Fiona Charnley is Professor of Circular Innovation and Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy within the University of Exeter Business School. Fiona works and has published extensively within the field of design, innovation and manufacture for a circular economy. She is Co-Director of the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub and leads a number of government and industry funded research projects covering topics such as the use of digital technology to enable circular business models and the development and application of self-healing materials to enable product life extension.