Will Day
Will is Sustainability Advisor to PwC UK. He is also a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Chair of Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor, a member of the Council of Abassadors of WWF, a Board member of SDGLead, a member of the P&G Sustainability Advisory Board and Co-chari of the Kent Nature Partnership. Previously, he was Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission and he was involved with the establishment of Comic Relief and was it’s first Grants Director for Africa. Will has been Chairman of the BBC Children in Need Appeal, and Special Advisor to UNDP. He was also a Trustee and latterly Chairman of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Earlier in his career he worked for Save the Children Fund and Oxfam, was Director of the micro-savings and credit organisation Opportunity, and CEO of CARE International UK. He also worked for the BBC World Service, and was an Independent Assessor for the public appointments process for the UK government’s Department or Culture, Media and Sport.Will's Posts
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"This feels like the most important conversation to be having" - a conversation with On Purpose's outgoing Chair, Will Day
What initially drew you to On Purpose (and maybe still does)? I had known Tom Rippin since before the establishment...
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