Professor Joe Howe

Joe’s background is in geography and planning, environmental science and environmental engineering.

He has extensive experience in working interchangeably with industry on major environmental projects and initiatives across the UK. Currently Joe driven by the opportunities afforded to UK industry in delivering of the £600bn of infrastructure projects by 2030.

Joe is pro-actively engaged with the UK’s emerging clean growth agenda including his roles on the UK Decarbonised of Gas Alliance, chairing of the NW Hydrogen Alliance and being the North West academic lead for the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre.

He is particularly passionate about the STEM skills and sits on the Board of the Department of Education: Engineering Construction Industries Training Board