Kristine Pearson

• Chief Executive, Lifeline Energy, South Africa

BA, Univ. of California; Executive Education, Santa Clara Univ. and Harvard. Formerly: Executive, Strategic Alignment, Nedcor, Johannesburg; Independent Consultant, development of women in business in South Africa. Since 1999, Chief Executive, Lifeline Energy. Fellow: Schwab Foundation; Global Agenda Council, New Energy Architecture; World Technology Network; Women's Leadership Board, Kennedy School, Harvard; Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Awards: Hero of the Environment, Time magazine; James C Morgan Global Humanitarian Award; Tech Museum of Innovation; Wharton-Infosys Business Transformation Award; Sustainable Cities Award, King of Sweden.