Paul Toyne

Paul Toyne is an award-winning sustainability strategist and non-executive leader who helps organisations turn complex challenges into credible, measurable results. With deep international experience across industry, design and construction, he brings the strategic insight, governance expertise and cross-sector perspective needed to deliver lasting impact in the built environment. He has held senior sustainability global roles in Lendlease, WSP, Balfour Beatty and Grimshaw architects, as well as advising companies across the whole construction value chain from developer to product manufacturers. Paul’s project experience covers all elements of the built environment - from flagship buildings/developments, for example the residential Olympic Village London 2012, to infrastructure (aviation, rail, water and energy), for example the Queen Elizabeth Line and London Luton Airport. Paul was a London Sustainable Development Commissioner appointed by the Mayor of London (2010-2024) and sits on several UK government/industry working groups. He is currently pioneering regenerative design as the future direction for the global built environment and sits on the board of Living Future Europe. He has a PhD in ecology from Imperial College and has a butterfly named after him.