About Rosalind
Sustainability Advisor & Speaker
Rosalind's mission is to simplify sustainability for businesses in Africa, so they are equipped and empowered to:
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find the right and appropriate solutions for our sustainability challenges, and
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be part of shaping solutions to global sustainability challenges.
Rosalind has over 30 years of international, legal, operational, executive and board experience in a variety of sectors, including energy, oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, private equity, financial services and manufacturing. She has worked across business in Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the South Pacific for companies and organisations, including Linklaters, Anglo American, De Beers, Tullow Oil plc, the United Nations Environment Programme, University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Unit and ERM.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Ghana, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London, and a Master of Laws degree from University College London. She is a member of the Bar of England and Wales (Gray’s Inn) and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Corporate Sustainability
Rosalind Kainyah MBE, a leading sustainability advisor and speaker, simplifies the concepts of Sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) for businesses of all sizes. With expertise and clarity, she offers advice to owners and business leaders of all sizes- from small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) to large corporates on making sustainability an integral part of business operations.
Sustainability Programmes for Business in Africa
Rosalind designs and delivers Masterclasses on Sustainability and ESG to Board Directors, C-Suite executives and senior managers of companies across Africa to provide them with the practical insights they require to develop, implement and promote their Corporate Sustainability Strategies.
In addition, she provides an advisory service for African businesses that guides each company to develop and execute a cost-efficient Sustainability plan that addresses the company’s unique risks and opportunities and is integrated into the overall corporate strategy to enhance and protect the value of the business.
Having worked in some of the most challenging business sectors and across the African continent, from operational to board level, Rosalind possesses a deep understanding of the tensions that businesses face with balancing financial performance with implementing ESG best practice. As a result, the knowledge and expertise Rosalind provides are priceless when it comes to sustainability and ESG advice and support, especially for small and medium size businesses.
Current Boards
Rosalind has extensive board room experience, chairing Sustainability, Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committees and is a member of Audit & Risk Committees.
Past Boards
“I have read quite extensively about ESG and Sustainability, and I thought I had full grasp of the issues and the urgency of what is needed to be done until I attended Rosalind’s Masterclass presentation. Literature about ESG tend to be rather too technical but Rosalind made it profoundly easy to understand and appreciate the implications of what will be the inevitable consequences if we fail as corporates to help solve societal problems. It was clearly a professional presentation, delivered with clarity and conviction. I have since recommended an oil palm plantation company to send candidates to her scheduled programmes and I will continue to encourage more companies to show greater interest in ESG.
Thank you, Rosalind, for adding to my knowledge and excitement of ESG and the need for corporates to put it at the very core of strategy.”
Dr Ishmael E. Yamson
Chairman
MTN Ghana