Margot leads 黑料正能量’s strategy practice helping companies develop sustainable business strategies that drive innovation and build resilience leveraging insights from 黑料正能量’s Sustainable Futures Lab. She also works with 黑料正能量 members within the consumer sectors practice.
Margot brings over 10 years’ experience in sustainability, futures thinking, design-thinking, innovation management and communications. Prior to 黑料正能量, Margot was an innovation and sustainability manager within the fashion and retail sourcing industry. She has also helped design and deliver climate resilience projects for UNEP and UNDP. She has extensive experience in sustainability topics ranging from climate justice, climate resilience, circularity, supply chain, women’s empowerment, nature-based solutions, community livelihoods and social impact. She has lived and worked across Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe.
She holds a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and a B.Phil in Sustainable Development, both from the University of Stellenbosch.