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Thought Leadership Series
At the heart of our Climate Action Business Community are our thought leaders. Featuring experts, innovators, and changemakers who share their insights through original articles on climate action and sustainability. By drawing on the experience of these leading voices, we ensure our community stays ahead of emerging trends, regulations, and opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon future. Watch out for new Thought Leadership articles by new contributors published regularly.
Michael O’Hara
Co-Founder
Techies Go Green
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Michael O’Hara is the co-founder of Techies Go Green and a qualified accountant with a strong background in leadership and sustainability.
He previously served as Managing Director of DataSolutions Limited, a highly successful IT distribution company operating across the UK and Ireland, which he led through significant growth before its successful sale in 2023.
Michael is deeply passionate about sustainability and works to support organisations in reducing their environmental impact.
Outside of his professional pursuits, he is an avid trekker, regular gym enthusiast, and enjoys travelling to explore diverse cultures.
Duncan Stewart
TV Producer, Architect,
& Environmental Advocate
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Award-winning architect and media producer, Duncan Stewart is Ireland’s most well-known and respected environmentalist. His activism stretches back to 1969 and, as an architect, he pioneered, lectured and specialised in his practice in ‘ecological building design’. He became a TV producer and presenter and is best known for the highly acclaimed TV show "Eco Eye", broadcast onIreland’s RTE channel, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and also available on Prime Video. For 21 seasons, this hugely popular weekly show focused on environmental issues including climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainable agriculture, eco-grassroots initiatives, green technologies and Climate Change.
Duncan is a passionate advocate for climate action and frequently speaks at sustainability conferences and campaigns for policies that address carbon emissions, pollution, and renewable energy adoption. He has been vocal about the Irish government's response to climate change, often calling for more urgent and ambitious action.
One of his main concerns at present is the urgent need to introduce environmental studies across all levels of the educational system. For that reason Duncan became a founder and course content developer for EcoEd4All, a conservation and sustainability set of modules for secondary schools along with his involvement in 2022 in the launch of a new resource for teaching climate change to children aged 3–13.
Gabriela de Paula
Managing Director & Co-Founder,
Canopy Creative
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Gabriela de Paula is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Canopy Creative, a Dublin-based creative agency specialising in sustainability communications and storytelling.
She works with businesses, non-profits, social enterprises, and public bodies to help them communicate their sustainability impact with clarity, authenticity, and creativity. Through strategic campaigns, content, and visual storytelling, Gabriela supports organisations in translating complex sustainability goals into messages that engage, inspire, and drive real-world change.
Before founding Canopy Creative, Gabriela led marketing strategies across a range of industries in Ireland, developing a deep understanding of how purposeful communication can strengthen both brand trust and social impact. She believes that people, planet, and profit can thrive together — and that the ripple effects of strong sustainability storytelling can inspire entire industries and communities to do better.
Raquel Noboa
Founder & CEO
Fifty Shades Greener
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Raquel Noboa is a sustainability & ESG professional, keynote speaker & Green Skills Expert. She is the founder and CEO of Fifty Shades Greener, an educational company for Sustainable Development through Green Skills application.
Fifty Shades Greener mission is to empower People through Education for Sustainable Development, so they can support the planet and other people in society, through their everyday actions and decisions.
Dr Ing Stefano Mainero
Founder, CEO
EPN Consulting Research and Innovation Ltd.
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Stefano has got a full degree in Electronic Engineering awarded by the Turin Polytechnic University in the last century and has 30-year experience in Sustainability, Intelligent Mobility, Climate Change and European Projects.
Since early 2000s it collaborates with the European Commission as Expert Evaluator and Project Reviewer.
In 2009 he established EPN Consulting Ltd. In London taking care of Intelligent & Sustainable Mobility, technology projects, and Business Management & Growth.
In 2022 he established EPN Consulting Research and Innovation Ltd. in Dublin, fully dedicated to Sustainability, Climate Change resilience and adaptation, EU-funded projects, and Research and Innovation.
Stefano contributed to set up the GEC Sustainability Cluster in 2023 and is part of the Cluster Steering Committee.
Every month Stefano writes the Editorial on the EPN Consulting Newsletters and produces the Video-Editorial on the EPN Consulting Research and Innovation Newsletters.
Stefano teaches Sustainability and Digital Transition at the Ravensbourne University London and has collaborated with the University of the West of England (Bristol, UK), Politecnico di Torino (Turin, Italy), Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), Free University of Bolzano (Bolzano/Bozen, Italy), Northeastern University and Boston University (Boston, USA).
Stefano is a recognised Business Mentor of the “Mentoring for International Growth” project, managed by the Turin Chamber of Commerce (Turin, Italy) (2018-ongoing), and was one of the Experienced Mentors of the "Early Warning Europe Mentor Academy", an European Union initiative (2022-2023).
He is member of several professional associations in the UK (IET, ITS UK, PIARC UK, The Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), and USA (IEEE).
Stefano can be contacted on:
· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanomainero
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