Carolyn Cobbold is co-founder and leader of the Manhood Peninsula Partnership, located near Chichester, UK that has been responsible for the largest coastal realignment project in Europe that protects a town, other buildings and new wetlands.
Carolyn Ann Cobbold worked for around 25 years as a journalist specialising in risk management after a degree in mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London.
At the time there was no co-ordination of planning for flood management, coastal defences and new house building.
She led advocacy for local residents, businesses, councils and the Environment Agency to work together.
The major infrastructure development so far has been the Medmerry coastal realignment completed in 2013 that protects 300 hectares of important and biodiverse habitats.