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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Our Senior Associates bring a wealth of practical insight to CISL from their own experience in business, government and civil society. We invite these senior practitioners to advise on our strategic direction and to contribute to the delivery of our executive programmes and business platforms.


Dr Halid Abu-Bakar
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Exeter Business School
 Ibrahim  Al-Zu’bi
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Sean Ansett
Senior Director of Sustainability, John Paul Mitchell Systems (JPMS)
Michael Anstey
Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital
Elia Apostolopoulou
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Ramon Arratia
Chief Sustainability Officer and VP Global Public Affairs, Ball Corporation
Peter Bachmann
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure, Gresham House
 Bridgitte    Backman
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 Enos Ned Banda
CEO of the Freetel Group of Companies
 Mike  Barry
Head of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer
 Nicolette   Bartlett
Director of Carbon Pricing at CDP
Alex Base
Environmental Scientist and Chartered Environmentalist
 Craig  Bennett
CEO of The Wildlife Trusts and Honorary Professor of Sustainability and Innovation at University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School
 Cindy  Berman
Director of Impact and Innovation at Electronics Watch
Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 Elizabeth  Buchanan
Trustee of The Prince’s Countryside Fund, of The Horse Trust and the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University.
 Tom  Burke
Chairman of E3G, Third Generation Environmentalism, and a Visiting Professor at both Imperial and University Colleges, London
Fiona Cannon
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Ken Caplan
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
David Carlin
Head of Risk, UNEP-FI
Anton Cartwright
Director, Credible Carbon
David Cembrero
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Fiona Charnley
Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Professor of Circular Economy and Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy within the University of Exeter Business School
Simon Connell
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Justin DeKoszmovszky
Co-founder and (non-exec) Chief Impact Officer of INBONIS
Fellow, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Founder and Managing Partner of Archipel&Co’s UK office
 Sandrine  Dixson-Declève
Co-President of the Club of Rome
Jon Duncan
Chief Impact Officer Reyl Group
Pat Dwyer
Founder and Director, The Purpose Business
 David  Farrell
Founding partner of Blue North Sustainability (Pty) Ltd
Aimee Girdwood
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Annelisa Grigg
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Bruce Haase
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Alison Hampton
Founder, Alma Verde Advisors, and Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Peter Handly
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Jonathon Hanks
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Founding Partner of Incite
Dr Marc Kahn
Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer at Investec
Jeremy Keeley
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Professor Deanna    Kemp
Professor and Director, CSRM and MISHC, People Centres, Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane
Gary Kendall
Systems Thinker; Sustainabologist; Strategy Advisor; Natural Scientist
Dr Alan  Knight
Group Director of Sustainability - Drax
Beth Knight
Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Janice Isabelle Lao
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
David Lawrence
Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership,
Jeannette Lichner
Non-executive Director, Sustainability Advocate, Governance and Leadership Advisor, and Executive Coach
 Ylva  Lindberg
Executive Vice President for Strategy and Communication at Norfund
Thomas Lingard
Global Head of Sustainability – Environment, Unilever
Anna Lungley
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Irene Maffini
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dr Rick Manlove
Experienced Business Leader, Educator and Coach - Life Sciences; Agriculture and food; Sustainability
 Bongiwe  Mbunge
Partner at Mazars
 Sarah  Millar
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Khanyi Mlambo
Managing Director, KM ESH consulting
 Mary-Jane   Morifi
Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer at Tiger Brands
ESG Product Specialist and ESG Strategic Steering Committee Co-Chair, Western Asset Management
Tim Munden
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 Lebo  Nke
Culture Officer, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
 Tara   Norton
Chief Sustainability Officer, Navico
 Yvette   Nowell
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Anil Padhra
Associate Professor in Sustainable Aviation, University of West London
Technical Lead at PNZ Carbon
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dr Stephen  Peake
Fellow of the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 Russell   Picot
Trustee board of the HSBC Bank (UK) Pension Fund
Director of LifeSight, Willis Towers Watson’s UK DC Master Trust Board
Professor Edgar  Pieterse
DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Urban Policy.
Director, the African Centre for Cities.
Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, all at the University of Cape Town.
Professor Francesco Pomponi
Professor of Sustainability Science at Edinburgh Napier University
Paul Pritchard
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 Mashudu  Ramano
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Mitochondria Energy Company.
 Kate  Raworth
Senior Visiting Research Associate, Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute.
Dr Jan Rosenow
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Pierre Rousseau
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Erinch Sahan Headshot
Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Business and Enterprise Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)
Pablo Salas Bravo
Senior Economist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
David Sales
Director, First Ascent Group
Director, Emergenetics UK
 Jon   Samuel
Group Head of Responsible Business Partnerships, Anglo American
Khumo Shongwe
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dr Lisa  Smith
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
 Jaap   Spier
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dr Rory  Sullivan
Co-Founder and Director of Chronos Sustainability
 Swenja  Surminski
Head of Adaptation Research, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
Salil Tripathi
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
James Vaccaro
Executive Director, Climate Safe Lending Network
Thomas Verhagen
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Andrew Voysey
Chief Impact Officer, Soil Capital
Dr Bojun Wang
Managed Net-zero Modelling at the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Dr Steve  Waygood
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors
Sam Welch
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, HyveGeo; and Research Associate, Circular Economy Centre, CJBS; Senior Associate, CISL
Andrea Westall
Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Kate Wolfenden
Co-Founder, 103 Ventures
 Tomas   Wyns
Doctoral Researcher, IES
 Dimitri    Zenghelis
Special Advisor to the Wealth Economy project