Name
Tom Williams
Job Title
Director, Food & Agriculture
Company
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Speaker Bio
Tom Williams is Director, Agriculture and Food at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), based in London, United Kingdom and has been with WBCSD since September 2018 in various leadership roles including for water stewardship and nature action. In his current role, Tom leads WBCSD efforts to support members in the agri-food value-chain to set ambitious climate- and nature-related targets, account for their dependencies and impacts and disclose their progress. Tom has worked in both developed and developing countries, with experience collaborating with a range of stakeholders including government, research institutes, businesses, donor agencies, UN agencies and NGOs. Tom has an MSc in Microbiology and MBA from Rotterdam School of Management.