About Pomegranate Global
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Ailsa Lamont - Director and Founder
Pomegranate Global was founded in 2016 by Ailsa Lamont, an international education professional with 30 years of experience spanning economic development, cross-cultural communications, university leadership and social innovation spanning more than 70 countries.
In 2017, Ailsa became a Climate Reality Leader, training with former US Vice-President Al Gore in Pittsburgh on how to communicate and catalyse action to tackle climate change. In 2019, she co-founded CANIE: Climate Action Network for International Educators, a grassroots initiative by and for professionals in international education who see the need and the opportunity for the sector to step up and take greater action on climate.
From 2013-2016, she was Pro Vice-Chancellor International and Social Innovation at CQUniversity where she led the university’s international program, and successfully led the bid to become the first Australian university recognised by Ashoka U as a ‘changemaker campus’, a leader in social innovation education.
Prior to that, she was Executive Director International at RMIT University in Melbourne where she headed Australia's largest international student operation, and before that she held a variety of positions at James Cook University in Queensland, including International Director.
An accomplished speaker, Ailsa has presented, debated and facilitated events around the world.
In the decade before joining the international education sector in 2001, Ailsa had a varied career working in economic development, trade promotion, and technology transfer in Eastern and Western Europe and the former USSR, as well as establishing and running an interpreting and translating business specialising in Russian. She has also been an international student herself, studying in Germany and the USSR, and as recipient of an Endeavour Executive Award to Papua New Guinea. Her research and professional interests focus on the role of education providers in capacity-building in their communities, broadening access to education, tackling climate change, and study abroad as a catalyst for systems change.
Pomegranate Global Associates
Pomegranate Global draws on the expertise of a network of experts from across the higher education and sustainability sectors to ensure delivery of the highest quality services utilising the most relevant expertise.
Find out more about Pomegranate associates and partners here.
Pomegranate Global Pty Ltd is a registered company in Victoria, Australia (ACN 623 378 101)
Pomegranate Global was founded in 2016 by Ailsa Lamont, an international education professional with 30 years of experience spanning economic development, cross-cultural communications, university leadership and social innovation spanning more than 70 countries.
In 2017, Ailsa became a Climate Reality Leader, training with former US Vice-President Al Gore in Pittsburgh on how to communicate and catalyse action to tackle climate change. In 2019, she co-founded CANIE: Climate Action Network for International Educators, a grassroots initiative by and for professionals in international education who see the need and the opportunity for the sector to step up and take greater action on climate.
From 2013-2016, she was Pro Vice-Chancellor International and Social Innovation at CQUniversity where she led the university’s international program, and successfully led the bid to become the first Australian university recognised by Ashoka U as a ‘changemaker campus’, a leader in social innovation education.
Prior to that, she was Executive Director International at RMIT University in Melbourne where she headed Australia's largest international student operation, and before that she held a variety of positions at James Cook University in Queensland, including International Director.
An accomplished speaker, Ailsa has presented, debated and facilitated events around the world.
In the decade before joining the international education sector in 2001, Ailsa had a varied career working in economic development, trade promotion, and technology transfer in Eastern and Western Europe and the former USSR, as well as establishing and running an interpreting and translating business specialising in Russian. She has also been an international student herself, studying in Germany and the USSR, and as recipient of an Endeavour Executive Award to Papua New Guinea. Her research and professional interests focus on the role of education providers in capacity-building in their communities, broadening access to education, tackling climate change, and study abroad as a catalyst for systems change.
Pomegranate Global Associates
Pomegranate Global draws on the expertise of a network of experts from across the higher education and sustainability sectors to ensure delivery of the highest quality services utilising the most relevant expertise.
Find out more about Pomegranate associates and partners here.
Pomegranate Global Pty Ltd is a registered company in Victoria, Australia (ACN 623 378 101)
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Why a Pomegranate?
The pomegranate represents infinite possibilities - a multitude of seeds, each of which can burst into life if nurtured under the right conditions. The pomegranate also holds a powerful place in many different cultures where it is seen as embodying prosperity, and as a symbol of life and rebirth. |