Jie Zhou

Jie Zhou is a sustainability expert, systemic innovator, trustee, and reseach advisor with 15+ years of experience across Europe and Asia.

A founding member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) Innovation team, she designs and spearheads initiatives that turn complex challenges into scalable, real-world solutions. She has launched accelerators for circular innovation, created widely-used toolkits for SME decarbonization, and built international partnerships with UN agencies, global corporations, and family offices in Asia.

In her role as head of the Sino-UK Centre for Sustainability Innovation at Cambridge, she builds a critical bridge between two of the world’s most dynamic innovation ecosystems, accelerating climate solutions on a global scale.