Stewart Wallis

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

is an advocate for a new economic system. He worked for

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from 1992 to 2002, for which he was awarded an OBE. From 2003 to 2016, he was executive director of the

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. Currently, Wallis is the chair for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), which is an initiative to create a global new economy movement.

Early life and education

He was born on 29 August 1948, the son of George and Jean Wallis.''Who's who'' He took the tripos in natural sciences at

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college has origins from 1869, with the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...

, and, in 1976, obtained a MSc in business and economics from the

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. In 2016, Stewart was awarded an honorary doctorate by

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Career

His business career began in marketing and sales with Rio Tinto Zinc from 1970 to 1974. He spent 1976 to 1983 with the

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in Washington, D.C., working on industrial and financial development in East Asia. He then worked for Robinson Packaging in Derbyshire from 1983 to 1992, the last five as managing director. He joined Oxfam in 1992 as international director with responsibility, latterly, for 2500 staff in seventy countries and for all Oxfam's policy, research, development and emergency work worldwide. He was awarded the OBE for services to Oxfam in June 2002.List of the recipients of honours awarded - ''The Guardian'' 15 June 2002
/ref> Wallis was the executive director of the New Economics Foundation from November 2003 until December 2015. He was also a trustee of the

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and

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and a member of the UK Social Investment Task Force. He was also vice chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on values and a Steward of their Inclusive Growth Initiative. He has since come out of retirement to voluntarily help to run th
Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll).
Other recent roles include the Chair of the Conservation Farming Trust, and a Trustee o
Devon Community Foundation.

Publications

*
A Finer Future
'' by Hunter Lovins, John Fullerton, Stewart Wallis and Anders Wijkman, 2017. *Authored chapters on
A New Economic System Based on Core Human Values"
in the book ''Why Love Matters'' and "Towards a Peaceful Economy" in the book ''Peacefulness'' - both edited by Scherto Gill and David Cadman. *''Democracy and Capitalism,'' Lord Dahrendorf with commentaries by Professor Gerry Stoker,

Ruth Lea Ruth Jane Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm, (born 22 September 1947) is a British parliamentarian and political economist. Lady Lea entered HM Civil Service, before being recruited by the Institute of Directors, a private-sector employer lobbyist, ...

, Stewart Wallis and

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MP, Hansard Society, 2006. ; available as
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*''Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges is a book of inspirational and practical solutions'', edited by Herbert Girardet; Earthscan 2007; (Wallis was a contributor)
''From old economics to new economics: radical reform and a sustainable future''
with Stephen Spratt; New Economics Foundation, 2007

Personal life

In 1974, he married Dee Wallis, who died in 1982. In 1987, he married Mary Jane Wallis and inherited a stepson. He has four daughters, two with Dee and two with Mary Jane.

References

Sources

*Biography of Stewart Wallis on the website of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll): https://wellbeingeconomy.org/who-we-are *Biography of Stewart Wallis on the website of the New Economics Foundation http://www.neweconomics.org/about/stewart-wallis

External source

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallis, Stewart English businesspeople 1948 births Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Alumni of London Business School Living people Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire