Kevin was appointed to lead the establishment of the Science-Policy panel on Chemicals, Waste and Prevention of Pollution Prevention by the UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen, in March 2022, based on his 30+ years of experience in the sector.
Kevin is a national of Wales in the UK. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geochemistry and PhD in the management of Nuclear Waste from the University of Reading. He worked for 10 years in the waste management industry focusing on overseas operations linked to sound management of chemicals and waste from a wide variety of industries in all major geographical regions. He joined the UN system with FAO in 2000 and lead the work on management of obsolete pesticide, including development of an extensive set of technical guidelines and international training courses. He joined UNEP in 2014 and has lead the GEF Chemicals and Waste unit in the Economy Division, mobilizing over $240M of GEF resources working in over 130 countries during the GEF 6 & 7 cycles.
In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, running and going to the gym.