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Success Stories

Real career journeys in the green economy - from first steps to impact at scale.

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Aisha Okonkwo

Director of ESG at Unilever

Starting as a conservation volunteer in Nigeria, Aisha built her career through IEMA certification and sustainability consulting, rising to lead ESG strategy at one of the world's largest consumer goods companies.
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Elena Vassileva

Carbon Accounting Lead at Schneider Electric

After 8 years in oil and gas finance, Elena retrained through the GHG Protocol certification and pivoted to carbon accounting - now leading Scope 3 reporting for Schneider Electric's EMEA operations.
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Jan Novák

Data Science Lead at 1KOMMA5°

Jan combined his programming skills with a LEED Green Associate certification to create energy optimisation algorithms, now leading the data science team at Europe's fastest-growing clean energy company.
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Lars Petersen

Operations Manager at Enpal

Lars went from residential electrical work to managing 50 MW of solar installations across Germany, proving that trades professionals are the backbone of the energy transition.
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Marcus Lindberg

Senior Project Manager at Ørsted

Marcus leveraged his mechanical engineering background and transitioned from automotive manufacturing to offshore wind, now managing 1.2 GW wind farm installations across the North Sea.
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Sophie Martin

Senior Circular Economy Consultant at Accenture

After a decade in fast fashion marketing, Sophie retrained through the Ellen MacArthur Foundation programme and now advises Fortune 500 companies on circular business model transformation.
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María González

Senior Climate Policy Advisor at ClientEarth

After practising corporate law in Madrid, María retrained in environmental law and now leads strategic climate litigation cases that hold governments and corporations accountable across Europe.
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Tobias Richter

Senior Climate Risk Analyst at Allianz

Tobias left traditional banking after 7 years to specialise in climate risk, combining his financial modelling skills with the GARP SCR certification to build climate stress tests for one of the world's largest insurers.