Reconnecting people, landscapes and value
Team and collaborators
It takes a village.
Good Growth is building strong collaborations with partners and individuals who share our vision.
Core team
Founder
Nick Keppel-Palmer
Background in strategy and innovation across multiple industries, social domains, and environment.
Founded Good Growth specifically to establish a "ground up" response to environmental degradation.
Constantly seeking to bridge and integrate the natural world with a revised economic model.
Communities
Cedric Bussac
I am an agriculture value chain designer and architect of multiple sustainability programs. Former country head for AVSF in Mongolia.
I got to know Mongolia by cycling from Bangkok and then through the country, living there for many years.
I lead Good Growth's community engagement and regeneration program
Mongolia team
Environmental Science
Chultem Batbold
I was born in the Gobi desert and spent my childhood rearing livestock with my family. This is when I learnt traditional Mongolian knowledge about plants and animals and developed strong connections with nature.
I obtained my PhD in Japan, specializing in atmospheric science, and now work as a researcher and lecturer at the National University of Mongolia. I've been collaborating with Good Growth since 2023.
Communities and liaison
Azjargal Jargalsaikhan
Azjargal focuses on rangeland ecology, community-based natural resource management, and the development of responsible livestock supply chains.
Her experience includes international standards and industry initiatives linking stewardship with transparent and credible supply systems.
Her Masters focused on true spider biodiversity, including examining how grazing intensity influences spider communities.
Collaborator
Onon Bayasgalan
Onon is the strategic force behind URECA, the smart Mongolian environmental technology business. She has deep experience working with herders, donors, investors, and government agencies in Mongolia within the realm of sustainable cashmere.
Onon holds a masters from Cambridge in Conservation Leadership and a masters from Yale in Environmental Management.
Collaborator
Tuvshintungalag Boldbaatar
Rangeland ecologist. Tungaa spent 6 years working with herders on an agriculture extension project with Green Gold, and with herder cooperatives on the Sustainable Cashmere project implemented by WCS Mongolia.
Tuvshintungalag leads the participatory needs and opportunity assessment to understand the herders’ perspectives on the causes of rangeland degradation and to co-design solutions with them.
Systemic sustainability
Founder
Mandar Jayawant
Engineer, economist, development banker, fund manager. I've worked on enough development and conservation projects as well as private businesses to know that we will destroy the planet unless we change at a very basic level how we perceive other animals and the environment.
Regenerative Economy
Louise Kjellerup Roper
By day CEO of Volans, with Good Growth a driving force for building the eclectic and magical collaborations that will prove the Regenerative Economy
Nature Finance
Jamie Batho
Strategic projects lead at the Landbanking Group. Jamie works closely with Good Growth to develop financing and investment models that work for nature, recognising the wealth in nature.
Collaborator
Maria Estrada
Maria Estrada is the Global Director for Nativa, part of the Chargeurs Luxury Group. Nativa is collaborating with Good Growth to develop value chains for animal fibres that are designed to work for regenerating landscapes.
Critical partners
