Meet the team
The best part of working for Future Leap? A team of wonderful, passionate people.
Tom Batten
Head of Consultancy
Tom leads the consultancy offering at Future Leap, providing strategic and operational oversight of sustainability-focused projects.Â
He holds an MSc in sustainable development, and prior to joining Future Leap has amassed 15 years of senior operations and project management experience in the hospitality, retail, and, charity sectors. Having spent most of his career working for constantly evolving start-ups, he understands the challenges faced by growing businesses, and can always spot the benefits and opportunities that sustainability can offer.Â
Tom is adept at developing strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels and is dedicated to providing the highest levels of service and client care.Â
Outside of work, he is an experienced scuba diver, amateur wine afficionado and loves to travel.Â
Simon Forsyth
Senior Environmental Consultant
Simon stumbled into environmental management in 1989 by offering to look after a paper-recycling bin. After that, things rather ran away with themselves.Â
He helped set up the Green Teams at Hewlett Packard in Bristol, ran them for five years, then became HP Ltd’s full-time environmental specialist. He left in 2000 to run a small consultancy, went on to run the Econet in-work training project, helped deliver the southwest-wide Envision programme, established a number of Resource Efficiency Clubs for small businesses, trained a lot of Trading Estates, and now focuses on the business linkages between cost-intensity, carbon-intensity, and becoming more profitable.Â
To condense all this into something usable, he’s produced carbon calculating software – the dataCollator.Â
Technically he’s a neuroscientist, with a degree and PhD in neurobiology, but that was a long time ago… Â
Tyler Leyland-Jones
Consultant
Tyler holds a BSc in Environmental Science from Bath Spa University. She is passionate about understanding the causes and consequences of planetary climate change.  After completing a module in Sustainable Business, it became clear to her that real change was going to result from businesses operating consciously and sustainably.
Tyler plays chocalho in a Brazilian Samba Band and is looking forward to playing at festivals this summer.
Ammar Jamali
Net Zero Consultant
Ammar worked in Oil and Gas for 4 years which made him realise the impact of carbon intensive energy on the environment. He then took the leap towards sustainability by pursuing an MSc in Renewable Energy from Newcastle University.
During his MSc, Ammar developed data analysis skills required to conduct energy audits, estimate carbon footprints, and undertake energy efficiency assessments. He is an entrepreneur at heart who believes in the importance of customer relations and has an extensive experience in engaging with B2B and B2C clients.
Outside of work, Ammar enjoys swimming, gardening, and chasing sunsets.
Eleanor Akers
Consultant
Eleanor is a chartered Chemical Engineer and holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins. She works with businesses around the world to help them understand where they are on their sustainability journeys and plot their next steps on the road to net zero.Â
She has experiences at all stages of the energy value chain in Europe and North America and a detailed knowledge of the economics and technical requirements of distributed energy systems and sustainability tech.Â
She is skilled at using big data to uncover opportunities for her clients to become more sustainable and reduce operating costs.
When not at her desk she can usually be found on her yoga mat, out on her bike or curled up with a good book. 
Katie Akers
Consultant
Katie holds a degree in European Law from Maastricht University. She has both professional and academic experience in the energy sector.Â
She presented an analysis of the role of renewables in European power markets to senior executives at a multinational energy company as part of her work experience. Her thesis analysed how law has facilitated the success of the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme.Â
She currently helps businesses on their sustainability journey by translating each client’s unique requirements into a series of actionable points and ensuring compliance in day-to-day operations.Â
When not working she enjoys cooking (having just perfected her stroganoff recipe!), reading and spending time with friends.Â
Gordon Bazeley
Consultant
Gordon has worked in eCommerce product management for over thirteen years and holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town.Â
He’s worked with businesses of all sizes and has created new products, scaled technology organisations and supported operational teams.Â
Gordon is an expert at engaging with stakeholders at all levels and in helping businesses to meet their objectives. Â
He is now focused on helping businesses take smarter steps to a smaller footprint by considering ways to become more sustainable in all aspects of their operations. He has a particular focus on improving digital portfolios and in adopting circularity.Â
Outside of work Gordon is an enthusiastic, if unaccomplished, mountain biker and enjoys reading and travelling.Â
Andy Hawkins
Consultant
Andy Hawkins, founder of Business on Purpose, has been in business for more than 20 years helping companies transform the way they work.Â
He also spent 5 years doing community development in Africa and a further 5 years in environmental services.Â
These experiences are now helping clients assess and improve their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) utilising the B Corp process and B Impact Assessment.Â
Having supported dozens of clients across a range of sizes and sectors, as a qualified B Leader and B Corp Certified, he is well placed to provide support how, where and when it is needed.Â
Alex Lockton
Consultant
Alex has over 15 years’ experience delivering renewable energy and zero carbon technology, including work for some of the most prestigious clients in the country.
His experience has included senior roles with British Gas and T H WHITE, and consultancy with Good Energy.
Alex has extensive experience in construction, CDM and EPC contracting involving the design, installation and maintenance of a wide range of technology including Solar PV, solar thermal, heat pumps, biomass heating, district heating, wind power, battery storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Alex can provide strategic advice and feasibility studies, procurement and project management, as well as connections to funding solutions and grant sources.
