOs working for a ‘green Brexit’ 
Kathryn BrownUK Committee on Climate Change (Adaptation Committee)Head of Adaptation
Mike AsquithYale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale UniversityDirector
Prof Anthony LeiserowitzYale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale UniversityDirector
Prof Sir Robert Watson FRSIPBES, IPCC & DEFRAIPBES Chair, former IPCC chair, DEFRA Chief Scientist and World Bank Chief Scientist
Prof Tony LeiserowitzYale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale UniversityDirector
Prof. Sam FankhauserOxford Net Zero, University of OxfordResearch Director
Rachel GrayWRAP Behaviour Change Manager
Sharon McCrackenIKEASustainability Life at Home Leader
Siobhan BrowneDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Senior Science Lead