Our Team
Net Positive Solutions is a collaborative platform of trusted Associates. Having worked in senior positions across different sectors, we bring together the right balance and expertise to suit your specific needs.
nitesh magdani, RIBA ARB
sustainability, strategy and innovation
FOUNDER - NET POSITIVE SOLUTIONS
As an architect, Nitesh has worked across design, construction and operation of the Built Environment for more than 20 years, in various design, management and strategic roles. Nitesh believes in collaboration, systems thinking and sound evidence to achieve tangible benefits. Nitesh has learnt that what works for Senior Executives in a business, is different to people on the ground…they also need the tools and frameworks to make it happen! For example, (as Group Director of Sustainability) at BAM, Nitesh found it useful to put in place appropriate targets and tools to help teams to achieve tangible goals, with relevant business cases to demonstrate what success could look like.
Nitesh’s visual approach to tackling problems and simple step by step guidance helps to take people on a journey. He helps people achieve their full potential, whether it’s large corporate Executives, business owners or individual members of the team.
madelyn postman
sustainability, marketing and communications
ASSOCIATE - DIRECTOR AT GRAIN
Madelyn always focuses on business objectives: building the business case for sustainability or connecting strategy with creativity. Until recently, Madelyn was the UK Managing Director of Leidar, an international advocacy, branding and communications consultancy, with key clients including Oak Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation. She recently studied Business Sustainability Management at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and is a member of IEMA.
Since 2008 Madelyn has been a member of 1% for the Planet and serves on its UK Steering Committee. You may have spied Madelyn on BBC News and BBC World, commenting on branding, business, and communications, and she lectures on sustainable fashion at the University of East London. She holds a BA from Brown University and speaks Italian fluently. In 2019 she received an honorary MBA from the University of West London’s Claude Littner Business School.
Mani Lall
Consultant / Designer
ASSOCIATE - STUDIO ML
Mani’s work in Architecture has included the core elements of Architectural Design, Management, Business Development in the UK and India; and as a University Architectural Design Tutor.
Mani’s design skills are based on a strong conceptual and theoretical base, which informs and promotes design solutions. He experiences Architecture as a ‘Choreography of Space’ rather than an assemblage of various systems to form a whole.
Advancing the use of emerging technologies and methodologies in the office and their role in design has led to the use of various software and hardware toolsets with architectural space, the ‘prima materia’ as a multi dimensional canvas/space.
Throughout Mani’s Design Lead/Director roles there has been an intent and responsibility to develop the design ethos of the Practices, to raise the design profile and offering through inclusion and development of individuals and teams.
gilli hobbs
Low carbon building products. Materials and waste expert
ASSOCIATE - PARTNER AT REUSEFULLY
Gilli is an independent Sustainability and Circular Economy Advisor, based in France & UK, providing technical & expert input to sustainability related projects in the built environment, especially in the field of resource efficiency and circular economy.
Previously, Gilli was Director at the Building Research Establishment, working across low carbon buildings and building products, circular & lean construction, renewable energy technologies and sustainable communities, in the UK and overseas.
Gilli has over 25 years’ experience, most recently in leading and contributing to projects such as EU BAMB (Buildings as Material Banks), EC study on Circular Economy Principles, Home of 2030 project, and EU CIRCuIT (Circular Construction in Regenerative Cities). Over this time, she has been instrumental in moving the ‘materials and waste’ agenda forward in industry, including the development of the Smartwaste system.
christoph geppert
sustainability, innovation, systems thinking
ASSOCIATE - DIRECTOR AT GRAIN
Christoph has recently been living his dream, combining his passion for design and sustainability in a single project: developing an electric motorbike for India. His desire to utilise design as a driving force to advance sustainability has always been clear. Projects include the naming and branding of Floreon, a new compostable plastic; designing reusable packaging for handbag rental platform Catwalk Club; and the rebranding of material development specialists Lucideon. He is currently focusing on the B Corp certification process for Grain.
Originally from Hannover, Germany, Christoph holds a degree in Management, Economics and Politics from the University of St Andrews, and an MA in Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins. Having worked for large multi-nationals like Sony, Qualcomm, Nokia, Tesco, and Sunglass Hut, Christoph’s work spans many industries and types of organisations including start-ups, SMEs and large enterprises as well as non-profits. It is this diversity that informs Christoph’s crisp analysis and innovative work.