Tim Smit

Chief Executive & Co-Founder, Eden Project

Biography

Tim Smit, CBE, is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project in Cornwall. The Eden Project houses a complex of domes containing world-class horticulture, and demonstrates that sustainability is about good business practice and the citizenship values of the future. Tim is Director of the Lost Gardens of Heligan and has Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships from a number of universities. He has received The Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal and was voted 'Great Briton of 2007’ in the Environment category of the Morgan Stanley Great Briton Awards.