Degrees, University of Natal, South Africa and University of Oxford, UK; Rhodes Scholar. Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to business and sustainability. Founding Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative and Senior Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings. Member, Board of Directors: Newmont Corporation, South32, Chevron’s Niger Delta Partnership Initiative. Co-Chair, Business Commission to Tackle Inequality. Emeritus Director: World Environment Center. Member, Advisory Councils: Abbott, Bank of America, Griffith Foods, APCO Worldwide, and Business Fights Poverty. Member, World Economic Forum Food Systems Stewardship Board. Former Member, Global Future Council (GFC) on Good Governance; Community of Climate Governance Experts; GFC on Transparency and Anti-Corruption; and Former Co-Chair, GFC on Food Systems Innovation. 1993-2012, Director and Senior Adviser, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum. Prior to 1993, with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Africa; FUNDES in Latin America; and Vice-President, Citibank Financial Institutions Group in Asia, Europe and Middle East. 2001, with UN Global Compact preparing UN Secretary-General's report for the General Assembly on cooperation between United Nations and the private sector. Former Senior Associate, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge University; former Track Leader and Adviser, Clinton Global Initiative. Co-author of seven books and over 100 publications on corporate responsibility, public-private partnerships, and the role of the private sector in sustainable development.
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