David Wheeler. BSc (Hons), PhD
Founding Partner

David is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean at the Plymouth Business School in the UK. Prior to joining PBS in 2009, David was Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Erivan K Haub Professor of Business and Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business and Founding Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability at York University, Toronto. He is also Visiting Professor of Stakeholding and Sustainable Enterprise at Kingston University (UK). David was formerly Executive Director of Environmental and Social Policy at The Body Shop International. This involved strategic oversight of sustainability issues and non-financial auditing and reporting, as well as human resources and learning.

David has worked in more than 30 countries worldwide and has consulted frequently with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), the United Nations (World Health Organization and PanAmerican Health Organization) and a wide range of government development organizations, working in Africa and Latin America. He also worked in the UK water industry. David has worked in the House of Commons as a full-time advisor and has given evidence to a number of Select Committees and UK Government Departments.

Throughout his career, David has published articles in a wide variety of medical, academic and popular journals. He has done numerous television and radio broadcasts on environmental policy and business ethics. David was principal-author of The Stakeholder Corporation, the first business text to be endorsed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. He was an advisor to the UK Government on governance aspects of the Company Law Review and was a member of the UK Government Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment. He was co-founder of the UK business-led Committee of Inquiry - A New Vision for Business - which reported to Prime Minister Tony Blair in November 1999.

David has a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology and a PhD from the University of Surrey.