Guy Thompson is Group Director of Environmental Futures at Wessex Water and Managing Director of EnTrade, a Wessex Water business that operates online markets in nature-based solutions. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and a founding Executive Director of Natural England, the government’s expert adviser on the natural environment. Before that, he was Director of Green Alliance, a leading think tank that is known for its ambitious leadership for the environment and the UK Board Member of the European Environment Bureau. Guy works to champion the case for outcome-based regulation to provide greater business certainty and incentivise the private sector and markets to deliver greater environmental and social value. He holds a number of Non-Executive roles including as a Board Member of PHA Homes, a Hampshire-based housing association; the Conservative Environment Network; a member of the CBI South West Regional Council; and on the Advisory Board of the Broadway Initiative, the place where the leading business organisations collaborate with environmental, professional and expert groups on the frameworks, plans and partnerships needed to meet net zero emissions and wider environmental goals.
