Simon is Head of Innovation at De Courcy Alexander (DCA), the award-winning sustainable innovation consultancy. With a background in satellites and experience running a corporate sustainability programme from inception to achieving net zero, he has worked with sectors from automotive to stationery on decarbonisation, and edie on encouraging best practice in corporate environmental practice for over fifteen years. He now leads DCA’s activity on realising innovation, working with corporates, entrepreneurs, industry groups, universities and other key groups to ensure that emerging technologies offer provable and tangible financial, economic, social and environmental benefits. His particular interest is how net zero programmes provide benefits beyond carbon.