Michael Solomon is the founder and managing director of the company. He is responsible for the development of the SEE What You Are Buying Into brand and business.

Michael believes that real change is possible and has a healthy appetite for challenging the status quo. After living and working in several countries around the world, he developed the strong conviction that business should take responsibility for its impact on people, society and the environment.

In his mid-twenties, Michael returned to the UK and gained a degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Manchester. After working as an economic researcher in the City, then in an NGO and subsequently in financial publishing, he conceived the SEE concept. In March 2002 he quit his job to develop 'the website for credible CSR' on a full time basis.

Michael has led the transformation of the initial concept of a responsible business questionnaire and online directory into the current scheme with its revolutionary mission.

Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.

Dr Clare Hall has two degrees in anthropology and a long-ago qualification as a nurse. She has diverse professional experience in consultancy, academia and research. In the mid-1990s, after several years working in tropical forestry and fisheries management, Clare conceded defeat to the tropical cockroaches and moved onto the challenges of UK organisations instead.

Previous roles include management consultant at Gardiner & Theobald LLP, Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and at the London School of Economics (LSE), Supervisor in Development Studies and in Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.

Clare joined the company in April 2007 to develop and manage the SEE What You Are Buying Into evaluation processes. Clare is also responsible for company policy and the development of the SEE Questionnaire.

Tiana has worked as a lawyer in a U.S. law firm, interned at a legal aid clinic in Cambodia, researched American policy on Cuba for a U.S. think-tank, and taught third grade in a Honduras school. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Bowdoin College, Maine, and a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Through each of those experiences, Tiana has been exposed to the impact of businesses on their communities around the world and she has cultivated an interest in the power and potential of corporate responsibility and sustainability.

Tiana is currently studying for her LL.M. in Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics.

Lindsay first worked for SEE Ltd as an intern during the summer of 2008. Since moving to New Zealand, she started the SEE revolution Down Under opening the company's first overseas office at the beginning of 2010.

Lindsay graduated with a Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics, writing her dissertation on the potential for the private sector to complement public sector and multilateral climate change policies. She has a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Drew University, New Jersey, USA.

Since her student days, Lindsay has worked in a rich variety of roles in the USA, the UK and New Zealand. For example, with the Domestic Violence Unit of the New Jersey Superior Court, USA, and with the South African AIDS/HIV charity Starfish Greathearts Foundation in London. Most recently Lindsay has worked as a fundraiser for Greenpeace NZ.

Nana is SEE Ltd's first dedicated sales person. His friendly, relaxed approached and honeyed, dulcet tones make target clients feel they are having a relaxing massage rather than taking a sales call. Nana has a wealth of telesales experience including a role with the National Association of Pension Funds. He has also worked in IT, photography and car parking businesses.

When not at work, Nana is a keen music buff and amateur dramatist. He has only been with SEE since December 2009 on a temporary basis but we hope to make him a permanent member of staff early in 2010. (Nana is a Ghanaian name and it means 'chief'!)

Bob Monks is frequently cited as the founding father of shareholder activism and for more than 20 years has been a corporate governance advisor dedicated to the project of harmonizing corporate energies with the long-term interests of global society. Bob has spoken and written widely on such matters: his latest book is Corpocracy and he also publishes news and opinion via his website.

After an immensely successful and varied career, including senior roles in prominent American companies and in the US Government, Bob founded Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., now a leading corporate governance consultancy firm advising clients with more than $1 trillion in assets. He served as its president from 1985-1990. He also founded the LENS investment fund (US) and Hermes LENS Asset Management Company (UK), which developed the 'institutional activist' mode of investment while still providing financial returns that outperformed industry benchmarks. In addition, Bob is the founder of Lens Governance Advisors, a law firm that advises on corporate governance in the settlement of shareholder litigation.

Bob is a graduate of Harvard College, Cambridge University and Harvard Law School. He has served on the board of directors of ten publicly held companies. He was appointed by President Reagan as one of the founding Trustees of the Federal Employees' Retirement System and served as Administrator in the Department of Labor, with jurisdiction over the entire U.S. pension system. Bob was the Co-Chairman of the 2008 World Economic Forum Council on Corporate Governance and 2008 Co-Chairman of 'Republicans for Obama' in Maine.

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Alnoor is the Director of Strategy for Purpose, a New York-based company that creates 21st century movements. His work at Purpose focuses on the intersection of brand, political and social strategy. Purpose take insights from political organising, behavioural economics and brand strategy to create social movements underpinned by cutting-edge technology.

Prior to joining Purpose, Alnoor was the founder and director of the Toronto-based strategy consultancy in vitro, providing social and political strategies for a number of agencies, Fortune 500 clients and political parties in North America and Europe. Previously, Alnoor spent almost a decade in brand strategy working for some of the leading advertising and communications agencies in the world, including Ogilvy & Mather, J. Walter Thompson and Mother. At the latter, Alnoor was a senior strategist at the London office and co-founder of Mother Social, the agency's social strategy unit.

Alnoor has worked as lead strategist on world-renowned projects such as the global launch of Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty, MTV's Exit initiative against human trafficking and slavery, Amnesty International's recent expansion of their mandate to include social, economic and cultural rights, and Greenpeace's anti-aviation campaign.

Alnoor is an industry writer and speaker on the social value of brands, social enterprise, and public/private partnerships. He holds an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and a BBA in International Business from Simon Fraser University in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.