Heather Mak is the Principal Advisor of Heather Mak Consulting and the co-founder of Diversity in Sustainability, a member network focused on re-imagining a more inclusive sector of sustainability. Heather has over 15 years of experience in the private and non-profit sectors on food, retail and consumer goods sustainability issues in North America and Europe. Heather is a known connector, convenor and facilitator, and also specializes in strategy and integration, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and reporting and communications on complex sustainability issues. She was the co-author of Signed, Sealed…Delivered? Behind Certifications and Beyond Labels, a white paper focused on how certification and labeling tools are used by businesses to define, deliver and demonstrate more sustainable practices, and the future needed to create sustainable impact. She has been featured in the Globe and Mail, Corporate Knights, The Toronto Star, GreenBiz, Ethical Corporation, and Business Insider.
Heather holds a B.Com with Distinction in Marketing from McGill University, and an MBA with Honours in Sustainability from Schulich School of Business, York University.