Jake has 30 years of experience in global sustainability, supporting transitions in business, government and financial institutions. His experience complements the legal services provided by Freshfields, marshalling insights and perspectives for the benefit of colleagues and clients.

Previously an executive director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Jake is author of Rewiring the Economy, a blueprint for achieving economy-wide sustainability through policy, finance and business. He founded its Centre for Sustainable Finance in 2014 to catalyse action in the investment, banking and insurance industries based on high-quality research and collaboration, and is a contributor to the University’s Master’s degree in sustainability leadership.

Jake is a member of the Impact Advisory Board of Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) and has authored many practitioner-focused publications on corporate sustainability. He has previously been a commissioner of the Business Commission to Tackle Inequalities, and chair of the Digital with Purpose performance board.

Prior to CISL, Jake was a senior advisor to three UK Government departments, commissioning the first carbon footprint of the NHS, and Head of Wellbeing at the UK Sustainable Development Commission. Earlier, he worked for the UN’s data centre on biodiversity in Cambridge, having started his career with a DPhil in AI at the University of Oxford.