Practice Leader
Josh is the Practice Leader for Sustainability at HFS Research. As an "activist analyst," Josh focuses on making an objective and emotive case for sustainability. He founded Critical Mass for Sustainability Through research, consulting, and convening partnerships, aiming to move us toward the positive tipping points that the global context needs. A critical mass that pulls policy, consumer behavior, and business into alignment with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Josh was a Parliamentary candidate in the UK’s General Election in 2024. He also co-chairs the Cambridge Alumni Society for Sustainability. Josh has spoken at COP26 and multiple industry and sustainability events. He is a former Cambridge City Councilor and shadow cabinet member for Climate Change, Environment, and the City Centre.
Josh graduated from Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing and Loughborough Chemical Engineering. He was a process engineer at TotalEnergies and had broader consulting experience at Unilever and several other large and small firms. He spent time as a visiting scholar at UC Santa Barbara researching low-carbon hydrogen and was a published author in Chemical Engineering and Technology.
Josh spreads his sporting time across cricket, racket sports, running, and the gym. He is a former competitive swimmer and has tried almost every sport competitively but has yet to make a career out of one. Thank goodness for the research. Josh reads mostly nonfiction (but with a special place for the Game of Thrones books and seasons 1-7). He is a fan of most edible things, red wine, and a gin and tonic—served in a tumbler, not a massive goblet.
January 10, 2020 A smart meter-IoT platform combination is a ticket to visualizing and controlling energy usage, cost-saving, and promoting a renewable energy market.
January 2, 2020 Do you have the expertise and systems to assess your own cybersecurity? Can you afford to miss out on the wider benefits of providers’ cyber ranges?
January 2, 2020 You may have doubts about academia, but it can offer talent, infrastructure, and real benefit when piloting complex, untested blockchain use cases.
December 31, 2019 3D printing, for now, remains small scale and complex—but manufacturers can’t be complacent: find the right providers and partners for your firm.
December 31, 2019 Despite the promise of drone technology, mature services are few and far between – but crucially, there are some, and far more in the build-up phase.
December 23, 2019 The race for AI prowess in the new age of pharma will center on partnerships—but the competition is fierce and fraught with challenges.
December 23, 2019 It doesn’t matter how many diverse hires you have if none are promoted and everyone leaves after a year.
December 23, 2019 Embrace industrial innovation while it’s booming via partners and providers, or realize too late that you can’t transform quickly enough to catch up.
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