Peter Bakker

President and CEO

For a decade (since 2012), Peter has led WBCSD based in Geneva, Switzerland. WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.

Peter is a distinguished business leader who, until June 2011, served as CFO and then CEO of TNT NV, the global transport and logistics company. He has been recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award (2009) and the Sustainability Leadership Award (2010). Peter serves as a member of several corporate sustainability advisory boards.

He received the royal order Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2018 in recognition of his long-lasting commitment to engaging business in tackling global sustainability issues.

Peter is an active Twitter user and can be found tweeting at @MPB_WBCSD.

Peter holds the following Advisory and Board positions:

Commissioner: Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI)
Co-Chair: Redefining the Role of Business for Sustainable Development, SDSN
Vice-Chairman: International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)
Supervisory Board Member: Capitals Coalition
Advisory Committee Member: United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) 2021
Champion: SDG 12.3
Ambassador Against Hunger: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Advisory Board Member: EAT
Board Member: Arctic Basecamp Foundation
Advisor: Council for Inclusive Capitalism
Advisory Council Member: GLOBE EU
Advisory Council Member: CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Member of the Advisory Board for Integrity and Corporate Responsibility: Mercedes-Benz Group
Corporate Sustainability Advisory Board Member: P&G
International Advisory Board Member: CCICED (China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development)
Convener: BRIGC (Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) International Green Development Coalition)