Team

Graham Hygate manages major change programmes in the commercial and public sectors. Recent clients include organisations in the broadcast media and financial services sectors and a central Government department. He has provided advice on strategy, organisation design, cost reduction and sustainability tocustomers including a newspaper group, an outsourcer, a payments organisation, a recruitment consultancy and a school. Before founding Sustayn in March 2007 he held senior management positions with FTSE 250 consultancy Detica, management consultancy Charteris, Oracle Corporation and Logica. Graham has a PhD in physics (1988) and a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences. From 1987- 1994 he worked as a research physicist at the University of Bristol and the UK National Physical Laboratory.

Vicky Jepson has over 20 years experience in the broadcast communications, having spent much of her career working as a Television Producer for the BBC, where she attended the prestigious Leadership Programme at Ashridge Business School. She has worked with Michael Parkinson, Alan Titchmarsh and Terry Wogan.  Recent credits include The Hairy Bikers, Chelsea Flower Show and 10 Years Younger.  Vicky has wide-ranging experience in communications training which she has delivered to DEFRA, Forestry Commission and the BBC.  She recently managed the presentation of a successful pitch to  a major UK utility, resulting in a substantial award being made to a community sustainability scheme as part of a multi-million pound energy efficiency investment programme. She has practical experience of putting the UK government’s Sustainable School’s framework into action.

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Richard Sheahan Over many years Richard has helped a wide range of organisations in the public and private sectors operate more effectively and sustainably by improving the way they work. Much of this work has focused on helping these organisations to be more responsive to their customers and partners and more effective in communicating with them. Most recently he has worked on major projects with the UK Border Agency to improve the flow of information around the organisation; with the Office of Criminal Justice Reform to improve the effectiveness of Local Criminal Justice Boards around the country; and with Roll-Royce to help them win more business. He is an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Communication (University of the Arts). Richard has extensive client-side experience in marketing, trading and strategic planning with W H Smith, J Sainsbury and RHM and has held senior positions with marketing consultancies, working with Nestlé, Procter and Gamble, British Airways and BAA.