Dr. David Greenfield

David is Vice President of Circular Economy Institute (CEI), President of the CIWM, founder of SOENECS and Co-founder of etsaW and Tech-Takeback. In 2024, David was appointed as a member of UK governments Circular Economy Taskforce.

David has been a volunteer for the CEC and CEI for over 5 years and has run 50+ face to face networking events, including the CEC London, Tour of Circular Businesses on the Circle Line and spoken at over 25 international events for CEC and CEI, including Reuters, Rotary and PWC.

In September 2021, David was appointed as visiting Professor of Circular Economy at the University of Brighton to lecture and work with academics to incorporate circular economy into the curriculum.

In his substantial role, David is managing director and founder of SOENECS (SOcial, ENvironmental & EConomic Solutions), a research and innovation practice. SOENECS provide strategic research, advice, training, solutions, chairing and facilitation on the topics of circular economy, environmental auditing, waste & resource management. David is also the Co-founder and MD Tech-Takeback Ltd.