Jon Lovell is head of sustainability at Drivers Jonas. Prior to that he headed up the Sustainable Development Team at the North West Regional Assembly, where he played a leading role in the development of a regional Climate Change Action Plan. He also led the environmental regeneration sector of environmental planning consultancy TEP, sat on the LI Technical and Environment Committee and has been vice-chair of the English Regions Network Sustainable Development Group, a board member of the Northwest Energy Council and a member of the DEFRA Roundtable on Shaping Government Leadership on Natural Resource Protection.