Richard Murray, PhD in Economics from the University of Stockholm, president of Ekoparken Association since 1993. Richard has worked with public administration as chief economist of Swedish Agency for Public Management. Initiated a local political, “green” party in 1978, Stockholmspartiet, and served as councilor for 10 years in the city of Stockholm. Richard is also senior advisor to Global Utmaning (Global challenge), a think tank dedicated to energy efficiency, sustainable cities, climate change and macro-economic problems of the world economy.