Responsibility Advisory Group
Gregory Norris
Gregory Norris directs SHINE (the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise) at MIT, where he advances and applies methods for creating handprints, which are positive sustainability impacts outside the scope of the actor’s footprint. He has also taught Life Cycle Assessment (and handprinting) at Harvard for the past 25 years.
Gregory Norris is Vice President for Life Cycle Sustainability at the Green Building Alliance, where he helps small and medium enterprises and communities to reduce their footprints and create handprints. He co-founded and is Director of Science at Earthster.org, a web-based platform democratizing LCA. Gregory Norris is a Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, which seeks to build a scientific understanding of the mind to reduce suffering and promote well-being. In 2012 Time Magazine named his work on handprints as one of “10 ideas that are changing your life.”
He served as Chief Scientist with the International Living Future Institute, where he helped design, launch and advance the Living Product Challenge. In 1996 Gregory Norris founded Sylvatica which applied and advanced LCA methods and tools through 2010. He founded the non-profit New Earth in 2003 to promote collaboration between industry and civil society on community-driven sustainable development. Gregory Norris served as a member of the Royal Government of Bhutan's International Expert Working Group, comprised of 60 experts from around the world commissioned to draft a new global development paradigm during 2013-2014 to promote human flourishing as a global goal through pragmatic international public policies.
Véronique Cremades-Mathis
A former Nestlé global executive, Véronique now leverages her expertise in building
and scaling branded businesses worldwide as the founder of Mathis Consulting, where
she serves as a strategic advisor to CEOs and Boards.
Her deep international experience, combined with a strong acumen in sustainability
and innovation, enables her to guide organizations through transformation, scalable
growth, and sound governance.
Prior to founding Mathis Consulting, Véronique held a series of senior leadership roles,
including Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer at SATS, Global Head of Sustainable
Packaging at Nestlé - where she was driving a comprehensive approach to support
and deliver on the principle of a circular economy - Global Head of Food, Dairy &
Confectionery for Nestlé Professional, Managing Director & CEO of
Nestlé New Zealand, and B2B Executive Director for Nestlé Indochina.
Holding an MBA from Boston University and a double degree in Food Sciences and
Business, Véronique brings over 35 years of experience across the global Aviation
Services and Food & Beverage industries. Her expertise spans strategy, marketing,
product development, communications, sustainability, sales, and general
management.
Throughout her career, she has held global and regional responsibilities across
Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Oceania-Africa, with key postings in France,
Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, India, China, and New Zealand.
Committed to Sustainability she is also an independent Board Director at Terracycle
Inc and Member of the Responsibility Advisory Group of SIG Group AG.
Dr Mathew Sherwood
Dr Mathew Sherwood is a recognized thought leader in ESG investing, with an in-depth understanding of the institutional demand for ESG-aligned companies. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Pothos Partners, LLC, where he oversees the Pothos Carbon Fund, the Elite Horizons Fund, the Elite Target Return Fund, and the Elite Velocity Fund.
Dr Mathew Sherwood began his asset management career at Morgan Stanley and has managed capital at Access Global Partners (Portfolio Manager,) The Schonfeld Group (Sr. Portfolio Manager,) Ivy Strategy (Chief Strategist,) and MMBB Financial Services (Director of Public Markets Investments).
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Honors Program at Liberty University in an accelerated three years. He went on to obtain his Masters of Business Administration, with a focus in Finance and Economics, and graduated with honors. Dr Mathew Sherwood has studied business quantitative methods and economic theory at the doctoral level, and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration from Northcentral University. He is a distinguished thought leader in the field of Sustainability and has published seminal work in the Journal of Investing, the Journal of Investment Management, and the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investments. His textbook, “Responsible Investing: An Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Governance Investments” (Routledge) is used at prestigious Universities globally and is published in English and Mandarin Chinese.
Thomas Vellacott
Thomas Vellacott is CEO of WWF Switzerland. WWF‘s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. WWF challenges unsustainable practices and builds solutions-based alliances for transformation. WWF Switzerland has 290,000 supporters and over 4,000 volunteers. Worldwide, more than 5 million people support WWF in over 100 countries.
Thomas has been passionate about nature for as long as he can remember. He joined WWF as a member and volunteer when he was eight years old. Prior to taking on the role of CEO in 2012, Thomas was responsible for developing WWF’s partnerships with the private sector and subsequently spent nine years heading up WWF Switzerland‘s national and international nature conservation projects. Before joining WWF, he worked in private banking for Citibank and as a consultant and engagement manager for McKinsey & Co.
Thomas holds degrees in Arabic and Islamic studies from Durham, in International Relations from Cambridge and in Business Administration from IMD. He serves on the boards of several nonprofits and startups in the sustainability space. Thomas and his family live in Zürich, from where he enjoys exploring nature on land and under water.