Tom Burke

Tom Burke CBE is a co-founder of E3G, Third Generation Environmentalism (Environmental Think Tank founded in 2004) and currently chairs its Board. He is also a visiting Honorary Professor of Imperial and University Colleges, London and a Senior Associate of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). He has a long track record of experience with international environmental organisations working with and for both non-governmental and official bodies.Burke has been a professional environmentalist for 50 years and was formerly Executive Director of Friends of the Earth. and of The Green Alliance. He was a Special Advisor to three Secretaries of State for the Environment from 1991-97.