Jess Schulschenk is director of the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch, South Africa and African partnerships director for the Embedding Project - a global public-benefit research project that helps companies embed sustainability across their operations and decision-making. She is an extraordinary lecturer with the School of Public Leadership at the University of Stellenbosch. Previously, she has led teaching and consulting programs in corporate governance, sustainability and community development for the public and private sectors. Jess holds a Ph.D. in business administration with the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, holds an M.Phil. in sustainable development from Stellenbosch University and a B.Sc. in ocean and environmental sciences from UCT.