Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda
01 May 2016
Oliver Greenfield
Convenor, Green Economy Coalition
Oliver is the convenor of the Green Economy Coalition, which is housed at IIED and IIED Europe. 'Convenor' is a carefully considered title to reflect network leadership, inviting people from diverse institutions and networks to work together, and enabling them to influence collectively.
Expertise
Coalition building and leadership; global, regional and national networks; green economy policy; economics and business for sustainability and poverty alleviation; building transformative systems’ change partnerships; and movements.
Before IIED
Oliver was head of Sustainable Business and Economics at WWF-UK. At WWF he pioneered systemic stakeholder change programmes including One Planet Business (PDF), One Planet Finance and One Planet Economy.
Before that Oliver managed change in industry and the public sector, as a corporate strategy consultant for Booz Company and as the senior strategy advisor for the BBC World Service. He has degrees in engineering and business.
Current work
Oliver's current projects include:
- National dialogue hubs
- Green economy tracker
- Eco-social contracts for shared global green deals
