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Expert contributors deliver talks and lectures at the residential workshops. They are selected on the basis of their specialist knowledge or experience. Speakers are drawn from CISL Fellows, Senior Associates and external experts. We invite a mixture of academics and industry practioners to teach on the course.

Recent speakers have included:

  • Professor Shahzad Ansari, Professor of Strategy, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Professor Paul Ekins, Director; Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, University College London Institute for Sustainable Resources
  • Penny Fowler, Head of Private Sector Team, Oxfam GB
  • Ryan Gellert, General Manager – EMEA, Patagonia
  • Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Diageo Professor in Organisation Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School
  • Wendy Kay, Head of Learning, Leadership and Talent, Barclays Functions, Barclays plc
  • Thomas Lingard, Climate & Environment Director, Chief Sustainability Office, Unilever
  • Dr Ivanka Mamic, Vice President, Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability, Target
  • Hannah Skeates, Senior Director at S&P Dow Jones Indices
  • Professor Jag Srai, Head of Centre for International Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
  • Salil Tripathi, Director of Policy, Institute for Human Rights and Business
  • James Vaccaro, former Director of Strategy, Triodos Bank
  • Professor David Vaughan OBE, Director of Science, British Antarctic Survey
  • Dr Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investments
  • Kresse Wesling MBE, Co-Founder & Director, Elvis and Kresse.