Nayanee Silva

Nayanee Silva is a researcher in Corporate Sustainability & CSR and Associate Lecturer in Corporate Sustainability at the Centre for Environment & Sustainability.  Her experience includes a corporate career in the management consulting and finance sector, and 25 years experience of managing her own business consultancy, prior to joining the university.  Nayanee is a mentor for the Prince's Trust and other organisations. She is also the founder of a non-profit organisation engaged in capacity building and sustainable development projects in Sri Lanka.

Nayanee is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW), the Chartered Institute of Management (FCMI) and the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She also holds membership of the IoD, IEMA and Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS). She is a member of the UK Energy Research Council (UKERC) and the Zero Emissions Enterprise (ZEE) Network of researchers working on decarbonisation of SMEs. Nayanee is also a mentor for the Surrey Women's Entrepreneurship Network (SWEN) that supports women entreprenuers develop and scale their businesses. 

Nayanee's research interests include sustainability management in organisations, sustainable development, Corporate Social Responsibility and approaches to decarbonisation/ net-zero. Her work has practical implications for improving business sustainability measurement and management. Nayanee's research has been presented at international conferences and to business audiences. She is actively enagaged  with academia and business on supporting sustainability and climate action.