Jonathon has over 30 years of advisory and advocacy experience, working with companies, intergovernmental bodies, and NGOs in Africa, the MENA region, Latin America and Asia. He has played an active role in driving corporate accountability both globally and in South Africa: he was instrumental in bringing the CDP to South Africa, convened the GRI Corporate Leadership Group on integrated reporting, served on technical committees to the IIRC, and is on the expert review committee of the World Benchmarking Alliance’s Financial System Benchmark. Recently Jonathon led the teams developing the Sustainability Disclosure Guidance for stock exchanges in South Africa, Botswana, Uganda and Ghana. From 2006-2010, he facilitated the multi-stakeholder negotiations on the text of ISO 26000, securing consensus – from more than 95 countries, 45 global organisations and 450 experts – on the international guidance standard on social responsibility. He is a teaching fellow on various executive and MBA programmes, a Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and an active ultra-distance trail-runner and kite-surfer.

Nicola partners with teams and leaders in support of sustainable and just transitions. She has spent 25+ years working in 15 countries, across most sectors, with a focus on listed companies in emerging markets. Her professional training includes Impact Assessment (UCT, 1990) and Industrial Ecology (Yale School of the Environment, 1994). She has done stints as a research assistant (UCT Environmental Evaluation Unit) and corporate employee (Nissan SA). Her present focus is on strategy, integration and leadership in an era of AI and uncertainty, drawing on the complexity-based methods of The Cynefin Company and Southern Africa’s Ngoma Traditions. Nicola is the author of Diviner Mind: How Organisations Can Learn from the Indigenous Science of Uncertainty. She lives in Cape Town, a short walk from the edge of the Great African Seaforest.

Jacqui has 20 years of experience in corporate sustainability in Asia and South Africa.  She established and led a sustainability team for a large global seafood company, listed in Hong Kong and Singapore, and went on to co-establish a sustainable seafood coalition of industry buyers and seafood traders. As technical advisor she developed tools and training for members to screen seafood suppliers on illegal, unregulated & unreported (IUU) fishing and supported members on sustainability risk assessments and traceability. She remains on the Steering Committee of the Hong Kong Sustainable Seafood Coalition. She also worked as Country Director of sustainability consultancy, CSR Asia (acquired by ELEVATE) in Hong Kong. She Co-Chaired a food security working group under the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) working with government and private sector for two years, and was a Project Working Group member of the Global Reporting Initiative Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fishing Sector Standard. She holds a MProf in Leadership for Sustainable Development with Forum for the Future, a BSC (Hons) in Environmental Sciences from UCT, and a postgraduate diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies from UWC. She was a member of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)’s Technical Advisory Board from May 2023 – May 2024.

Treve is a sustainability specialist with nine years of experience at Incite, where he advises corporate clients on sustainability and ESG disclosure, writes annual integrated and sustainability reports, and contributes to sustainability strategy, research, and innovation projects. While primarily focused on the food sector, he has also worked with companies in the chemicals, energy, fashion, finance, FMCG, logistics, and mining sectors. Before joining Incite, Treve supported a wide range of organisations and projects as a sustainability practitioner in research, communications, and project management roles. He holds a BSc (Honours) in Environmental & Geographical Science from the University of Cape Town, with electives in economics, politics, and law.

Laura has eleven years of experience working as a reporting strategist and content developer. She specialises in integrated and sustainability reporting and advising on ESG disclosure aligned with leading reporting frameworks. She has worked with public and private companies in South Africa and regionally across a range of industries, including retail, food and beverages, real estate, banking, insurance, farming and agriculture and payments infrastructure. She has also worked as writer, analyst and researcher for academic institutions and as a journalist for local and national publications. Laura holds an MBA in Creative Writing and a BA (Hons) in Health Journalism from Rhodes University. Additional certificates include Complexity Theory and Systems Thinking (Stellenbosch University).

Katya has significant experience as a researcher, analyst and writer having worked in this field for more than 20 years. She has been a key member of Incite’s sustainability advisory team since 2005, working with clients in the retail, mining, ICT and petrochemical sectors across Southern Africa. She has been a lead author of sustainability reports for Anglo American plc, Anglo American Platinum, Bidvest, Clicks, Engen, Impala Platinum, MTN, NBI and Pick n Pay (many of these for extended periods), as well as editing and advising on integrated reports for numerous other clients.  Prior to joining Incite, she worked with Fleishman-Hillard, an international communications consultancy, where her responsibilities included the development of PR and media strategies, drafting and distribution of media releases, media analysis (research and interpretation), and compiling client newsletters.