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About

Where Purpose Meets Progress

At Edify Collective, we specialise in skills development for the modern workforce. We help organisations embed sustainability and essential soft skills into every role—whether in procurement, marketing, leadership, or early careers.

Our AI-powered micro-learning platform makes skills development engaging, accessible, and measurable—empowering teams to drive real impact, from the boardroom to the shop floor

Our unique approach, combines cutting-edge behavioural science with advanced learning technology, which delivers , practical, engaging solutions that build a better future for businesses and society, while driving genuine workforce transformation.

Meet our Experts

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  • John Stapleton

    Entrepreneur, CEO, and Co-Founder
    New Covent Garden Soup

  • Daisy Auger-Domínguez

    Global Leader, Speaker, and Author

  • Dr. Angela Jackson

    Harvard University Lecturer, Futurist & Sustainability Expert

  • Belinda Parmar, OBE

    CEO of Empathy Business, Keynote, World Economic Forum, Young Global Leader

  • Neri Karra Sillaman

    Author, PhD Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School,Thinkers50 Radas

  • Diane Osgood

    Author, Pioneer in Sustainability and
    Climate Impact Strategy

  • Nicolaj Reffstrup

    Co-founder | Ganni Fashion

  • Valerie Keller

    Founder & CEO | Imagine Leaders Expert in Accelerating Leaders to use their power for good

  • Anu Bradford

    Award-Winning Author and Leading Scholar on the Digital Economy and the European Union

  • Hrund Gunnsteidottir

    Author, Speaker
    Awarded Sustainability Leader

  • Susanna Rodgers MBE

    Paralympic Gold Medallist, Writer, and Motivational Speaker

  • Lisa MacCallum

    Author, Business and Thought Leader

  • Kenny Arnold

    Designer Circularity Expert, Senior Manager Service Design, Ellen Macarthur Foundation

  • Nancy Mahon

    Chief Sustainability Officer, Estee Lauder

  • Dave Stangis

    Partner and Chief Sustainability Officer at Apollo Asset Management. Adviser at Boston College, Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson College

  • Karen Wilson

    Global Leader in Sustainable Finance and Impact Strategy. Affiliate faculty at London Business School

  • Leigh Pezzicara

    Vice President Sustainability, La Prairie Group

  • Andrew Winston

    A globally-recognised expert on mega-trends and sustainable business.

  • Shoukei Matsumoto

    CEO of Interbeing, Futurist, Thinker and Author

  • Clive Jackson

    Serial Tech and Marketing Entrepreneur. Speaker, Consultant, and Mentor.

  • Estelle Levin-Nally

    CEO, Minerals & Sustainability Expert

  • Jennifer Lowry

    Board Member, Finance, Electricity, Power and Energy Expert

  • Formerly Editor in Chief and Head of Content at Disney Interactive, and now co-founder of StoryQuo—a creative consultancy reimagining the future of storytelling

    Catherine Connors

    Former Disney Interactive Editor, Co-Founder of StoryQuo, a Consultancy Reimagining the Future of Storytelling

A student of Edify Collective, learning professionally online

Mission & Values

We are driven by the belief that companies thrive when they invest in their people and their purpose.

Our mission and values guide everything we do:

  • Strategies don’t drive change, people do. We make sustainability everyone’s responsibility, empowering everyone to contribute, equipping them with the knowledge and essential skills to put purpose into action

  • The future belongs to organisations that keep evolving. We champion constant upskilling, adaptability, and innovation at every level.

  • Doing good and doing well go hand-in-hand. We help businesses achieve strong commercial results while making a positive impact on the world.

  • We’re in this together. True sustainability gains come from collaboration, across teams, departments, and even companies. We foster a community where shared learning leads to shared progress.

Our Mission Board

  • Paul Polman

    Paul Polman

    Former CEO Unilever
    Best Selling Author and Business Leader

  • Alison Taylor

    Alison Taylor

    Clinical Professor at NYU Stern School of Business. Author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World / Senior Advisor to KKR, Pictet Group, and Enlighten Advisory.

  • John Elkington

    John Elkington

    A world authority on corporate responsibility & sustainable capitalism, a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur.

  • Sahar Hashemi, OBE

    Sahar Hashemi, OBE

    Author of bestsellers Start Up Forever and Anyone Can Do It. Founder of Coffee Republic, Skinny Candy and Buy Women Built

  • Vikas Pota

    Vikas Pota

    Entrepreneur and investor in education and digital in businesses

  • Wayne Visser

    Wayne Visser

    Global expert and influential thought leader in ESG, CSR, and sustainable business

  • Pamela Pokorny

    Pamela Pokorny

    Digital Learning Unit European Institute of Innovation and Technology - A body of the European Union

  • Julie Dirksen

    Julie Dirksen

    Author consultant specializing in integrating behavioural science into educational interventions.

  • Gabriela Da Costa

    Gabriela Da Costa

    EU and UK qualified partner in the Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice group at international law firm K&L Gates