The Big Synergy Initiative is a multi-project UNSDG commitment. This initiative aims at informing, inspiring and involving global stakeholders to meet all the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The initiative is led and supported by internationally acclaimed leaders from across the world, and amongst others, include renowned academics, scientists and professionals from some of the world’s most reputed universities and organisations, as well as luminaries from the creative industry.
The leaders, judges and advisors for some of our featured projects are as below.

Dr. Ragini G Roy
Co-founder & Director of Global Programmes and Impact, CBS
Deborah Meaden
Green investor and business leader

Dr. Sourav Roy
Co-founder & CEO, Centre for Big Synergy
Gabrielle Ginér
Head of environmental sustainability, BT Group
Prof. Ioannis Ioannou
London Business School
Rt Hon. Baroness Usha Prashar
Crossbench member, House of Lords

Tom Szaky
CEO and founder of TerraCycle
Cat Fletcher
Founder, Freegle

US Ambassador (Rtd) Howard Gutman
Lawyer, actor, former US Ambassador to Belgium

Amma Asante, MBE
BAFTA award-winning Screenwriter and Director

Prof. John Corner
University of Leeds

Gurinder Chadha, OBE
Director | Producer | Writer

Anna Smith
Broadcaster and Film critic
Dr. Trisia Farrelly
Massey University & United Nations Advisor

Prof. Brendan Godley
University of Exeter

Prof. Kristofer Erickson
University of Leeds

Prof. Marion Schmid
University of Edinburgh

Susan Kemp
University of Edinburgh
Debashish Das, Exec. MBA (HBS)
Grohe AG

Prof. Paul Montgomery
University of Birmingham

Richard Hatherell
Head of Video, Yahoo UK

Prof. Lyndsay Duthie
CEO, Production Guild of Great Britain
Jemima Khan
Philanthropist, Screenwriter and producer
Kevin Willmott
OSCAR, BAFTA and Cannes Grand-Prix-winning filmmaker
Dr Sally Uren OBE
CEO Forum for the Future
Sian Kevill
Make Waves Media | BBC Newsnight, BBC World Service
Pippa Ehrlich
OSCAR & BAFTA-winning filmmaker
Chris Tashima
OSCAR-winning actor/director
Waad Al-Kateab
BAFTA-, EMMY- & CANNES-winning Director