Member of the Community Environment Network Advisory Group

Perminder Balu 

Head of Green Cities and Circular Economy at City of Wolverhampton Council. 

Perminder is a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years across private sector, public sector, building a wealth of experience in environmental matters. He has also run a number of his own businesses, currently a coach in Public Speaking and Confidence Skills.

Through his various roles within the Environment/ Sustainability sectors he has taken great joy in creating of large-scale wildlife reserves, delivering many active travel corridors & networks across the West Midlands and decarbonisation interventions.

Volunteering is dear to Perminder, undertaking various roles. Since the 1990’s he started as a Conservation Operative, then a School Governor for 12 years and Committee Member of the Warwickshire Coventry and Solihull Local Access Forum for 10 years. Currently is a Non-Executive Director of Sustainability West Midlands and also creates time to visit schools, colleges, corporate events and interest groups representing the charity WaterAid highlighting the ‘It starts with Water’ campaigning.

Advisory Group Role - Local Authority Lead

Perminder will support in linking local authority led schemes into the Network and supporting with outreach.