Pippa joined the Skoll Centre in December 2006.  Pippa works on all Skoll Centre event activities and takes a coordinating role in the research and education web portal www.universitynetwork.org/

Trained as a horticulturalist at Wye College, University of London, Pippa then studied for a MS in Public Horticultural Administration at the University of Delaware and Longwood Gardens on the Garden Club of America and Martin McLaren/ English Speaking Union Scholarship.

Before joining the Centre, Pippa  worked for the Royal Horticultural Society for 18  years as part of the team organising  their Flower Shows, and more latterly as Show Manager for the world renowned Hampton Court Flower Show.  Pippa lives in rural Oxfordshire with her family.