Professional standards committee

Arlette originally qualified as an Environmentalist and has two Post Graduate Diplomas in Occupational Safety & Health and Environmental Management & Assessment. Arlette is a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health. She has been advising and supporting organisations to ensure people remain safe and well at work but also protecting the environment for future generations. Her approach has been to benefit people not just inside the world of work, but also wider outside of work with a focus on environmental sustainability.

Arlette is experienced in both the private and public sector, is Non-Executive Director for IEMA, Chair of the IEMA Professional Standards Committee, Chair of the IEMA Fellows Nomination Committee, a member of the IOSH Performance and Development Committee and past Chair of the IOSH Broadcasting and Telecommunications Committee Specialist Group. She is well placed to advise on the effectiveness of development and performance of sustainability agenda across many sectors and organisations to ensure organisations are accountable not only to their employees but also wider stakeholders and shareholders in delivering positive business change.

Michael has over 25 years of Sustainability, CSR and HSE management experience with roles in corporates, consultancies, and NGOs. His competence covers various sectors including power and renewable energy, construction and the built environmental, real estate and professional services. With this broad range of management and technical expertise he focuses on synthesising technical and social issues to deliver practical cost-effective people-centric solutions.

Trained as a Mechanical Engineer and with a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) has worked within corporate, consultancy and NGO roles. Michael has been awarded Fellow status of IEMA and IIRSM plus is a Chartered Environmentalist. He is a certified Executive Coach with a proven track record of developing and scaling teams to match aggressive expansion and project targets. Over his career he has become multi-cultural, having worked, and lived in Southern Africa, the UK, and the Middle East.

He is a Director at Earth Active which is an Environmental and Social governance consultancy based in the UK working with DFIs, Financial Institutions and Infrastructure Owners across developing countries. Besides family life and hobbies, Michael is a mindfulness practitioner and avid amateur cook.

Paul Stookes is a consultant solicitor-advocate at specialist environmental law firm, Richard Buxton Solicitors. He also works part-time for UKELA (UK Environmental Law Association) and lectures at the Open University, University of Herts and City University, London.

Paul is a Lead Assessor on IEMA's full membership programme and has been a full IEMA member and Chartered Environmentalist for over 16 years. He publishes widely and regularly on environmental law and practice. Paul has been involved in a number of leading environmental cases relating to air pollution, biodiversity, climate change and access to justice.

Daniel is an independent consultant working in the fields of governance, risk, and assurance. His first degree was in law before qualifying across corporate governance, SHEQ, and consulting. Daniel’s early career involved middle and senior management SHEQ roles within the facility management sector, with a specialism in commercial leisure; having also worked part-time as an archivist, supporting research projects, and in course development.

Daniel is currently working in the commercial team at BSI, with a focus on delivering the strategy around enterprise solutions within the academy business. A key part of his work is supporting clients to deliver sustainability and resilience programmes. Daniel has recently spent 18 months teaching ISO 14001 alongside six other standards across Europe and the Middle East. Most of his work outside BSI is research and advisory in nature.

He sits on several board committees at membership organisations across audit, risk, policy, and standard development. Outside of work, Daniel is finishing a PhD in health sciences and the academic training for the English Bar.

Shamir has been BREEAM Director since 2018 responsible for all BREEAM Schemes in all 86 countries where BREEAM is used. Shamir has overseen significant changes to how BREEAM operates and interacts with stakeholders over the past few years and has set out a vision for BREEAM to respond to the changing needs of the built environment focusing on the Net Zero Agenda, Resilience, Social Impact and Biodiversity.

Shamir is a former board member and co-founder of the Supply Chain Sustainability School. He has also represented the UK in several standards committees relating to sustainable development both at a European and International level. Shamir is a Chartered Environmentalist and a Fellow of IEMA. Shamir has a strong background in life cycle assessment and supply chain assurance and co-authored the GLAA Construction Protocol to bring the industry together on the issue of Modern Slavery.

Shamir was previously Head of Sustainability at Aggregate Industries (now a part of Lafarge Holcim). Shamir was responsible for renewable energy; Community Engagement; Management Systems and environmental management. During this period Aggregate Industries made significant investments in on-site wind power generation and were listed in The Sunday Times Best Green Companies listing.

Alex heads up a team within DEFRA's Air Quality and Industrial Emissions division. She co-leads industrial emissions policy and is responsible for industrial reporting and the small-medium side of industrial emissions. Her work contributes to delivering the Government’s Clean Air Strategy and 25 Year Environment Plan. She is also part of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion network.

Prior to joining the civil service, Alex worked in the sustainable procurement consultancy Action Sustainability, specialising in measurement and management of sustainability performance. She helped clients to integrate sustainability into project delivery in the construction and infrastructure sectors. Alex also ran the Sustainability Tool and delivered training through the award-winning Supply Chain Sustainability School.

Alex started her career in the Sustainability Team at the University of Greenwich, where she ran their ISO14001 accredited Environmental Management System. She has a Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development from Forum for the Future and Middlesex University.

Outside of work, Alex is a keen touring cyclist, practices yoga, maintains an allotment and is currently doing a home renovation project.

Simon is an environmental professional with more than 30 years' experience as a sustainability practitioner, consultant and trainer.

He is a committed student of sustainability and has enjoyed pioneering roles across the profession. He has been active in a diversity of fields, sectors and disciplines both in the UK and internationally. These include management systems, waste & resource management, international standardization, life cycle thinking, footprinting, sustainable procurement and environmental remediation, amongst others. He is currently immersed in biodiversity enhancement, ecotourism, eco-education and bee farming.

Simon has a passion for helping people develop their professional capabilities and for enhancing the standing of our profession. He is a former Chairman of the Institute and currently serves as the Institute's Chief Assessor for MIEMA/CEnv.

Dr Waleed Montasser is a Chartered Waste Manager and Chartered Environmentalist with 20 years in environmental, wastes and resources management as well as the circular economy. Dr Montasser is a Director of Circular Learning and owner / founder of IREEMS Ltd UK, with clients in the UK and internationally.

He has been involved in projects and studies with various wastes and environmental organisations in the UK such as DEFRA, WRAP and internationally with UNIDO, HP and abroad such as UNIDO, ITC, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), Bee’ah and Tadweer. A key contributor and delegate of the EU Mission to Chile. The Mission aimed to share EU best practices in municipal waste management with key stakeholders. This included meeting with stakeholders and delivering a public workshop discussing the future of wastes management in Chile.

Dr Montasser was also the coordinator of a Circular Economy Working Group at RESURBE Project (2014-2018). RESURBE project is supported by the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability and aims to help facilitate knowledge to government and universities on the resilience of cities. Waleed was also part of E-Waste Extended Producer responsibility working group in Nigeria with stakeholders such as HP, DELL, UNIDO and NESREA. The group aims to enhance the e-waste management in Nigeria. Waleed is currently working on consultancy tasks in several locations on wastes management and resource efficiency.

He is a published thought leader in peer-reviewed journals (e.g. Wastes Management, Resources, Conservation and Recycling) and has been a keynote speaker and panellist in national and international conferences.

An academic; Waleed has a BSc. in Food Science and Technology, MSc. Environmental Pollution Science and PhD in Waste Management.