Chronos Sustainability announces three new appointments

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CHRONOS SUSTAINABILITY ANNOUNCES THREE NEW APPOINTMENTS

- Leading sustainability advisory firm adds expertise in food, animal welfare and governance to double down on sustainability objectives

London, 10 June 2021, Chronos Sustainability (“Chronos”), the specialist sustainability advisory firm is bolstering its expertise with three new appointments. The appointments support the firm’s strategic objectives to deliver transformative, systemic change on a range of issues across a range of global industry sectors, and reflect the sustained and continuing growth of Chronos’ business in the three years since launch.

Dr Jon Day, Chronos’s Chief Operating Officer has been appointed Director, Food Programmes. In this dual-role, Jon will continue his executive director responsibilities whilst expanding his remit to provide strategic oversight of Chronos’ growing food business and sustainability portfolio, which includes working with multinational companies as well as delivering or supporting multistakeholder initiatives such as the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW), and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) and a number of corporate clients.

Jon has more than 30 years’ experience in the agri-food sector. As well as being an experienced leader and in both academic and commercial environments, he has built an international reputation for his research in behavioural science, nutrition and animal welfare. Jon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and is a Registered Animal Scientist.

Basia Romanowicz joins Chronos’ food and animal welfare division as Senior Programme Manager. Basia is a specialist in farm animal welfare and environmental sustainability. She joins Chronos from Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), where, as Food Business Manager, she worked with companies to develop policy and strategy for improved welfare. Prior to CIWF, Basia was head of farm animal research at World Animal Protection, where she provided detailed technical support to projects in Europe, China and Brazil.

At Chronos, Basia will be principally responsible for project management of the BBFAW where she will work with the wider Chronos team to help lead strategy, boost technical and research capacity and inform the development of BBFAW as it enters its tenth benchmark cycle and beyond.

Lyndsey Hurley has joined Chronos as Company Secretary and Director, Corporate Governance and Ethics. Lyndsey will join Chronos’ leadership team providing specialist company secretary support to Chronos as well as providing corporate governance and ethics consultancy to Chronos’ clients.

Lyndsey is a Chartered Governance Professional (ACIS) and has to date been providing secretariat support to Chronos change programmes and supported client projects on a consultancy basis, before taking up this permanent position.

Dr Rory Sullivan, CEO, Chronos Sustainability, said: “Our ability to effect meaningful, transformative and systemic change for our clients, for industry and for the planet, rests on the combined strength of our team. These appointments are a further step towards building the scale we need to deliver on our mission of intelligent and effective sustainability solutions to enable this change. We extend sincere congratulations to Jon on the expansion of his role, and we’re delighted to welcome Basia and Lyndsey to the team.”

Nicky Amos, managing director, Chronos Sustainability added: “There is a great deal to be done across the sustainability spectrum and across a range of industry sectors. Clearly, COVID- 19 has intensified the spotlight on both the vulnerability and importance food supply chains and we believe the next decade is mission critical for realising the change that is necessary. Together, Jon, Basia and Lyndsey’s experience and proven track records deliver a step change in our capabilities and expertise in corporate sustainability and in food system sustainability in particular.”

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About Chronos Sustainability

Chronos Sustainability was established in 2017 with the objective of delivering transformative, systemic change in the social and environmental performance of key industry sectors. Led by Nicky Amos and Dr Rory Sullivan, it blends industry and sector-leading expertise with high quality service and delivery standards to provide intelligent outcomes for its clients and partners.

Chronos works with more than 40 clients, including institutional investors, corporates, civil society organisations, intergovernmental organisations and industry bodies, on sustainability-related projects and initiatives around the world. It is currently leading or supporting a series of major industry transformation projects including The Transition Pathway Initiative, Climate Action 100+, The Global Coalition for Animal Welfare, The CCLA Corporate Mental Health Benchmark and the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare.

For further information

Amanda Williams, Director of Communications, Chronos Sustainability

amanda@chronossustainability.com

+44 7534 702797

www.chronossustainability.com

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This document is a not a financial promotion and is not investment advice. Unless otherwise attributed the views and opinions expressed are those of Chronos Sustainability at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Amanda Williams10 June 2021