The Team
Hugh Somerville - Director
Hugh has spent his career in environmental management and corporate responsibility. A scientist by background, he has held management posts with Shell in Houston, the Hague and
Robert Whitfield - Director
Robert is a former Airbus Finance Director with a wide background in industry and finance. He has been working in Sustainable Development for the past 7 years, and has a Masters in Environmental Policy. A coordinator, with Hugh Somerville, of the aviation industry's first sustainability strategy Sustainable Aviation, Robert is also a director of Action for a Global Climate Community.
Barry Newton - Director
Barry started his career with ConocoPhillips, and has since spent 15 years as a broker and trader in international energy markets. He now runs his own group of successful broking companies. Barry has a degree in Metallurgy and a diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and is Chairman of CarbonOffsetsLtd.
Victoria Newton - Business Development
Victoria has several years environmental management experience in the oil industry, and has also worked in the Sustainable Business Unit at British Airways. She has been involved in the setting up and running of environmental management projects, corporate offsetting schemes and award schemes. Victoria also has experience as an environmental consultant, and now leads on business development.
Alison Stodolnic - Marketing Executive
Alison started her career with a leading UK importer of household textiles, progressing to divisional director and developing suppliers and overseeing production in China. She then completed her MBA before launching and running her own publishing business in Cheshire. Alison joined the CarbonOffsetsLtd team in 2007 in a marketing, customer-facing and team support role.
Susan Whitfield - Schools Carbon Reduction
Susan studied biology at Cambridge, then taught this and other science subjects in maintained and independent schools. For 17 years she was Headmistress of Notting Hill and Ealing High School in West London, before joining CarbonOffsetsLtd. Susan feels that schools have a large part to play, not only in the education of whole families with respect to sustainability, but also in leading the way within their communities in what they do in practice.
