Dr. Keith Tyrell

Director of PAN UK - an international NGO operating in the UK and more than a dozen LMIC countries. Conducting research into the health and environmental impacts of pesticides and develop policy options to reduce reliance on chemical pest control.

Keith has over 20 years’ environmental experience. He was previously the Director of Programmes and Research at the Koru Foundation – a charity that supports community scale renewable energy projects in the developing world. He spent eight years working on UK and EU environmental policy at the ENDS Report where his last role was Climate and Energy Editor. He has extensive experience of working with grassroots organisations and ran the European arm of a three-year international research and advocacy project for WWF. He holds a Doctorate in Development Studies, and MA in Environment Development and Policy from the University of Sussex – both of which involved research into pesticide use.