James Cole

Director of Corporate Relations and Communications at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), University of Cambridge

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Director of Corporate Relations and Communications, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

James Cole leads the corporate relations, communications and marketing functions at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He joined the Institute in 2014 from Friends of the Earth where he set up a Business Engagement and Innovation team to develop new ideas, business partnerships, networks and alliances. In this role he worked across environmental campaigns and programmes on climate and energy, food, resource use, nature and biodiversity.

He previously held a variety of senior commercial roles at Vodafone UK developing strategic partnerships and new routes to market in the IT channel. In 2011 he worked for 6 months setting up sustainable agriculture projects in high altitude communities in the Peruvian Andes. James holds a BSc (Rural Estate Management) and a Master's in Leadership for Sustainable Development.