| Members of the Commission
The Commission is independent of government. Its members, who serve in a personal capacity, are drawn from a representative range of social, economic and political stakeholders. The role of Commissioners, as indicated in the Commission’s Terms of Reference, is to review, develop and approve the release of outputs of the Commission, bringing their particular expertise to bear on the Commission’s work.
The Members of the Commission listed below served between May 2007 and May 2010 (the Chairman and Director continue to serve). The affiliations and positions given are those prior to 6th May 2010 and are given here for archive purposes.
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| Chairman: Robert Napier CBE (Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency, and, chairman of the Board of the Met Office) | | Director: Professor Paul Ekins (Professor of Energy and Environment Policy at University College London, formerly Head of the Environment Group, PSI) |
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| Nick Mabey |
Chief Executive, E3G |
| Peter Madden |
Chief Executive, Forum for the Future |
| Duncan McLaren |
Director, Friends of the Earth Scotland |
| Bernie Bulkin |
Chairman, AEA Technology (also Sustainable Development Commissioner) |
| Rita Clifton |
Chairman, Interbrand (former Sustainable Development Commissioner) |
| Andrew Duff |
Group Chief Executive Officer, RWE npower (and Ofgem Environmental Advisory Group) |
| Michelle Harrison |
Managing Director for Government and Public Affairs, BMRB |
| Professor Nick Hanley |
University of Stirling |
| Neil Bentley |
Director, Business Environment, CBI |
| Professor Tim Jackson |
University of Surrey (also Sustainable Development Commissioner) |
| Professor Stephen Potter |
Open University |
| Professor Andrew Sentance |
University of Warwick, member of Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and former chief economist, British Airways |
| Professor Kerry Turner |
University of East Anglia (also Director, CSERGE) |
| Lord Chris Smith |
Chairman, Environment Agency |
| Elliot Morley MP (Lab) |
Labour MP for Scunthorpe County Constituency, and President of GLOBE International |
| Greg Barker MP (Con) | Shadow Environment Minister | | Colin Challen MP (Lab) | Environmental Audit Committee, All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group | | Chris Huhne MP (Lib Dem) | Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department and formerly Shadow Environment Secretary | | Lord Ron Oxburgh | Ex-Chairman, House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, ex-Chairman, Shell Transport and Trading UK | | Lord Adair Turner | Chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Chair of the Financial Services Authority, former Chairman, Pensions Commission, former Director-General, CBI | | Tony Grayling | Head of Environmental Policy, Environment Agency and formerly Specialist Environmental Adviser, Defra |
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