OLIVER BALCH

Specialist writer and editor focusing on the role of business in society (20+ years): My driving passion is to help accelerate positive societal change through the sharing of the latest knowledge, the sharpest thinking, and the most inspiring stories.

CORE SERVICES

Op-ed writer on all aspects of business impact and the broad sustainability agenda
Report author: e.g. EY New Economy Unit, We Mean Business, A Healthier Earth, E3G
Editor (+ proof editing): e.g. UN, World Bank, Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership
Moderator at business events, roundtables, literary festivals, awards ceremonies
Public speaker: keynotes on a wider range of business and sustainability themes

BIO
Journalist: Reuters, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Times (Raconteur), Positive News
Adjunct faculty: IE Business School (Spain) & Porto Business School (Portugal)
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 Spectator, Times Literary Supplement, The Literary Review
Researcher: PhD in Latin American Studies from Cambridge University on corporate-community relations, extractivism and foreign direct investment
Areas of expertise: sustainability, work, business ethics, social enterprise, environment, communications, human rights