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Think global, act local.

The Regional Networks lead IEMA’s voice and member engagement across the globe. They champion the work of local members and create the partnerships needed to support the shift to a sustainable economy. 

If you are interested in volunteering with us please email [email protected]

Get to know the faces behind the events...

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Gayle Barclay

Vice Chair
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Chiamaka Agatha Chinedu

Committee Member
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Ella Hunt

Committee Member

About Gayle

Gayle is a Chartered Environmentalist experienced in working in busy and fast paced aviation environments. She enjoys working with others, building and maintaining relationships and working together to deliver results. As Senior Environment Manager at Edinburgh Airport she is responsible for developing and delivering the environmental strategy and running regular materiality assessments to ensure that the strategy is reflective of the current environment and stakeholder needs and requirements. She ensures adherence to all environmental legislation and maintains ISO14001 accreditation as well as looking for opportunities to enhance positive environmental impacts such as biodiversity net gain. She also leads on the airports net zero and waste and recycling strategies and works with departments across the airport to ensure environmental objectives are achieved.

About Chiamaka

My name is Chiamaka Chinedu an aspiring chartered Environmentalist. Completing my bachelors programme in Zoology and Environmental Biology gave me a clear knowledge of how our environment is constantly being polluted without major radication measures hence I decided to do a further research by study a masters programme in Sustainability and Environmental Modelling in University of Dundee for better understanding. My life belief is that mother earth is ours to nuture and protect and i stand on that notion to join hands in building a sustainable environment for ourselves and future generation (NATURE AS IT IS) . I am a very dedicated and efficient lady with the sole aim in life to create a positive in every life around me.

About Ella

Ella Hunt (PIEMA/Grad IOSH) a Senior HSE & Carbon Advisor in bp. With over 10 years’ experience in the energy industry having worked across the UK and abroad; in projects and onshore and offshore energy operations. Her career has mainly focused on environmental & social management and regulatory compliance. With experience in developing environmental and social impact assessments, flaring management, and UK regulatory compliance (EU-ETS/OPPC/offshore chemical permits).

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Hugh Gibson

Committee Member
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Maryanne Paterson

Committee Member
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Fleur Ruckley

Committee Member

About Hugh

My name is Hugh Gibson and prior to my current role I was focused on Environmental and Energy activity within my workplace, driving waste reduction, utilities reduction and high levels of waste recycling.

Bio coming soon

About Fleur

An avid promoter of sustainable resource management, Fleur has over 20 years experience in waste and environmental management gained across public, charity and private sectors. She is a practitioner member of IEMA, a chartered member CIWM and an experienced CIPD-accredited trainer. Fleur supports organisations across a range of sectors to understand, manage and reduce their use of resources through development and implementation of strategies, training plans and guidance. Her aim is to help business clients to better understand their circularity options and to develop and implement circular products and services.

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Bojan Krkoska

Committee Member
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Gary Buckingham

Committee Member
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Hannah Smith

Committee Member

About Bojan

My name is Bojan Krkoska, a multilingual MSc Sustainable Resources graduate from UCL. Currently based in Edinburgh and looking for opportunities in environmental services. My goal is to help companies and communities achieve their net zero targets and shift to a more circular economy. My key area of expertise is circular economy, particularly circular business models and industrial symbiosis. I am also proficient in LCA software as well as qualitative data-analysis software. I have worked in sales and as a market researcher in various sectors but I am most fond of my time spent as a junior researcher at EIHP, a state-owned scientific institution where I contributed to INSIGHT_E policy reports and various Horizon 2020 projects.

About Gary

I enjoy walking and the outdoors, especially as part of motorhome-based family weekends away or trekking holidays. I engage in community volunteering to assist vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. I take an interest in reading and hearing talks about travel, overcoming personal adversity along with the history of exploration and science. I work in food safety as a pest industry Field Biologist and am looking to move into a sustainability-focused role; I have undertaken the IEMA Certificate of Environmental Management and am currently an Associate Member of IEMA.

About Hannah

From a small village in the Scottish Highlands, I have always been surrounded by nature and felt a passion to protect it. Over the past 3.5 years studing an undergraduate degree in Environmental Management at SRUC Edinburgh, I have developed a passion for sustainable development, particularily relating to resource recovery and circular economy. I'm excited at the prospect of helping find solutions to modern day problems, and a firm believer that small changes made nationwide can make a very large impact. My fourth year dissertation is focusing on food waste recovery within rural areas of the Scottish Highlands, and identifying the other benefits this could bring such as community development and economic savings.

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Alicja Fryc

Committee Member
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Inmaculada Manzanera Garcia

Committee Member
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Ezekiel Okaga

Committee Member

About Alicja

Quality, Health, Safety, Sustainability and Environment Manager at Tendeka, developing and implementing management systems in oil and gas businesses throughout her career, now enthusiastically building a sustainability strategy for a completions technology company. Concerned with the global approach to climate action, slowly regaining hope that a sustainable development is actually possible through amazing experience of supporting her organisation, peers and clines in developing emissions saving solutions and technology.

About Inmaculada

With a background as chemical laboratory analyst, Inma discovered through working experience her real passion: environment and sustainability. IEMA approved environmental management qualifications allowed her to become a practitioner IEMA member and she joined the Scotland East Steering Committee on 2017. She has dedicated the latest years to prepare her career change, combining university, voluntary work and customer orientated part time roles. She is currently working in sustainable transport, putting every effort in tackling the climate emergency.

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Sion Pickering

Committee Member
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Rose Mary

Committee Member