Founders

  • Founder, co-CEO

    Lewis focuses on delivering high impact transformation initiatives at company and sector level.

    Prior to co-founding BRAE, Lewis spent 17 years in several large multinational corporations designing and delivering complex organisational transformation initiatives, building multi sector partnerships, and delivering sustainability programmes from the ground up.

    Bringing a rich background in corporate finance, strategy, transformation, supply chain, and value chain innovation; he is passionate about accelerating the adoption of 1.5-degree critical technologies and innovation to industry at scale.

    Lewis is a husband, dad, adventure runner, and digger of many ponds.

  • Founder, co-CEO

    Suzy is a strategic designer. She specialises in innovation, convening and behavioural change. She has extensive experience of designing and leading sector-level transformations.

    Prior to co-founding BRAE, Suzy ran companies specialising in social and technology-driven innovation. She developed and managed complex programmes. She focussed on building interdisciplinary teams and implementing multi-sector processes.

    Most recently she has focussed her energies on developing new mechanisms and architecture designed to help us achieve sustainability goals. Her sector specialisms include real estate and financial services.

    Suzy has two kids, a husband, and an over-excited labrador. She swims to relax.

  • Founder

    James delivers qualitative and quantitative research and consulting underpinned by deep understanding of sustainable business transformation, industry transition, and environmental science.

    Prior to co-founding BRAE, James launched and led the Business Transformation Group at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership to chart a path towards sustainable, purpose-driven corporations.

    He brings a background in climate and natural capital data systems, and strategy and risk analysis.

    His PhD at University of Cape Town addressed climate and ecological tipping points in biodiverse landscapes.

The BRAE Collective is our distributed network of experts.

Agile and flexible by design, the BRAE Collective brings together expansive breadth and depth of global talent. It’s made up of strategy experts, innovation geeks, leading academics, policy wonks, finance specialists, and corporate trailblazers. We tailor teams to meet the specific challenges facing our clients and co-creators. The BRAE Collective gives us access to a blend of knowledge, skills and capabilities, allowing us to approach unique challenges in creative ways.

We’ve been progressive from the word go. We lay new paths. We re-write the rulebook.

Be Human

For us this means recognising that everything comes down to who we are and what we believe.

At BRAE we care about people, not their roles and functions.

Find Balance

Work Life Balance. For us this means approaching everything holistically and authentically.

At BRAE we think about heart and mind, emotion and intellect.

Be Purposeful

For us this means thinking and acting with care in order to contribute positively to a changing world.

At BRAE we feel a sense of achievement when we work together in pursuit of shared impact.

Join the BRAE Collective.