Alice Spencer

Alice is the Executive Director of Education at CISL which encompasses three portfolios: a range of digital courses, accredited postgraduate programmes including the Masters of Sustainability Leadership and executive education. CISL has been at the forefront of sustainability education for over three decades and brings a deep understanding of the changing global context and access to a wealth of world-leading research to help inform business strategy and inspire more ambitious action.

In her previous role as Director, Executive Education, she was global lead for CISL’s flagship seminar - the Business & Sustainability Programme – delivered for a diverse range of executives annually in Cambridge, Melbourne and Singapore.

Prior to joining CISL, Alice worked for several years in Australia and New Zealand in Corporate, Not-for-Profit and Government roles, engaging with national and corporate strategies and social and environmental impact projects. These included updating land and water legislation in South Canterbury, New Zealand; working across several large (150,000-400,000 hectare) cattle stations in the Northern Territory, Australia with R.M.Williams to improve social and biodiversity outcomes in addition to carbon farming as an alternative revenue stream; and writing the Natural Resource Management Plan for catchments and islands adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.

Alice has an MA Hons in Geography from the University of Edinburgh.