Katie Clegg
Director
Katie is Director of Sustainability at Leeds Trinity University. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the University Leadership Group, Katie is responsible for leading, developing and embedding the institutional sustainability strategy, ensuring the University takes responsibility for our environmental, social and community impacts. Katie oversees and leads on the University’s commitment to aligning its work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Katie works collaboratively across the leadership team and engages across our whole community to embed sustainability principles into policies and processes, ensure our community has the knowledge and capacity to contribute towards our sustainability goals and ensure we are developing graduates with sustainability values through our sustainable curriculum programme.
Katie works alongside the Director of Estates and their team to meet the challenges of decarbonisation to meet our Net Zero commitments and the environmental impact of our estate. Katie also leads on internal and external community strategies and our social impact agenda, with a focus on collaborating to ensure social justice, inclusion and widening participation as a part of the University’s strategic goals.
Email: k.clegg@leedstrinity.ac.uk
Bill Townend
Bill is Sustainability Manager at Leeds Trinity University. Reporting to the Head of Estates & Facilities, Bill is responsible for monitoring and managing the environmental impacts of the estate, including supporting our estate decarbonisation strategy, developing environmental management procedures and strategies and collaborating across the University to implement initiatives to reduce our consumption and waste. Bill chairs the cross-sectional Sustainability Champions Network group and supports communication of sustainability initiatives and successes.
Prior to joining Leeds Trinity University, Bill worked within the MMC construction industry at Ilke Homes. As Waste Stream & Environment Manager, Bill formed the organisation's strategic focus around waste and resource efficiency, promoting circular economy and sustainable practises throughout the business, and championing a culture of responsibility. Bill was also responsible for Sustainability reporting for the business and worked to implement the ISO14001:2015 and CHAS accreditations.
Before Ilke Homes, Bill's career was within the circular bioeconomy sector, as an Assistant Quality Manager at MBP Solutions. At MBP, Bill was responsible for coordination of the ISCC and RSB sustainability certifications.
Earlier in his career, Bill worked for a number of years within the NHS supporting the development of bespoke databases within Cardiology and Cardiothoracic departments before pursuing a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science at the University of York.
Email: w.townend@leedstrinity.ac.uk
