Peter Bakker (born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch businessman who currently serves as president of the

World Business Council for Sustainable Development The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led organization of over 225 international companies. The council is also connected to 60 national and regional business councils and partner organizations. Its origins da ...

Education

Bakker has a master's degree in Economics from

Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam ( ; abbreviated as EUR) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian. Erasmus M ...

and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from

Inholland University of Applied Sciences Inholland University of Applied Sciences (; ; ) is a large university of applied sciences located in eight main cities of the Randstad, the central-western region of the Netherlands and the country's economic, political and cultural hub. With ove ...

Career

Bakker was appointed President of WBCSD in January 2012 after being CEO of TNT N.V. for 10 years. He is also the Chairman for War Child Netherlands, Deputy Chairman for International Integrated Reporting Council and a Co-Chair in the Sustainable Developments Solution Network. In 2020, Bakker was appointed by

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to serve on the Advisory Committee for the 2021 Food Systems Summit, chaired by Inger Andersen.

Other activities

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, Member of the Sustainability Advisory Board (NSAB) *

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, Member of the Advisory Board for Integrity and Corporate Responsibility * P&G, Member of the sustainability advisory board

Awards

Bakker was awarded the

Clinton Global Citizen Award The Clinton Foundation (founded in 2001 as the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, and renamed in 2013 as the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation) is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code. It was e ...

in 2009 and the SAM Sustainability Leadership Award.

References

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