Our Team
We are a team of individuals from diverse backgrounds, united by a desire to co-create a new world where we live in harmony with our planet and each other.
Executive Team
A proven leader and communicator, Matthew began his career in sales but soon established himself in the field of financial services.
For a number of years, he ran his own successful consultancy business, raising capital for numerous early-stage tech companies in the environmental, social and governance field.
From working closely with these start-ups, Matthew witnessed first-hand the difficulties faced by entrepreneurs and innovators in commercialising their world-changing technologies.
Inspired by their determination and devotion to succeed, he wanted to create an environment where these pioneers of tomorrow could access all of the resources they required to change the world for the better. This sparked the birth of the Sustainable Network.
The services provided by Sustainable Network are designed to help accelerate the world's transition to a sustainable future by creating meaningful and significant solutions for change.
Matthew is an advocate of personal and spiritual development and strives to be better with each day that passes. He practices meditation daily, and is at his happiest in nature, either in the countryside or by the ocean. His true inspiration comes from his young daughter and his desire to leave behind a healthy planet for her and future generations.
Executive Advisory Team
Richard Barrett is a globally recognized thought influencer in Personal Growth and Development, Values-Based Leadership, and Cultural Transformation. He is the President of the Barrett Academy for the Advancement of Human Values, the Founder of the Barrett Values Centre, the Leader of the global Humanity Awareness Initiative, the Developer of the Barrett Culture Analytics for Organizations and Global Wellbeing Indicators for nations, a Fellow of the World Business Academy, and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank.
The focus of Richard Barrett’s work over the past two and half decades has been on creating the consciousness that makes sustainability possible. He calls it the Inner Curriculum, or the Inner Development Goals. His work in this arena includes the globally recognized, Seven Levels of Consciousness and the Seven Stages of Psychological Development models (www.barrettacademy.com/about-2020/the-barrett-model).
An industry recognised clean energy lawyer (top 20 ranking in renewables sector for past 5 consecutive years) with over two decades experience working on clean energy deals and sustainable investments in the UK and MENA Region. A known innovator and change maker with a successful career in structuring and implementing low carbon projects at the edge of underdeveloped or emerging markets for finance and investment, which have then become the adopted norm. These include many demonstrators and first of kind projects, including (currently) connecting solar directly into the rail network, kinetic power plants, biochar production facilities, wave energy, green hydrogen production, and a radical new ‘hydro’ solution using a dense liquid and pumped energy storage. A Valued strategic thinker as evident in various board and committee appointments including to the Renewable Energy Association’s finance steering committee as well as Non-Executive Director to Shoreham Port and Trustee to UK charity Power for the People. Active angel investor in climate tech through Green Angel Syndicate. Award Finalist for best woman-led investment in innovation (UK BAA Awards 2022).
Serial entrepreneur, having recently established a new strategic consultancy firm (pH3 Capital) delivering strategic, commercialisation, fundraising and governance support to tech-led sustainability startups.
I was born and raised in the industrial north of England on a diet of coal, steel and loving community. Whilst I came to see infrastructure as an enabler of prosperity, I also saw the dark side of those industries in terms of both environmental and human cost and witnessed the devastation of their sharp decline. This led me in early search of a more sustainable way of doing business in harmony with the planet and empowering communities which has occupied my entire professional life.
"I am excited about the vision and passion Sustainable Network has to drive transformative change in the startup ecosystem, creating a blueprint for sustainable success that challenges traditional and outdated models of startup support and funding. Through innovation, compassionate connectivity and an aligned community of advisors and investors they (and we collectively) are changing the way we think about growth, success, courage and value creation"
A cultural transformation guide with a wealth of experience in change management, Tor spent more than 15 years working as a culture manager for a range of international companies, including Volvo and SCA.
Operating from the premise that, when your people thrive, your organisation thrives, Tor believes that businesses work better when leaders are focused on building conscious, values‐driven cultures for the wellbeing of their people, for society, and all life on earth.
He has consulted worldwide for organisations undergoing a cultural transformation journey, including Europe, Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
As well, Tor spent 11 years as Network Director at the Barrett Values Centre, a company that supports leaders in building high-performance, values-driven organisations.
Through his work, Tor has seen that culture has a direct impact on the health and sustainability of an organisation (community/nation) and its ability to make a positive contribution to addressing the big challenges facing humanity and the planet.
In 2021, together with his business partner Phil Clothier, Tor co-created Amcara, which works to connect the UN Sustainable Development Goals directly to organisational values, culture and leadership consciousness.
Specialising in the transformation of consciousness, Tor believes that, to create a sustainable outer world, we must evolve and transform our own personal inner world of consciousness.
An expert in organisational and leadership transformation, for 20 years Phil has worked with corporations, governments and NGOs around the world. He has been an advisor on National Values Assessments in over 25 countries and, in some of these countries, the results have been instrumental in reorienting public policies.
Until 2017, Phil was the CEO of Barrett Values Centre, an international organisation working through a consulting network in 100 countries.
Now working as an independent consultant, Phil inspires and supports leaders to bring about ethical, sustainable, and values-driven transformation.
In 2021, together with his business partner Tor Eneroth, Phil co-created Amcara, which works to connect the UN Sustainable Development Goals directly to organisational values, culture and leadership consciousness.
Through his work, Phil has seen that culture has a direct impact on the health and sustainability of an organisation (community/nation) and its ability to make a positive contribution to addressing the big challenges facing humanity and the planet.
Previously working in social housing and IT, Phil lives in the UK, just north of Manchester, in the beautiful hills of Lancashire with his wife Catherine. Their children, Emily and Scott, have left home.
An active member of his local village community, Phil can often be seen with a litter picker. He is also a member of the local mountain biking club.
Subject Matter Experts
For over a decade Russell worked in sales and marketing for numerous small businesses before travelling the world for three years.
Russell and his family volunteered at more than 15 projects in Asia, Australia and South America. In India and Colombia he learnt about permaculture and successfully regenerated and reforested land supporting thriving sustainable communities.
Subsequently Russell qualified as a permaculture teacher and has taught hundreds of students at his farm and sustainable community in Colombia.
In 2020, the pandemic hit and Russell realised it was time to pivot and scale his teaching, utilising his years of experience in reforesting, growing food organically, and living life sustainably, in order to impact an even broader audience.
Based from his palm-roofed off-grid hut in the tropics, Russell created an online virtual summit named Generation Regeneration with the intention of bringing together worldwide sustainability leaders.
Russell believes that by harnessing permaculture design and human ingenuity we can regenerate our world. Russell is actively living a regenerative and sustainable lifestyle and is excited to use his experiences to help co-create a sustainable world, through the development of the Sustainable Network