• Freelance writer specialising in the role of business in society.
• Researcher and op-ed writer on sustainability and international affairs.
• 20+ years of experience working in the field of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
• Regular contributor at: Reuters, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Times (Raconteur), Positive News. 
• Long-term editorial work for: United Nations, Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership at University of Cambridge, World Bank.
• PhD in Latin American Studies from Cambridge University on corporate-community relations.
• Chair and moderator at literary festivals, awards ceremonies, and round table discussions in the UK and Europe.
• Author of three books published by Faber & Faber: Viva South America! (2009), India Rising (2012) and Under the Tump (2016). Currently writing Out of Amazonia, for Head of Zeus.
• Book reviewer for the Literary Review, Financial Times, The Spectator, Times Literary Supplement. 

Contact details:

oliverbalch@gmail.com // +351 962 629 772