The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is an impact‑led institute within the University of Cambridge, working with leaders across business, finance and government to shape market‑wide transitions and scale commercially viable solutions.

The CISL Press Office is the first point of contact for media enquiries, issuing press releases and official statements on behalf of the Institute and operating 24/7.

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Head of media

Subject matter experts

Business Leadership

• Lindsay Hooper - Director & CEO
• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer
• James Cole - Chief Innovation Officer
• Alice Spencer - Interim Executive Director - Education

Policy

• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer
• Beverley Cornaby - Director, CLG UK
• Viola Meyerweissflog - Programme Manager, CLG UK
• Ursula Woodburn - Director CLG Europe
• Romain Pardo - Senior Programme Manager, CLG Europe
• Adeline Rochet - Programme Manager, CLG Europe
• Sibusiso Nkomo - Programme Manager, CLG Africa
• Tsvetelina Kuzmanova- Sustainable Finance, EU lead

Innovation

• James Cole - Chief Innovation Officer
• Sam Laakkonen - Portfolio Director – Canopy and Accelerator, Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Viola Jardon - Programme Director - Canopy & Accelerator
• Jie Zhou - Senior Programme Manager

Sustainability education

• Alice Spencer - Interim Executive Director - Education
• Phil Hazell - Portfolio Director - Executive Education
• Theo Hacking - Portfolio Director - Postgraduate Education
• Kayla Friedman - Programme Director - Postgraduate Education

Nature

• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer
• Beverley Cornaby - Programme Director - Policy
• Harry Greenfield - Programme Manager
• Nina Seega - Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance
• Lucy Bruzzone - Programme Director

Climate

• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer
• Beverley Cornaby - Programme Director - Policy
• Ursula Woodburn - Director CLG Europe

Africa

• Richard Calland - Director CISL South Africa
• Sibusiso Nkomo - Programme Manager
• Gabriel Okello - Research Associate

Social justice

• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer
• Richard Calland - Director CISL South Africa
• Sibusiso Nkomo - Programme Manager
• Sanna Markkanen - Head of Policy Analysis

Sustainable finance

• Nina Seega - Director, Centre for Sustainable Finance
• Elizabeth Clark - Senior Programme Manager
• Gwyn Rhodes - Senior Programme Manager
• Tsvetelina Kuzmanova- Sustainable Finance EU lead 

Built environment

• Lucy Bruzzone - Programme Director
• Kayla Friedman - Programme Director - Postgraduate Education

Industry

• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer

Aviation

• Eliot Whittington - Chief Systems Change Officer
• Lucy Bruzzone - Programme Director