Maddy Berg is senior policy adviser for contaminated land at the Scottish Government and has been in post since March 2023. Prior to joining Scottish Government, Maddy worked in the third sector on environmental pollution projects. Maddy has a PhD in Geology from the University of Edinburgh.
Madeleine Berg
Senior Policy Advisor
The Scottish Government
Bio coming soon.
Caroline Thornton
Principal Policy Officer
SEPA
Heather Claridge
Group Manager (Strategic Spatial Planning)
Glasgow City Region
Heather Claridge is a Group Manager for Glasgow City Region Place Team, overseeing the long‑term place ambition for one of the UK’s largest metropolitan areas, and helping guide how the region grows, adapts and responds to the health and inequality and climate and nature crises.
During her extensive career as a chartered planner and urban designer working in the public sector Heather has led major green and blue infrastructure programmes in Glasgow’s east end, supported regional regeneration initiatives in the Forth and Clyde canal corridor, and championed creative, community‑led approaches such as the award‑winning Stalled Spaces programme and urban lighting projects.
Widely recognised for her contribution to the sector, Heather is a Fellow of the RSA, an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism, a former RTPI UK Young Planner of the Year, and an Affiliate of UN‑Habitat’s Planners for Climate Action network. She also serves as Co-Chair for the Green Action Trust and Chair of the Kelvin Catchment Partnership, reflecting her long‑standing commitment to tackling social and environmental inequalities through practical, place‑based action.
David is Senior Policy Manager at the KLTR where he leads on the Proactive Bona Vacantia project and the review of the Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme – both projects seeks to support productive re-use of ownerless land and buildings by transferring properties for £1 plus costs where the re-use is in the public interest and supports community development. He is on secondment from the Scottish Land Commission where his main areas of work were land for housing, placemaking and regeneration.
David Stewart
Senior Policy Manager
King and Lord's Treasurer's Rememberancer (KLTR)
Duncan Spencer is a Civil Engineer with over 35 years' experience in the management of environmental liabilities associated with brownfield regeneration. He is a Director of EDIA Limited, the UK's only independent specialist environmental insurance broker.
Founded in 2011, EDIA supports clients in the design and placement of environmental insurance programmes, with a particular focus on managing liabilities arising from historical pollution throughout the redevelopment process and beyond.
Duncan Spencer
Director
EDITA Limited
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Claire Stone
Governance Director
Normec i2 Analytical
Claire Stone has spent more than 25 years working in the environmental testing sector, with over 15 years specialising in quality, technical governance and laboratory compliance. In her role as Governance Director at Normec i2 Analytical, Claire oversees the Quality and Technical functions of the business.
Her career has given her extensive experience across analytical testing, environmental regulation and laboratory quality management. Claire is particularly interested in how laboratories respond to changing regulation, emerging contaminants and developing markets, and how the industry can translate new requirements and best practice into robust, practical testing capabilities. A key part of her role is looking ahead, identifying where the sector is moving and helping determine where laboratory capabilities need to develop next.
Claire holds a BSc (Hons.) and PhD in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry.
Bio coming soon.
Luke Bradley
Edinburgh Napier University