Gerard Duvé, MSc
A respected chemist with more than 25 years research and development experience in various industries in major companies worldwide. Gerard established non-animal-testing policies in the UK in a number of companies and he, currently runs a consultancy and is secretary to the trustees for FRAME (the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments).
Clare Henderson
Clare Henderson has many years experience working as a journalist in the cosmetics business press and is Managing Editor of the cosmetics group of HPCi media, which includes SPC (Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics) and ECM (European Cosmetic Markets) as well as SPC Asia and SPC China. She is a member of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists (SCS) and currently sits on the SCS Council as Honorary Secretary.
Lisa Armstrong
A fashion authority with more than 18 years in the field, including eight years as fashion features director at Vogue, Lisa is currently fashion editor of The Times. She also contributes to Harper's Bazaar in the US and is a contributing editor on British Vogue. Alongside this, Lisa is the fashion expert in the current series of Channel 4's 10 Years Younger.
Shelly Vella
Currently fashion director at Cosmopolitan magazine, Shelly has worked in fashion for around 20 years on titles including Elle, You magazine and Company. Enforcing a 'no-fur coverage' policy wherever she works, Shelly believes in educating readers in the joys of cruelty-free fashion.
Wayne Hemingway
Co-founder of successful fashion label Red or Dead, Wayne sold the company and set up Hemingway Design, which specialises in affordable and social design, including housing, interiors, technology and product design. The company is now one of the leading house-design practices in the UK.
Andrew Opie
Director of food and consumer policy at the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and a qualified rural surveyor, Andrew lobbies the government, the Food Standards Agency and other stakeholders on behalf of retailers. He joined the BRC in 2005 after eight years as head of policy services with the National Farmers' Union.
Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, whose writing appears regularly in the Sunday Times Magazine and the Daily Telegraph. He is also a contributing editor for Esquire, and regularly contributes to Radio 4's Food Programme. He has fronted several prime-time television series - including Full on Food and Kill It, Cook It, Eat It for the BBC - and is one of the judges on ITV's Taste The Nation.
Dr Geoff Spriegel
Geoff has held a number of senior technical positions in food and drink manufacture and retailing. He has also represented the food industry on expert government committees and organisations such as the ethical trading initiative, assured farm standards and the Institute of Food Research.
AJF (John) Webster, MA Vet, MB, PhD, MRCVS
John is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol, where he established a unit for the study of animal behaviour and welfare. A founder member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, John first propounded the Five Freedoms, which define the elements of good welfare in domestic animals. He has written several books on animal welfare.
