Chair Kirsten Henson is the Founding Director of KLH Sustainability, a sustainable built environment consultancy based in London. She has contributed to various masterplans, corporate strategies and research over her 20-year career as well as implementing sustainability innovation on numerous award-winning projects. Building on Kirsten’s extensive London 2012 Olympic experience, Kirsten has provided independent technical advice to the International Olympic Committee and United Nations Environment Programme to build capacity within Olympic Games Organising Committees. She has worked with Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024. Kirsten holds two masters degrees from the University of Cambridge in Engineering and Engineering for Sustainable Development.