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10 Facts About Samantha Heath

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Samantha Heath was the Chief Executive of London Sustainability Exchange from 2005 to 2018; a voluntary organisation supporting the delivery of London as the most sustainable world city.

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Samantha Heath was a member and former co-chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission and was a member of the London Climate Change Partnership.

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Samantha Heath sat on the Stratford City Environmental Review panel.

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Samantha Heath's experience included ten years in London politics, eight years in academia and research and ten years in civil engineering.

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Samantha Heath wrote for various publications and spoke at numerous conferences and seminars on: community empowerment, lifestyle change, social marketing, air quality, energy, waste and other issues.

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Samantha Heath trained as a Civil Engineer at Heriot Watt and worked for many years in the construction industry.

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Samantha Heath was a lecturer in design and construction management at the University of Greenwich until May 2000.

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For eight years from May 1994 until she stood down in May 2002, Samantha Heath was a Wandsworth Labour PartyCouncillor, representing the Latchmere Ward in Battersea.

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Samantha Heath was third on the Labour party list in the 2000 London Assembly election and won a seat due to this.

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Samantha Heath led on environmental and energy issues in the Assembly, becoming the first chair of the Environment Committee, which she chaired for the whole four-year term.