London Interdisciplinary School, UK. Marielle recently joined the Founding Team of the new and innovative London Interdisciplinary School, where she will be looking after partnerships and global network development. Launching in September 2020, LIS is building a reimagined university experience that is set to prepare students to tackle social complex problems in an interdisciplinary way, integrating academics with real world experience.  No stranger to helping build new universities from scratch, Marielle was previously in charge of global student recruitment and partnerships for the African Leadership University, and prior to that, served as the Managing Director for EME at the US start up university Minerva Schools at KGI. With over 15 years of experience in international Higher Education, Marielle has worked across a broad range of areas in the sector for both public and private institutions and pathway providers in the UK, US, the Netherlands and Africa.