Susan has spent her 30 year career building businesses in global emerging markets, with the last 15 years spent primarily in Africa. After training as a lawyer, Susan’s early career included senior management roles with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, as well as at a hedge fund. In 2016, Susan co-founded Holistic Agricultural Investments Group Ltd specialising in sustainable agricultural investments across Africa, including large commercial farms. In 2020, Susan co-founded Sustainable Planet, an agri tech start up focused on addressing food security and climate change through the production and processing of plant protein. In 2023, Sustainable Planet won the global Food Tech Challenge agri-tech award; the United Nations World Food Forum Innovation Prize and the African Southern Region Start Up of the Year award and was nominated for the 2024 Earthshot Prize. Susan presented the company at COP28 on behalf of the United Nations and Microsoft. Susan currently sits on the Board of the African Agricultural Council and Chairs a gender lens fund to finance climate smart female-led SME’s across Africa. Susan has a BA Hons, MA, LLB (Law) and MBA diploma and has studied at Oxford, England; McGill, Canada; St Andrews, Scotland and London School of Economics. She is also an Executive Coach and athlete on the Great Britain and England Masters Athletics teams, winning a gold medal at the 2023 World Masters Championships and silver medal at the 2023 European Masters Championships.