Joel Kenrick
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Joel Kenrick is a former Special Adviser to the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne until his resignation in February 2012.[1]
Kenrick is now a freelance climate consultant, and previously worked as a climate change policy adviser for the CBI. [2] More recently, he has worked for lobbying firm Tetra Strategy, Adam Smith International in Nigeria, Greenpeace and WWF-UK.
Background
Edinburgh-born Kenrick attended the United Word College of the Atlantic in south Wales before studying International Relations at the London School of Economics.[3]
As a student, Kenrick was involved in a variety of social and political activism. While at Atlantic College, he organised a protest at an RAF base in South Wales. Interviewed by the BBC, he commented: "We think that if America and Britain are serious about getting rid of weapons of mass destruction then they should start at home".[4] At LSE, Kenrick was a member of student environmental and anti-poverty organisation People and Planet: he ran the Edinburgh Marathon in 2007 to fundraise for the group.[5]
Kenrick was parliamentary researcher to Huhne while the latter was Shadow Environment and Home Secretary, and during the 2007 leadership election campaign. He went on to work as a climate change policy adviser at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).[6]
In 2009 he was granted an award by the Fulbright Commission to read for a Masters in Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.[7]
Affiliations
- Tetra Strategy - Kenrick is listed on the Association of Professional Political Consultants' register as working for Tetra between 1 June and 31 August 2012. Tetra's registered clients in that quarter included energy companies AMEC and Sargas AS. [8]
- WWF - interim head of public affairs as of November 2012 according to his twitter profile [9]
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Twitter: http://twitter.com/joelkenrick
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Joel Kenrick, LinkedIn, accessed 25 April 2012
- ↑ Fulbright Commission, "Joel Kenrick", accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ BBC, "Peace protesters march on RAF base", 25.01.03, accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ People & Planet, "News", 24.05.07, accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Fulbright Commission, "Joel Kenrick", accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ Fulbright Commission, "Joel Kenrick", accessed 13.09.10
- ↑ APPC Register Entry for 1 June 2012 to 31 August 2012
- ↑ Joel Kenrick, Twitter, acc 26 November 2012
