Simeon Perry joined Efficiency North in November 2017 to lead the development of EN:Able Communities CIO, the charitable arm of the organisation. The charity seeks to support the development of retrofit and energy advice for communities in Yorkshire, with a particular focus on supporting the employment and skills required in social housing providers in this region. Simeon has 25 years of experience in social housing with both York and Leeds City Councils in a variety of roles in housing services. Simeon is passionate about overcoming social injustice and supporting both people and their communities to prosper. Simeon is passionate about working in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders to produce innovative solutions to support the sustained regeneration of communities in Northern England.

Alexis is a Board Member of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce & Industry and will become the Chamber’s President in January 2024. Alexis has spent the last 20 years working in communications, stakeholder engagement, community consultation and policy. His experience extends across a broad range of policy areas including regeneration, housing, commercial development, transport, energy generation and infrastructure. Alexis is one of the Founding Directors of the Sheffield Property Association (S-PA). The S-PA is the only formally constituted property association outside of London. The S-PA has over 80 members which, between them, represent £4 billion worth of assets in Sheffield and are responsible for 22,700 jobs in the city region. Prior to returning to Sheffield Alexis spent 5 years working in Westminster working on European and trade-policy to help British exporters. He managed stakeholder engagement and research programmes in the European Union, South East Asia, China and Sub-Saharan Africa. Alexis most recently co-chaired the Sheffield Covid-19 Business Response Group (BRG). The BRG involved Sheffield’s leading business networks and support organisations coming together to help respond to the business and economic challenges Sheffield faced during the pandemic.

Tim is a regenerative business designer, purpose-driven entrepreneur and radical economic strategist, who the team behind Doughnut Economics have kindly called a thought-leader in the field.

He has long sought to address how our economic system fails to meet people's needs whilst simultaneously over-exploiting the environment. Originally, this was via a career in Economic Development which culminated in England’s first carbon-negative Local Industrial Strategy.

In 2020 Tim left his career to establish a regenerative design practice which helps organisations adopt transformational regenerative approaches. He also runs Adventurous Ink, a subscription book club he founded to help people reconnect with themselves and nature.

Tim is also currently developing a radical project to address the causes of our current crises; a people-powered global fund called Steward that will invest in transforming corporate companies to regenerative businesses.

A systems thinker, his approach is strongly informed by Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics' and the need to move towards a safe and just space for humanity. 

Tim helps people create change from both the head and the heart. With a background in innovation methodologies such as Service Design and Theory U, an awareness-based approach to creating change in complex systems.

He specialises in benefit-driven innovation, strategy and organisational development. Much of his work involves connecting different practices and  professions, drawing on an extensive network of thinkers, doers and innovators from his time with the Do Lectures publishing arm Do Book Co.

Will Eadson is Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at Sheffield Hallam University where he leads a programme of research on low carbon economy and enterprise. His work especially focuses on the implications of a zero carbon future for work, small businesses and communities. Will also leads the just transition research programme in the South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre, a partnership between University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, SYMCA and a range of public, voluntary and private sector organisations in the region. Will’s work is funded by UK and international research councils, and he has also worked with UK and international governments, regional and local authorities, and charities. 

Hi my name is Safaa and I am 19 years old currently studying Maths at the University of York. I have been involved in youth activism for 5 years and have done lots of work around protecting the environment including the Terrific Tree Task I led on and creating climate education packs for schools.

Human Resource Director, Mick Hood, is the current HR  lead for Liberty Steel Engineering in the UK.  Mick is responsible for Employee Relations, Payroll, Health  and Safety, Training and Development, IT and   Communications across the Liberty Steel organisation. He has worked in the Steel Sector for 45 years starting as a  Technical apprentice with British Steel in 1979. He is married with one son and when not working he  

enjoys a round of golf and has a passion for music. Mick has worked in the UK and Mainland Europe with experience of the US and China. 

Mark Chadwick was born and lives in Doncaster. He is a business owner at Stadium Garage Ltd in Doncaster which has been trading since 2010 and employs 4 staff. He is a company director, MOT tester, automotive engineer with a varied skill set. He is also the admin and founder of the SaveDSA Facebook group since July 2022 when the airport owners announced the possible closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport. The group has 26,500 + participants supporting local and regional authorities to get the airport re-opened. 

James Martin Chairs Sheffield Transport 4 All, a pan disability group seeking to champion accessibility of public transport services, information, and future developments. The group works with officers in the public sector, includes cross party city councillor representation, and most importantly transport operators. With a decade’s experience in this as well as influencing pan-disability accessibility issues and design for the built environment through the Access Liaison Group to help encourage spending of public funds in as inclusive way as possible on public streets and squares and transport infrastructure. Recent focus points have included starting to consider the impacts, pros, and cons of 15-minute neighbourhoods and the impact of bus cuts on being able to work around accessibility gaps to local neighbourhood shops and other facilities.