Edward Cutler is course director for the executive course, Biodiversity and Business Sustainability, at the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability in Rome. Ed is convinced that, in order to fully comprehend the country of Italy, and to foster a greater emphasis on its natural wonders, it is imperative to bring this knowledge to light.

British-born and educated (MA History of Art, Edinburgh), Ed has resided in Italy since 2009 where he is a dual citizen, is married to an Italian and has three children. An art historian by training, Ed has been obsessed by Italy since childhood and became a successful art dealer for several years in Milan. Ed then moved back to Rome and at the same time became a farmer in southern Tuscany, following his other passion for the countryside and nature. In 2020, along with his childhood friend Ben Goldsmith, he founded the Tuscany Environment Foundation, part of the Conservation Collective, and set about raising funds to support the best environmental initiatives in the region.