Our Team

We are a specialist and high-level advisory team supported by a number of associates, each of whom are experts in their own right and bring additional practical experience or specialist knowledge. We have diverse backgrounds and truly international perspectives.  Our clients benefit from the proportionally high number of senior team members assigned to projects and our international experience. We work in small project teams which interact closely with our clients. Our specialist knowledge and small size means we are well-placed to work with other experts such as other consultancies and academic experts.

David Hampton

David Hampton is a highly-experienced strategy consultant, company director and entrepreneur. He has over 30 years’ experience and expertise in strategy consulting, primarily providing advice to major global corporations in the energy, mining and agri-business industries.

His particular focus for more than 15 years has been advising on the strategic opportunities and risks created by sustainability challenges and clean technology developments. He has wide-ranging international experience in more than 30 countries, including many developing and transition economies.

David is strongly quantitative with deep experience in developing, evaluating and valuing business plans and financing propositions, both for large-scale investments by major companies and plans for early stage start-ups. He has extensive experience helping clients to make decisions in the face of major uncertainties, including the use of scenario analysis, statistical techniques and real options.

David has an MBA (Dean’s List)  from IMD in Switzerland, is a qualified accountant (FCCA) and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. 

Jon White

Jon White has very strong senior management, consulting and entrepreneurial experience.  He has over 35 years of experience in agribusiness, energy and mining across Europe, USA, Middle East and Africa.

Prior to his current role, he enjoyed 15 years at the world’s leading micro irrigation company Netafim, as an executive responsible for operations, business development and market expansion in the USA and France. Ultimately, Jon became the Vice President for Netafim’s strategically critical EMEA region. Before that, Jon worked for 10 years at Pirelli – including seven years in various production management roles in the UK and operational management roles in the USA.  Before that, he was in the British mining industry for British Coal as a mining / mechanical engineer.                                                                

His current focus is advising on practical and pragmatic approaches to unlocking strategic opportunities created by sustainability challenges and green technology developments. 

Jon has a Bachelors of Engineering (Hons) Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds, England. 

David Lyon

David Lyon focuses on the impact of environmental and social drivers on business strategy. He has over 20 years’ experience as a trusted strategic advisor to major corporations, governments and NGOs working in over 20 countries, advising on building resilience to climate change, clean technology, regenerative agriculture, sustainable forest / ecosystem management and impact investment.

He has led numerous strategy and innovation assignments working for leading international companies across multiple sectors. This includes oil & gas and mining companies, informing major investment decisions through analysis of strategic, economic and commercial aspects of dealing with carbon emissions and the consequences of climate change. David has also supported companies in the chemical, biotechnology, equipment manufacturer sectors to identify and exploit renewable energy and other clean technology opportunities.

More generally, David has a depth of experience in supporting companies across all sectors (incl. extractives and utilities) to embed sustainability into core processes.

Alastair Woods

Alastair Woods has deep experience in developing and launching clean technology ventures and agribusinesses, developing environmental strategies, assessing climate risk, and assisting organisations in setting, and meeting, sustainability targets. He has over 15 years’ experience in developing and modelling multiple scenarios for companies in mining, food, and energy sectors to assess resilience to technology, legislation and natural resource availability.  

Alastair has led complex projects related to business strategy, supply chain management, operational efficiency and risk management.  He has also worked as the lead developer on a number clean technology projects (wind, solar PV, water purifiers, cookstoves, etc.) and sustainable agribusinesses (tree nut production, high value annual crops, outgrower farming operations, ag-tech, etc.) in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

He previously worked at leading international sustainability consultancies, including Trucost and Environmental Resource Management Group.