Climate action NGO Wrap has appointed Harriet Lamb as its new CEO, with effect from 15 March 2023.
Lamb is the former CEO of the UK Fairtrade Foundation and then of Fairtrade International and was there for 15 years, having worked for social and environmental issues throughout her career.
She is currently CEO of Ashden, which promotes just climate solutions including sustainable energy in the UK and globally. Prior to that she led International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation.
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Lamb has won a number of awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
“I am thrilled to be joining the ace-team at WRAP given their impressive track record of finding solutions, bringing partners together and dialling up the impact,” Harriet Lamb said.
“I look forward to scaling WRAP’s respected programmes tackling the issues of waste, carbon and water while promoting the circular economy.
“We can be at the forefront of making the good life, everyone’s life. It’s an enormous opportunity to unite the public, businesses and governments behind tackling climate change head-on,” she added.
WRAP’s Chair Sebastian Munden said: “Appointing a CEO is one of the most important things a Chair and Trustee board do, and we are incredibly excited that Harriet is joining us.
“She brings a wealth of experience at CEO level and has demonstrated across her career so far that she can bring people together to scale positive change.
“Our purpose at WRAP is to tackle climate change and protect our planet by changing the way things are produced, consumed and disposed of,” Munden added.
“To bring this about we need to increase our reach and the practical support we can give stakeholders like governments and businesses, internationally and in the UK, to achieve their sustainability goals. I have every confidence that Harriet’s appointment will accelerate our impact.”
The news comes as the WRAP appointed former Unilever executive vice president and general manager, Sebastian Munden as its new chair last month.
