Christian Bauer
Germany
Christian Bauer has served as sustainability expert in SIG’s Group Corporate Responsibility since 2011. He is responsible for product Life Cycle Assessments and sustainability metrics which are used to enhance SIG’s responsibility performance such as SIGs Science Based Target for greenhouse gas reductions. Along with SIG’s corporate responsibility strategy ‘Way Beyond Good’, Christian is managing internal expert teams and fosters SIGs liaisons to sustainability initiatives such as the Net Positive Project. Previously he worked as Director Sustainability for the European Aluminum Foil Association and Flexible Packaging Europe. Christian holds a Ph.D. in Applied Geosciences and a Diploma in Geology both from the Aachen University of Technology Germany.
Re-Elected 2023
Felix Piontek
Germany
Felix was born in Stuttgart, Germany, conducted a PhD reseachring the environmental impacts of alternative consumption patterns in the clothing industry at Ulm University, and currently lives in Ellwangen. At Carl Zeiss AG, Felix focuses on advancing sustainable product development and implementing scalable solutions for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). With experience spanning academia, consulting, industry, and teaching, he combines theoretical expertise with practical insights to address complex challenges in sustainability. In addition to his professional work, Felix is politically active at the local level, focusing on climate change and sustainability initiatives. Having moved from urban centers to the countryside, he values the quieter pace of rural life while building LEGO sets
Elected 2024
Lisa Gobio-Thomas
United Kingdom
Lisa is a Research Assistant and a final year Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Energy in Food Chains (CSEF) at Brunel University London. Lisa’s PhD research is based on the environmental and economic life cycle assessment (LCA) of the novel ASTEP solar thermal system used to provide thermal energy for industrial processes. She has published two papers on the environmental and economic impacts of solar thermal plants. She has also published two conference papers on the environmental LCA performance of the ASTEP solar thermal system as well as on the use of machine learning in predicting future environmental impacts of the solar thermal system. Lisa has a strong interest in the holistic approach to life cycle assessment where both the environmental and economic life cycle impact of a product, service or system are assessed.
Elected 2024
Prince Kumar
India
Prince Kumar has been working for the Textile industry for more than 22 years. He is currently working as Senior General Manager Processing for M/S B K S Textiles Pvt Ltd based in Perundurai, India. Prince has a technical background in Textile Chemistry Engineering and has been consulting, teaching and guiding various companies in the textile industry in India on a path to reduce the impact of pollution on the environment and human life. Throughout his professional career he has worked for companies such as Nahar, Vardhman, CHT R Beitlich GmbH, Rossari Biotech, Hanung Toys or Sutlej Group in various capacities ranging from TGT to Unit Head. In his role as an industry consultant, he has also worked as lead auditor for ETP projects. Prince has a Master in Labour Welfare, Sociology and Law from MVN University, India and is pursuing Doctorate Research work in Critical Review of Environmental Law in the context of Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment.
Re-Elected 2023
Ravi Teja Pabbisetty
Singapore
Ravi is a chemical engineer with over 10 years of experience in the field of sustainability spanning across production, consulting, R&D and corporate. During his consulting years, he worked on multiple funded projects from World Bank, IFC and EcoInvent on the topics of life cycle inventory data, funding energy efficiency technology and sustainability ratings. Later, he worked with SABIC conducting product life cycle assessments for marketing, developing tools for screening R&D portfolio, technology evaluation on sustainability metrics for mega projects, internal carbon pricing approaches and chemical recycling approach for circular economy. At PETRONAS, he was responsible for incorporating life cycle thinking into strategies such as Net Zero Carbon Emissions, SDG and ESG. Also, he conducts product life cycle assessments to address customer requests, promote low carbon & carbon neutral products and evaluate sustainability performance of R&D portfolio. Currently, he is driving life cycle assessments and circular economy at Bridgestone Asia Pacific.
Re-Elected 2023
René Itten
Switzerland
René Itten is Senior Life Cycle Analyst and Research Associate in the Life Cycle Assessment Research Group at Zurich University of Applied Sciences. He holds a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and has more than 12 years of experience in Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking. He worked as consultant as well as project manager for ESU-services Ltd. and treeze Ltd. Since 2015 he is researcher and lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, he teaches Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programme. He was involved in various LCA related research projects focusing on LCIA method development, LCI database development, environmentally-extended input—output tables and environmental rebound effects. He is reviewer for the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment as well as the Journal Energy Efficiency and organiser of the LCA Discussion Forum.
Re-Elected 2024
Shari A Matzelle
United States
Shari is the Founder and a Managing Consultant for Team19 Sustainability Advisory. Team19 works with corporations to achieve their sustainability goals efficiently and effectively. One of the firm’s main focuses is Life Cycle Assessment. Shari holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. She also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She continues to enhance her education with research and coursework in LCA and chemicals in products from the University of Michigan. She brings broad experience in engineering, product and program leadership, business development, management consulting and as an entrepreneur. She led programs supporting the deployment and integration of sustainability products in aviation and transportation. She has spoken on entrepreneurship in sustainability and is also a member of the ACLCA in the US. She enjoys mentoring early-career sustainability leaders and deploying sustainability solutions in her real estate portfolio.
Elected 2024
Yuki Hamilton Onda Kabe
Brazil
Yuki is a Chemical Engineer by training and a sustainability professional by choice who works as the in-house LCM expert at Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin America with headquarters in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Yuki studied chemical engineering at the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil with a specialization in environmental impact of fertilizer and life cycle assessment.
Re-Elected 2023
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