Fellows

Stef is a qualified lawyer, practicing in South Africa in the 1980s in human rights law. In 1994 he transitioned to alternative dispute resolution and participated in numerous change processes as South Africa entered its transition. In 1999 he attended COP5 and afterwards established a climate NGO, SouthSouthNorth, which brought 6 global South countries into collaboration on various climate projects.

Visiting Professor Cranfield University UK. Formerly Head of Innovation Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2010-2018) and Senior Lecturer at University of Exeter (2019 and 2020) My focus is circular economy and systems thinking with an especial interest in policy and in building and construction.

Christoph Baumann is Deputy Head Strategy Division & Envoy for Sustainable Finance at the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF). In this role, he leads the Swiss government's sustainable finance activities, ranging from negotiations in multilateral bodies to domestic initiatives. Christoph is co-chair of the International Platform on Sustainable Finance’s Working Group on Transition Finance, Switzerland’s G20 Finance DD, and head of the Swiss delegation for the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group.

Clare has been at the nexus of sustainable development, organizational change and culture for over three decades. She was previously Director and CEO of The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Prior to that Clare was Vice President at Salzburg Global Seminar where she worked with senior leaders, intergenerational teams and Fellows from nearly 180 countries and led multi-year programs, partnerships and networks.

Dr Bronwyn Claire is a Sustainable Finance Specialist in the Climate and ESG Solution at Ortec Finance. She brings extensive experience across environmental, risk and finance fields. Bronwyn is a lead for the research and innovation of Ortec Finance’s climate scenario analysis products and communication of macroeconomic and financial impacts of climate change.

In his role as Senior Advisor within the Bank of England, Michael Sheren provided counsel and independent challenge to senior BoE Management on critical risk, governance and operational matters within the financial markets. Michael has been one of the Banks leaders in the area of climate risk in the financial system.  As part of his climate work, he Co-Chaired the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group with China, is a UK delegate to the NGFS and a contributor to the digital green bond work within the Innovation Hub of the Bank of International Settlements.

Sudhanshu Palsule is an award-winning educator, leadership philosopher, CEO advisor, author, and speaker. He is regarded as one of the leading thinkers in the fields of Transformative Leadership and Leading in Complexity. Author of several books, his latest book, “Rehumanizing Leadership” was published in 2020. 

Judith completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge considering the optimisation of the process of planning and developing large infrastructure projects, including the economic, social, environmental and institutional effects of delays in project development.

Elspeth’s interest in Sustainability, Well-Being & Human Development comes from her science background when she studied Zoology, Biochemistry and Dietetics and much later on in life an MBA.

Dr Victoria Hurth works globally at the intersect of academia and hands-on business to help companies transition to be drivers of long-term wellbeing for all (sustainability). This includes advising executives across a wide range of sectors on the intersect between purpose, sustainability, ESG and reporting and how to lead the transformative change needed.