SETAC Names Jill Murray as SETAC Europe Executive Director
Iseult Lynch, SETAC Europe Treasurer and Chair of the SETAC Europe Executive Director Search Committee
The SETAC Europe Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jill Murray as SETAC Europe Executive Director, effective mid-April 2026.
Jill brings a fantastic set of skills to the role, including people and team leadership, change management and transformation, governance, stakeholder engagement and board-level influence. Jill understands (and shares) the motivations driving the SETAC volunteer community as she is a volunteer board member with Cancer Support Netherlands, leading on social impact, brand and communications.
Jill recently completed a Master of Science in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics, deepening her expertise in sustainable business models, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, impact measurement and finance, and mission-led social business.
Prior to joining SETAC, Jill was Global Chief Marketing Officer at Arcadis, a sustainable design and engineering consultancy providing solutions for natural and built assets. Jill led a 200‑person team through a major transformation from a traditional support function into a true growth engine. A core part of Jill’s leadership was prioritizing people development and team culture, focusing on wellbeing, mentoring, training and career growth. The SETAC Europe Office team looks forward to working with her.
In Jill’s own words, “Over the past few years, I’ve been thinking about my future career direction. It began with The Marketing Academy Fellowship in 2022, where I really thought about my ambitions and realized my passion for using business and commercial skills to produce social outcomes. The SETAC Europe Executive Director role, and the SETAC mission to advance environmental science and management, resonate fully with me, and I am excited to support the SETAC Europe Board and office in fulfilling this mission.”
As Chair of the SETAC Europe Executive Director Search Committee, I was very impressed by Jill’s openness and sincerity in wanting to drive social change, her sensitivity to organizational culture and needs, and her recognition that the SETAC Europe staff are experts in what they do and that her job as Executive Director is to ensure that they are fully empowered. A focus on staff development, and a commitment to looking beyond “business as usual” to ensure that SETAC is prepared to meet the challenges (and opportunities) of political and economic instability, distrust in science and the triple planetary crisis of chemical pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change, are key strengths that Jill brings to SETAC. You can read Jill’s recent reflections on change management here.
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