Clare Shine

Clare was appointed as a Board Member at The Crown Estate in July 2022.

Clare has been at the nexus of sustainable development, organisational change and culture for over three decades.

Clare is the former CEO of the University Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), which activates leadership globally to transform economies for people, nature and climate. She led development of CISL’s strategy for impact, expanding flagship programmes to Asia and helping launch the Cambridge-Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme for Africa. Clare is a CISL Fellow and a member of Founders at the University of Cambridge which supports new business creation for technical and social innovation.

Clare previously served as Vice President at Salzburg Global Seminar, a non-profit foundation founded in 1947 to challenge current and future leaders to shape a better world, where she remains a Senior Adviser. She led the creation of long-term partnerships for systemic change, including Sciana-The Health Leaders Network, the Public Sector Strategy Network, the Corporate Governance Forum and the Japan-India Transformative Technology Network.

Based in Paris until 2011, Clare worked as an independent lawyer and policy adviser for intergovernmental bodies, governments, business and NGOs. She specialised in biodiversity and climate, water and cross-sector coastal and marine management, playing an influential role in new global and regional initiatives. She is a UK barrister (Hailsham Chambers), a professional facilitator, a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Philanthropy for Climate and Nature, and a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader.

Clare began her career in publishing and was the Financial Times’ theatre critic in France for ten years. She holds an MA in English literature from Oxford University and post-graduate degrees from London University and the Sorbonne University, Paris.

Key Strengths

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

• Marine and Coastal

• Net Zero

• Policy and Public Sector

• Social Impact

• Multi-stakeholder Convening