Dr Cécile Feront

Dr Cécile Feront

POSITION: Senior Lecturer

Dr Cécile Feront


Dr Cecile Feront is a Senior Lecturer at UCT Graduate School of Business, a research fellow at the Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Sustainability Transitions, a collaborator at the Embedding Project, and an associate at the Sustainability Institute. She teaches sustainable investment and environmetnal finance, and researches how organisations embed sustainability in their strategy. She has gained broad experience in strategy and management through her past roles in the software industry and renewable energy sector. She teaches the course: Environmental Finance and Sustainable Investment. 

Dr Feront holds a PhD in Business Administration from UCT Graduate School of Business, a BPhil Hons and an MPhil in Sustainable Development from Stellenbosch University (both Cum Laude), and a Masters (Economics and Finance) from Sciences Po Paris. She also holds a degree in coaching from UCT Graduate School of Business.