With a career spanning over twenty years in the fields of mining, sustainability, education and regeneration, Professor Digby has a wealth of international experience working in partnership with industry, the academic sector and non-profit organisations. Before joining the CSMI in January 2014, she was Sustainability Director at the Eden Project in the United Kingdom for nine years.
She also ran the Post-Mining Alliance, promoting better practice in post-mining regeneration, and has held posts at the International Council on Mining and Metals, the International Institute for Environment and Development, and at consulting group CRU International.
Professor Digby holds degrees in economics from Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of British Columbia, as well as an MSc (Environmental Assessment and Evaluation) from the London School of Economics.
