The Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation

Neil Thomson manages the Low Carbon Economy research theme at ISIS. He graduated with an MBA from UBC in 2010, this included an exchange semester at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Prior to the MBA Neil worked in London, UK with Accenture as a management consultant in the financial services practice. Neil spent his formative years growing up in South Africa and also holds an Honors degree from the University of Johannesburg in Strategic Management. His interests lie in the development of a low carbon economy and, specifically, the use of carbon markets as the mechanism for action. Neil is motivated by the challenge to move towards a low carbon economy and the opportunity to work with talented people in achieving this end.