Team members

Andy Parker
Chief Executive Officer
Andy has been the main architect of Degrees/the SRM Governance Initiative since its launch in 2010, responsible for the focus on the Global South, the programme of engagement workshops, and the creation of the DECIMALS Fund. His background is in climate policy and he began working on geoengineering in 2008 when he led the production of the Royal Society’s Geoengineering the climate report. He moved into academia to research SRM governance at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam. Andy was a member of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s expert working group on geoengineering and is currently a mentor for the Anant Fellowships for Climate Action and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK.

François Pougel
Transition Manager
François is consulting for the Degrees Initiative as transition manager, overseeing the next stages of the initiative’s development as well as its programmes. He has extensive experience in non-profit management, entrepreneurship and corporate sustainability as well as a keen interest in innovative ventures seeking to make a positive impact in the realms of climate or ocean protection. He holds master’s degrees in geopolitics and international relations as well as in ocean and atmospheric science.

Manuela Schipizza Lough
SRMGI secretariat at TWAS
Board of Trustees

Prof. John Shepherd CBE FRS
Chair of the Trustees
John is Degrees’ Chair of Trustees and an Emeritus Professor of Earth System Science at the University of Southampton. He served as Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research from 2001 to 2010 and chaired the Royal Society’s seminal 2009 Geoengineering the climate report. He has been a Co-chair of the initiative since 2010.

Mr Mark Hilton
Honorary Treasurer

Prof. Saleemul Huq
Trustee

Mrs Jackie Kado
Trustee

Mr Oliver Morton
Trustee