John Dutton is Head of UpLink and Member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum. Previously John also served as the Head of the Forum Foundations and Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, also at the Forum. Prior to joining Forum, he was the Small Funds Initiative Coordinator for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment and has also spent several years as a French Teacher at the Trinity Pawling School. John has earned an MBA with a specialization in International Organizations from the University of Geneva and completed his undergraduate studies at Kenyon College with a BA in Economics. John also enjoys spending time with his wife Tania, son Timeo and daughter Lea in the nearby Alps skiing and hiking and plays competitive Football in the local leagues.
El Challenge de UpLink "Fondos Innovadores para nuestro Futuro" busca inversionistas de capital de riesgo para ayudar a escalar el impacto de start-ups innovadoras que trabajan en la impl...
UpLink's latest Innovation Challenge, a campaign to source investment funds that support much-needed people and planet-focused entrepreneurs, is now open.
ホリスティックなサーキュラー・エコノミーモデルへの移行は、環境破壊を食い止め、生物多様性と自然に重点を置く上でも、そして、将来の競争力を高めていく上でも非常に重要です。サーキュラー・エコノミーの概念では、役目を終えた製品は循環され、生産システムに還元。廃棄物が出ないようになります。その結果、原料はできるだけ長く、生産的に使用されるようになり、新たな生産は希少資源の消費を伴...
A new initiative, The Circulars Accelerator, will connect global organizations with promising start-ups offering the technology needed to make zero-waste a reality.
As nations struggle to cope with COVID, a digital crowd-engagement platform has been surfacing ideas to build a greener, fairer and more resilient world.
Climate change, social inequity and technological disruption are some of the main reasons that we need responsible, collaborative action from global leaders.
We're sending 20 of our Young Global Leaders north to see how viewing the shrinking ice sheet will inspire them to rise to the climate crisis.
This year's Young Global Leaders Summit will bring more than 600 participants to San Francisco to explore how we move towards a more sustainable future. Meet 10 of them.
From life-saving drones to a bank for rural women, here's how the young people coming to Davos are improving the state of the world.
This year's crop of social champions includes gene-editing pioneers, peacebuilders, an Ivy League village chief and a space archaeologist.
Juan Mario Laserna was one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders. Here two of his former colleagues pay tribute.
What do British Prime Minister David Cameron, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma have in common?
This year's class of YGLs includes scientists opening up their data to the world, a member of parliament fighting for gender equality in Afghanistan and an entrepreneur who is redefining ...
Recent terrorist attacks in Lebanon, France, Nigeria, Cameroon and Jakarta have shown that the battleground for extremism has globalized. It's also clear that the solutions to these chall...
What can Mumbai slum dwellers teach us about sharing? How might robotics help a paralysed adventurer walk again? Can ethical investors improve the lives of factory workers? Over the past ...
