Beyond Growth

Annette Lendal is a Danish sustainability expert, public speaker, juror, and writer. After studying political science and economics, she has spent the past 10 years specializing in systems thinking working for renowned strategy consultancies, NGOs and think tanks internationally. To disseminate her expertise on circular economy she has written several books on upstream innovation for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and acts as an expert adviser to the Earth Shoot Prize on zero waste solutions. Annette leads the innovation consultancy Lab21st and is a co-founder of Planetarium Expeditions.

Anthony Abbotts has been leading ROCKWOOL’s global sustainability agenda since 2016. As a strategic priority, ROCKWOOL has committed to 10 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, with the overarching goal being to maximise the positive impact of the Group’s products and minimise the negative impact of its operations worldwide.

Anthony has broad global experience within sustainability, working in this field for 30+ years. He has held various sustainability positions within both private and public sector before joining ROCKWOOL 2008. He serves on the Board of the European Mineral Wool Association and is an External Lecturer at Copenhagen Business School.

Anthony holds a BA (Hons) in Urban Planning from University of West of England and a MSc in Environmental Planning from Roskilde University.

Vincent Liegey, co-author of Exploring Degrowth: a Critical Guide (Pluto Press, 2020), is an engineer, interdisciplinary researcher and activist. He is the coordinator of Cargonomia, Degrowth research and experimentation cooperative in Budapest. One of the spokesperson of the French Degrowth movement, he is also one of the coordinators of the support group for the international Degrowth conference. Vincent has also co-authored Sobriété (La Vraie) and Décroissance, Fake or Not (Tana Editions, 2023 and 2021), and Un Projet de Décroissance (Editions Utopia, 2013).

Catherine Loke is a Partner in Lander Loke Architects and Founding President of The Circle for Human Sustainability. She was the First Vice President of the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) from 2018-2020 and is currently a Member of the Board of Architects Singapore.

As an educator, she has been teaching at the National University of Singapore since 2017 and is currently Adjunct Lecturer at Temasek Skills Future Academy, teaching Sustainability and Systems Thinking. She is also involved in a Capstone project at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Catherine has a deep interest in how the built environment is designed, the economics of sustainability and what motivates human behavior, and is regularly invited to speak on subjects ranging from architectural practice to sustainability, urban farming, and economics. In recognition of her contribution to the industry, she was awarded the Women of the Built Environment Award at the RICS Awards 2020 Southeast Asia.