Ruth is a writer and campaigners. She is Political Director at Greenpeace UK and previously worked at RSPB and Plantlife.

John Ashton CBE was the Special Representative for Climate Change at the UKForeign and Commonwealth Office from 2006 until June 2012, Director for Strategic Partnerships at LEAD International, and is the founder and CEO of Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G).

Carys is SumOfUs’ first Communications Director, working with the team to use media and social media to maximise the impact of our work. She has worked in communications for eight years across the private and non-profit sectors. Carys started out in corporate communications, managing the reputation of companies like Universal Music, Eurostar and BlackBerry. She left to become Head of Communications at the New Economics Foundation, raising the profile of campaigns on banking reform, sustainability and economic justice. Before joining the team she was working for Shadow Civil Society Minister and MP for Wigan Lisa Nandy. Carys is the author of Framing the Economy, which looks at the communications and framing of austerity in the UK.