Greenpeace UK announced today that Stephen Tindale would be the next Executive Director. Mr Tindale is currently Policy Director for the organisation and will begin his new post on April 6th. He follows Peter Melchett who served for twelve years as Executive Director and left in December last year.
Commenting on the announcement, Robin Grove-White, Board Chair of Greenpeace UK, said: "This is a good day for the future of Greenpeace. Stephen has emerged from a strong field after an exhaustive process. The Board is confident that he will prove to be an outstanding Executive Director. Greenpeace has an increasingly vital role in today's world and its full potential as an agent for progressive change has yet to be seen."
Commenting on his appointment, Stephen Tindale said: "I am delighted and honoured to have been invited to lead Greenpeace UK. Peter Melchett established the organisation as a formidable force in the UK and all of us within Greenpeace will build on this to create a powerful agent for change."
Further information:
Press Office: 0207 865 8256
Mr Tindale will not be giving media interviews before 6th April
Stephen Tindale Biography:
Chief Policy Adviser at Greenpeace UK since March 2000.
Special Adviser to Michael Meacher MP, Minister for the Environment, 1997-2000. Closely involved in the development of the UK's Climate Change Strategy, the Integrated Transport White Paper and the Government's green tax proposals.
Director, The Green Alliance (small London-based think tank/environmental pressure group), 1996-7.
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research (the UK's leading centre-left think tank), 1994-96. Author of Green Tax Reform (1996) which the Financial Times described as "highly influential" in convincing Gordon Brown to introduce an industrial energy tax.
Environment Policy Adviser to the Labour Party, 1992-94. Author of In Trust for Tomorrow, the Party's 1994 environment policy statement, which formed the basis of the environment commitments in the 1997 Election Manifesto (eg the 20% target for CO2 reductions by 2010).
Mr Tindale is currently Policy Director for Greenpeace UK and will begin his new post as Executive Director on April 6th 2001.
