BIO Stewart Wallis

Stewart Wallis is Co-Founder of WEAll, the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, and came out of retirement to voluntarily help run it. WEAll is a global collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements and individuals working together to transform the economic system into one that delivers human and ecological wellbeing. Previously he was Executive Director of NEF – the New Economics Foundation, the UK’s leading think tank promoting social, economic and environmental justice, for 12 years, and International Director of Oxfam GB (responsible for Oxfam’s emergency, development and policy work worldwide) for 10 years. Prior to this, he spent 7 years with the World Bank, in Washington DC, working on industrial and financial development in East Asia, and 13 years working in business, including leading a successful turnaround of a 1,000-employee company.

Stewart has Masters degrees from Cambridge and London Business School, an Honorary Doctorate from Lancaster University, and was awarded the OBE for services to Oxfam. He is also Chair of the Conservation Farming Trust and co-author of the recently published A Finer Future. Throughout his career, he has worked across the public, private and civil society sectors, bringing extensive experience in economic development, organisational leadership and international cooperation, with a particular focus on creating systems that support both people and the planet.