Wayne Visser

Wayne Visser (born 17 December 1970) is an author, poet, social entrepreneur, professional speaker, researcher and lecturer in sustainability, corporate social responsibility and purpose-inspired business . He is Founder and Director of the think-tank CSR International, and a part-time academic at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, and at Magna Carta College, Oxford, among others. He was born in Africa and lives in London.
Biographical details
Wayne Visser was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 17 December 1970, and moved to South Africa in 1978. He has been living in the UK since 2003.
Education
Wayne Visser obtained a PhD in Business and Management (specialized in Corporate Social Responsibility) from the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School, UK, in 2007. His other qualifications include an MSc in Human Ecology from Edinburgh University, UK, and a Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Marketing from Cape Town University, South Africa.
Career
Wayne Visser is Founder and Director of the think-tank CSR International, which he established in 2009. In addition, Wayne is Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, Visiting Professor of Sustainability at Magna Carta College, Oxford, and Adjunct Professor of CSR at La Trobe Graduate School of Management, Australia. Previously, Wayne Visser was Director of Sustainability Services for KPMG and Strategy Analyst for Cap Gemini in South Africa.
Publications
The Age of Responsibility: CSR 2.0 and the New DNA of Business, London: Wiley, 2011.
Wishing Leaves: Favourite Nature Poems by Wayne Visser, Coventry: Yourpod, 2010.
The World Guide to CSR: A Country by Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, editor with Nick Tolhurst, Sheffield: Greenleaf, 2010.
The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organisations, editor with Dirk Matten, Manfred Pohl & Nick Tolhurst, London: Wiley, Updated paperback edition, 2010; Original hardback, 2007.
The Top 50 Sustainability Books, with Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, Sheffield: Greenleaf, 2009.
Landmarks for Sustainability: Events and Initiatives that Changed Our World, with Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, Sheffield: Greenleaf, 2009.
I Am An African: Favourite Africa Poems by Wayne Visser, Coventry: Yourpod, Updated 2nd edition, 2010; Original edition, 2008.
Making A Difference: Purpose-Inspired Leadership for Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility, Saarbrücken: VDM, 2008.
Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past, Paths to the Future, editor with M. McIntosh & C. Middleton, Sheffield: Greenleaf, 2006.
Business Frontiers: Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Economic Justice, Hyberabad: ICFAI University Press, 2005.
South Africa: Reasons to Believe, with Guy Lundy, Cape Town: Aardvark Press, 2003.
Beyond Reasonable Greed: Why Sustainable Business is a Much Better Idea, with Clem Sunter, Cape Town: Tafelberg Human & Rousseau, 2002.
Affiliations
Wayne Visser is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Green Professionals, and has been a Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), Nottingham University Business School, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Research into Sustainability, Royal Holloway, University of London School of Management, a Member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), an Associate Consultant for Future Considerations, a
Fellow for the Centre for Human Ecology (CHE) and a Chapter Founder and Coordinator for the World Business Academy South African Chapter.
Recognition
In 2011, Wayne Visser received an Outstanding Author Contribution Award in the and was listed in the by Trust Across America™ (TAA) and the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE) .

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