Our Team
Meet the small but mighty team of faculty and staff who facilitate the Network for Business Sustainability’s activities.
We are located across Canada and the United States and operate in both English and French. We are also diverse in our backgrounds — from PhDs in business to professional communications experience. But we all share the belief that business can — and must — be a force for creating sustainable human societies.
Our bios and profiles are below, with information about how to engage with each of us. And in case you’re interested, we’ve shared here some of the content we love most.
Oana Branzei, Director
At NBS, Oana focuses on strategic direction, with a particular passion for enabling others. She believes the members of NBS’s global community are already a powerful force for good in their own regions, and she wants NBS to ‘grow that good.’ Oana has a PhD in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia. She is also the Paul MacPherson Chair in Strategic Leadership and Professor of Sustainability and Strategy at Ivey Business School.
Chelsea Hicks-Webster, Manager of Community and Content
Chelsea facilitates NBS’s Sustainability Centres Community for business school centres, and oversees the creation and mobilization of sustainability-focused content. She has an MSc in Biology with Environment and Sustainability from Western University. Chelsea also has a private practice, where she offers life coaching and writing support for researchers. She used to be the Operations Manager at NBS.
Light Naing, Communications Specialist
Light maintains NBS’s digital operations, managing NBS’s website and newsletter pipeline. He works closely with team members to assist them in running NBS’s digital operations smoothly and streamlining its internal processes. Light has an HBA from Ivey Business School, with a certificate in Sustainability. Outside of NBS, Light is also involved in journalism for underreported global issues and engages in equity, diversity, and inclusion work.
Tima Bansal, Founder and Senior Advisor
Tima founded NBS in 2003 and led it for 18 years. Now, alongside her role as Director of Innovation North, and Board Chair of Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), Tima remains involved as a strategic advisor and supporter at NBS. Tima has a DPhil in Management Studies from the University of Oxford. She is also Professor of Strategy at Ivey Business School and directs Innovation North, a lab where leading corporations and organizations in Canada “innovate the innovation process.”