{"id":105946,"date":"2025-12-05T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/?post_type=cpi_peoples&p=105946"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:58:29","slug":"leigh-hildyard","status":"publish","type":"cpi_peoples","link":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Hildyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leigh Hildyard is a Manager at Climate Policy Initiative, based in Cape Town. She works with the Africa and agrifood systems programs through the ClimateShot Investor Coalition<\/a>\u00a0(CLIC), bringing over 18 years of experience in the development and humanitarian sectors as a strategic advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to CPI, Leigh served as the Regional Advisor for Food Systems and Smallholder Market Development in Southern Africa at the United Nations World Food Programme, providing strategic and technical oversight for programs operating in 12 different countries. In this role, Leigh led efforts in food systems and integrated climate-resilience programming, playing a key role in advancing sustainable market development in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A passionate advocate for gender equality, she has actively championed initiatives to empower rural women, enhance women’s decision-making, integrate youth, and improve market access for marginalized groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She holds two master\u2019s degrees: one in Anthropology from Rhodes University<\/a> in South Africa and another in Humanitarian Logistics and Management from Universit\u00e0 della Svizzera Italiana<\/a> in Lugano, Switzerland. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":111875,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"team":[1228],"programs":[1792],"regions":[5],"topics":[1172],"class_list":["post-105946","cpi_peoples","type-cpi_peoples","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team-analysts-and-programs","programs-climateshot-investor-coalition-clic","regions-africa","topics-sustainable-agriculture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeigh Hildyard - CPI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"id_ID\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leigh Hildyard - CPI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leigh Hildyard is a Manager at Climate Policy Initiative, based in Cape Town. She works with the Africa and agrifood systems programs through the ClimateShot Investor Coalition\u00a0(CLIC), bringing over 18 years of experience in the development and humanitarian sectors as a strategic advisor. Prior to CPI, Leigh served as the Regional Advisor for Food Systems […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CPI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClimatePolicyInitiative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T12:58:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1723\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@climatepolicy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimasi waktu membaca\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 menit\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leigh Hildyard - CPI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled-e1769000434717.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-05T11:08:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-21T12:58:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"id\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"id\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled-e1769000434717.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled-e1769000434717.jpg\",\"width\":2320,\"height\":1434},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/leigh-hildyard\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/id\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/people\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Leigh Hildyard\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/\",\"name\":\"CPI\",\"description\":\"Climate Policy Initiative works to improve the most important energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"id\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Climate Policy Initiative\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"id\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/CPI_logo_cmyk_transparent.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/CPI_logo_cmyk_transparent.png\",\"width\":1728,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Climate Policy Initiative\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\\\/pt-br\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ClimatePolicyInitiative\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/climatepolicy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/climate-policy-initiative\\\/?lipi=urn:li:page:d_flagship3_search_srp_all;GvyQ8DliSYaW9eZhdq8RBQ==\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCE8V0iDgBU8mreZdBegVCcA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Climate_Policy_Initiative\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leigh Hildyard - CPI","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/","og_locale":"id_ID","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leigh Hildyard - CPI","og_description":"Leigh Hildyard is a Manager at Climate Policy Initiative, based in Cape Town. She works with the Africa and agrifood systems programs through the ClimateShot Investor Coalition\u00a0(CLIC), bringing over 18 years of experience in the development and humanitarian sectors as a strategic advisor. Prior to CPI, Leigh served as the Regional Advisor for Food Systems […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/","og_site_name":"CPI","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClimatePolicyInitiative","article_modified_time":"2026-01-21T12:58:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1723,"url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@climatepolicy","twitter_misc":{"Estimasi waktu membaca":"1 menit"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/","url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/","name":"Leigh Hildyard - CPI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled-e1769000434717.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-05T11:08:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-21T12:58:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"id","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"id","@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled-e1769000434717.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Leigh-Headshot-scaled-e1769000434717.jpg","width":2320,"height":1434},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/leigh-hildyard\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/people\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Leigh Hildyard"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/","name":"CPI","description":"Climate Policy Initiative works to improve the most important energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"id"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/#organization","name":"Climate Policy Initiative","url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"id","@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CPI_logo_cmyk_transparent.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CPI_logo_cmyk_transparent.png","width":1728,"height":720,"caption":"Climate Policy Initiative"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClimatePolicyInitiative","https:\/\/x.com\/climatepolicy","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/climate-policy-initiative\/?lipi=urn:li:page:d_flagship3_search_srp_all;GvyQ8DliSYaW9eZhdq8RBQ==","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCE8V0iDgBU8mreZdBegVCcA","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Climate_Policy_Initiative"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpi_peoples\/105946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpi_peoples"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpi_peoples"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=105946"},{"taxonomy":"programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs?post=105946"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=105946"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=105946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}