Who we are

We’re a collective of purpose-driven professionals, who first connected through the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. What began as a shared passion has evolved into a powerful collaboration.

With decades of combined business experience and deep expertise in sustainability, assisted by a network of experts and advisors, we founded this consultancy to be a catalyst for change. Our mission is simple: to help businesses embed sustainability at their core, and unlocking enduring financial, societal and environmental value.

We cut through the complexity, helping businesses prioritise the right actions to future-proof their operations, resilience, reputation, drive growth, and create meaningful impact for customers, communities, and all stakeholders.

We believe sustainability shouldn’t be overwhelming but should be a smart, strategic advantage.

Our founders

  • Ana Alonso

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR

    Ana is a strategic leader specialising in energy transition, sustainable alternative energies, FMCG, digitalisation, AI, technology, and innovation. She pioneered the world’s first commercial flight using alternative fuel, developed the global Gas-to-Liquid market, contributed to EU directives on low-emission fuels, and tripled sustainability product sales on a major B2B platform, driving impactful change at scale.

  • Ricardo Pires

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR

    Ricardo has over 30 years’ experience in senior leadership positions in banking, with strong experience in strategic thinking and corporate governance. He has more recently become engaged with assisting businesses to integrate sustainability principles and practices.

  • Milly Hutchinson

    FOUNDING DIRECTOR

    Milly is a strategic corporate affairs leader who translates sustainability and reputational challenges into commercial opportunities across manufacturing, chemicals, horticulture, hospitality and professional services. With global and leadership roles at A&O Shearman, AkzoNobel and Heineken, she creates practical solutions driving measurable impact for all stakeholders.

Our experts

  • Nick Harris

    CONSULTANT

    Nick is a sustainability and risk expert who led The Carbon Trust’s sustainable finance practice as well as ESG integration at BNY Mellon, with senior roles focused on regulatory compliance, investment risk, and ESG strategy.

  • Clara Poon

    CONSULTANT

    Sustainability transformation leader across banking and non-profits with a Cambridge Master’s in Sustainability Leadership, integrating ESG into business and risk strategies to drive growth and resilience.

  • Natasha David

    CONSULTANT

    Natasha is a strategy consultant working with fashion and consumer goods companies to implement and scale circularity solutions. Draws from previous experience at British Fashion Council, Google, and Ellen MacArthur Foundation to combine systems-thinking with pragmatic solutions that reimagine sustainable futures.

  • Naomi Prasad

    CONSULTANT

    Naomi Prasad, MA (Hons) Oxon, eMBA, has 15 years' experience in corporate debt investing as a senior research analyst. She holds qualifications from CISL in Business Sustainability Management and in Sustainable Finance. Naomi founded Auctus Strategies to advise investors on incorporating sustainability into their asset selection and portfolio management, emphasising risk management and commercial success. 

  • Andy Stanton

    CONSULTANT

    Andy is an experienced sustainability leader, with achievements in exemplar new build, retrofit building and corporate estates.  His approach is for pragmatic, people and data-driven solutions to energy, water, waste and technology challenges across diverse sectors, public and private.

  • Myriah Lesko

    CONSULTANT

    Myriah is a strategic communications expert focusing on the integration of financial and sustainability communications for maximum stakeholder engagement and business growth. She has supported global multi-nationals across healthcare, FMCG, banking and finance, energy, and NGOs. 

  • Caroline Vienot

    CONSULTANT

    Caroline, leads sustainability and climate education, advancing strategy and driving dialogue and transformative change with corporations, NGOs, universities, and communities. President of the Board for Climate Fresk UK, she has empowered 1,000+ individuals across Europe/UK and Africa with innovative sessions such as Climate Fresk and Biodiversity Fresk.

  • Estelle Levacher

    CONSULTANT

    Estelle brings with her 25 years of experience in strategic marketing, across multiple sectors such as aviation, FMCG and telco. She's an alumna of the CISL and firmly believes that marketing is an integral part of the solution towards a more sustainable future. 

  • Zharina Arnaldo

    Zharina is an Emmy-nominated global strategy, media and communications leader with 25 years of experience across journalism, marketing and high-impact advisory roles. With a career that’s taken her from newsrooms to boardrooms, she helps organisations navigate complexity, shape narratives and drive change. She brings strategic insight and deep cross-cultural fluency grounded in her lived experience across the Global North and Global South. She’s advised governments, companies and non-profits including the BMW Foundation, the European Climate Foundation and the IFRC.

  • Ben Davies

    Ben is a media relations and crisis comms specialist who spent the first part of his career as a political reporter and editor at the Press Association, BBC and New Statesman before moving to global NGOs such as Amnesty International. He ran the media relations operation at the Law Society of England and Wales and has since worked extensively both in the commercial and NGO spaces where he has had a particular focus on using PR techniques to support advocacy and sustainable business goals. His recent career includes year-long spells at the UN Environment Programme and at a global law firm where he covered ESG, litigation and infrastructure.

Our advisors

  • Sergio Rendon

    ADVISOR

    Sergio is a strategic business leader with 20+ years’ global experience across startups and multinationals. He drives sustainable growth, sales excellence, and customer success through innovation and commercial insight. Passionate about aligning purpose with performance, he advises organisations on scaling responsibly while delivering impactful, customer-centric transformation and long-term value.

  • Neil Gaught

    ADVISOR

    Neil Gaught is CEO of Neil Gaught & Associates and a pioneer in the field of business purpose. Creator of the Single Organizing Idea (SOI®), he advises organisations globally on aligning purpose with profit to drive strategic and sustainable growth.

  • Ian Pallister

    ADVISOR

    Ian is an experienced strategy advisor with over 25 years experience. He has held senior positions at leading advisory firms Cap Gemini, Strategos and Palladium and worked across the globe. Ian is a certified Shared Value advisor and has a passion for helping firms develop and implement their approach to growth and impact.