Profile

Paul Giesberg is a sustainability professional with a strong academic background and over 15 years experience in research, industry and consultancy across a wide range of environmental and sustainability topics.

Paul Giesberg has experience across a broad range of sustainability services, providing environment and sustainability advice at both project level and strategic corporate level in a mix of commercial and public sector organisations. He has crucial experience of team and project management, the design and development of effective environmental mitigation, preparation of environmental statements, and the town planning, Parliamentary Bill and consultation processes.

In recent year Paul's work has seen a bias towards the development phase of the asset life cycle. Paul has undertaken the environmental and sustaianbility project management for a range of multi-million pound development projects in different sectors including: infrastructure projects, urban regeneration, residential and employment development. Paul's client base reflects this mix of projects and largely consists of large public sector organizations and blue chip companies, including CrossRail, English Partnerships and Rolls-Royce, as well as a range of smaller privately owned companies. He provides consultancy advice working closely with the design and planning team and co-ordinates the environmental management, scheme development and the consents process.

Employment history

From 2008 Planning for Sustainability Ltd Principal Director
2006-2008 Scott Wilson Ltd. Principal Environmental Consultant
2005-2006 Mouchel EIA manager
2004 Tubelines Ltd. Environmental Advisor
2001-2004 Network Rail Regional Environment Manager (Great Western)
1999-2001 Public Transport Amsterdam Environment Manager
1996-1997 University of Cambridge Research Associate

Education and Qualifications

Academic

1998 Master of Business Administration, environment Twente University, Hengelo, Netherlands
1990 Doctorandus Biology VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1985 Athenaeum diploma First Protestant Lyceum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Other
Lead Auditor ISO14001
Lead Railway Auditor
Code for Sustainable Homes Assessor
BREEAM Accredited Professional

Membership of Professional Organisations

Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences
Member of the International Association for Impact Assessment