Emily van der Merwe

Emily recently completed an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change at the London School of Economics. Prior to this she graduated from Stellenbosch University with an undergraduate degree in Law, and an Honours in Economics as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar.

Before joining the Brenthurst Foundation, she worked for the Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy at Chatham House in London, and as a research assistant for the Transition Pathways Initiative at the Grantham Research Institute. She is also a graduate of the Programme for African Leadership at LSE.