Lisle is coordinator of the Small Business Clinic at the University of the Western Cape. The clinic is an experiential learning hub that brings different role-players together to facilitate the youth’s interest in entrepreneurship and allow for micro and small business owners to make use of the services that the Clinic provides with respect to advice on planning to start a small business and sustaining and growing a business. She also lecturers in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship. Lisle has over 14 years’ experience in academia and 12 years’ experience in Business and Management Consulting with Price Water House Coopers, IBM Business Consulting and Ngubane & Co. Prior to joining UWC, she served as Operations Director at Developmentnomics Pty Ltd. Her research interests includes Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development, Social Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Development, with a focus on sustainable and inclusive development.