Social Impact and Peace Building with Dr Elizabeth Armstrong

Dr Elizabeth Armstrong - Principal With more than 25 years delivering innovative, agile social impact in a range of challenging political, economic and transitional contexts, Dr Elizabeth Armstrong is a social impact and peacebuilding specialist working with companies, industry bodies, and chambers of commerce globally to help them identify and deliver genuine, strategically relevant social purpose and impact.   Elizabeth holds a PhD in the role of the private sector in contributing to social outcomes and peaceful communities from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and Masters degrees in Resource Economics and Peace and Conflict Studies. Elizabeth has earned her reputation for turning concepts into on-the-ground impacts over a range of high-level positions in the private, for-purpose and public sectors, including:   as a consultant, providing strategic advice to private and public sector clients in Australia, Europe, and contested contexts in Africa and the APAC region as a strategic advisor in the Australian foreign service and on international affairs for the Australian Prime Minister’s department in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa establishing and leading the highly regarded multi-donor Peace Support Fund during the transitional and post-coup periods in Myanmar as the lead designer for multiple social impact strategies and programmes, including the Myanmar Women’s Voice and Leadership Programme for Global Affairs Canada. She brings a dynamic understanding and tested experience helping businesses manage the increasing risks posed by environmental and social realities; shifting public and stakeholder expectations; and, emerging human rights standards and international best practice approaches in fragile or emerging environments. She is an expert advocate for how businesses can pragmatically and profitably contribute to achieving the SDGs, and a member of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education's Working Group on Business for Peace.  Connect with Elizabeth via website - https://www.ithacaimpact.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethjarmstrong/