Bright Green is a catalyst for positive change.

Our mission starts at home, both in London and San Francisco, where our team consists of passionate professionals, helping those around us discover the benefits of environmental practices, and reducing our own organizational footprint to realize a more efficient business. We work hard to improve the earth and community we inherited.

Our Team

Bright Green was brought to life by Paul Hannam and Tom Savage. They met at Oxford University in 2003 where Paul was an Associate Fellow at the Environmental Change Institute and Tom a post-graduate at the Saïd Business School. Despite their 20-year age gap, Tom and Paul had a shared vision - to create an organisation that helped people dedicate their careers to solving the planet's most complex challenges. They believe that the ideal profession integrates financial security with meaningful and fulfilling work, and supports individuals’ development and passions within and outside the workplace.

Our Chairman, Paul Hannam, founded a successful technology recruitment and training business, as well as teaching environmental business at Oxford University. In addition he has also written two books and works as an executive coach. He lives with his family in California.

Managing Director Tom Savage runs Bright Green in Europe and has significant experience as a social entrepreneur and campaigner for responsible business, starting two social businesses and winning the Edge Upstarts Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007.

Managing Director Nick Ellis draws on his experiences at Stanford University and the London School of Economics to lead Bright Green's effort in the United States. Before joining Bright Green, Nick worked as an investment banker pioneering the use of clean, renewable energy bonds to finance municipal power projects. While at Stanford, Nick captained the men's water polo team to two consecutive NCAA championships en route to receiving the "Block S" award given to university's most outstanding male athletes. He currently competes as a member of the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Eva Bellamy is Bright Green's sustainability expert and comes from a background in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility consultancy. She has experience in sustainable business strategy development, organisational change management, benchmarking, stakeholder engagement (including supply chain management), assurance, sustainability reporting, report writing. She has worked with a broad range of clients from large multi-nationals, the Sustainable Development Commission and most recently the Prince's Office and Arup.

Consultant Oli Watts is responsible for matching talented people with excellent opportunities. He has an entrepreneurial background, running a successful online community used by over 3 million people and working on a national campaign to encourage young people to start their own businesses.

Chief Everything Officer Sarah Lloyd-Hughes brings a training and development edge to the team, coming to Bright Green via global youth leadership organisation AIESEC UK; an HR & CSR executive in India’s largest IT Organisation and a ‘bohemian’ period as a corporate trainer in Paris. 

Melanie vonHartitzsch, Director of Parternships, comes to Bright Green with deep sales and business development experience, and she's peddled everything from fruit to software in the San Francisco area. Mel is a stellar athelete, and she has a passion for all things Berkeley, where she was a water polo player and then a coach while she earned her Master's in Education. Although she hails orignially from the midwest, Melanie set down roots in the Bay Area long ago, and there's no doubt that she's a California girl through and through--Mel spends her copious free time cycling, practicing yoga and swimming in the Bay. Much like the great state of Oklahoma, Mel is OK!

Director of Talent, Erica Gerard comes to Bright Green's San Francisco office drawing on her experience as a Learning and Development Specialist for Deloitte and Touche USA, LLP.  She holds a Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is a Myers Briggs qualified trainer.  Erica is also a student of the theatre, and has an extensive background in theatrical performance. 

Andrija Vasiljevic joins Bright Green Talent as a Development Strategist from Belgrade, Serbia, where he lived for 19 years and played water polo for the (former) Yugoslavian Youth National Team and Partizan, one of the world's most renowned clubs. Capitalizing on his water polo prowess, he accepted a scholarship to UC Berkeley in 2003 and has since lived in the US. Andrija brings a phenomenal attitude, can-do, no-nonsense sensibility, and a growing environmental passion to our San Francisco team.