Our People
Molly Alexander
Deeply committed to democratising leadership in emerging markets, Molly is an highly intuitive Integral Development Coach®, leadership facilitator and L&D consultant with proven strength for generating alignment of purpose and motivation in order to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges.
Prior to founding Liminal Advisors (and it’s earlier iteration, MPA Global Advisors); Molly spent 14 years’ at Acumen, a pioneering Impact Investment Fund, where she held a number of roles across global business development, community building and engagement, office of the CEO, strategic communications, business operations, talent development and finally; co-developing the post-investment talent and leadership advisory to provide targeted support in these areas to Acumen’s $120M portfolio of growing social enterprises. She brings a unique understanding of the complexity, challenges, core strengths, and key opportunities that arise in these ambiguous and impact-driven organisational contexts.
Molly is also a partner and leadership advisor with Adaptive Change Advisors, the home of democratising leadership.
Molly was born in the UK where she now lives with her partner Jake ans their daughter Billie Phoenix; grew up in Australia where family lives and is most comfortable in sandals working directly with change makers committed to a more just and thriving world.
Mark C. Hand
Mark has built a career understanding the complex systems that enable and constrain change.
Mark has made investments with Light Ventures, a seed fund affiliated with Gray Ghost Ventures; the First Light Accelerator, a joint venture with the Shell Foundation; Village Capital; the Oxford Seed Fund; the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship; and UnLtd USA, which became Techstars Impact. Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Mark graduated from Vanderbilt University with degrees in International Political Economy and Religious Studies and from Oxford’s Saïd Business School with an MBA.
Mark has entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship courses at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and UT-Austin’s RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. He now teaches political science and public policy at SMU, where he researches workplace democracy, employee-owned firms, and storytelling in the policy process.