Tom Brookes is the CEO of the Meliore Foundation, a leading organisation for philanthropy focused on funding fact-based strategic communications around climate and related issues. In 2012, he founded the Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC), building on his work as Executive Director of Strategic Communications at the European Climate Foundation. The Meliore Foundation works with global philanthropic funding partners to support programmes that educate and encourage fact-based discourse at community, societal, commercial, and policy-making levels. Tom previously led government relations for Apple in Europe and was a senior advisor to Microsoft and other companies in their interactions with EU competition regulation.