Pat Gallardo Dwyer has more than 20 years of sustainability leadership experience, most recently as
The founder and director of The Purpose Business, a global collective that helps organizations in Asia embed purpose and sustainability into their business strategy and operations.
Pat was previously the global head of CSR & Sustainability for Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts, where she brought Shangri-La to the forefront of responsible tourism operations, making it the only Asian hotel group to be recognized in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. She developed programs across 89 hotels in 22 countries covering a broad spectrum, including carbon management, diversity, environment stewardship, and employee engagement. She equipped over 40,000 colleagues to understand sustainability issues through a training module and worked with local organizations to benefit more than 30,000 children globally. Previously, Pat was the first CSR head of Ayala Land, Inc. in the Philippines.
A passionate speaker on purpose and leadership, responsible business, women’s empowerment, and inclusion, she regularly hosts and moderates the highest-level panels and events, including the Obama Foundation Leaders’ Summit and sessions at the World Economic Forum.
Pat is a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and sits on the Global Steering Committee of the Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme. She also serves as faculty and tutor across a number of CISL Executive Education programs. She is a member of the Shared Care Collective, the sustainability advisory board of Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, and also sits on the board of directors of Enrich, a Hong Kong-based charity that works on the financial literacy of migrant domestic workers.
She was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2015 and remains a fellow of the Asia Society and the Royal Society of Arts. She holds an MA in Globalisation & Governance, certificates in Transformational Leadership from the University of Oxford, and Global Leadership & Public Policy for the 21st Century from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Wayne Dunn is the founder of the CSR Training Institute and CSR | ESG Institute. A former Professor of Practice in sustainability at McGill University, he is recognized as a global thought leader and pragmatic problem solver, frequently speaking on business, social responsibility, economics, and strategy at events worldwide.
He is an award-winning global sustainability expert with extensive teaching, writing, lecturing and advisory service experience. He is supported by an extensive faculty and advisory team.
Leadership on SDGs & Business “The pedigree speaks for itself…Pragmatic and global thought leadership on aligning SDGs and business.”
Dr. Eugene Owusu
Special Advisor to the President
of Ghana on the SDGs
Demystified ESG, SDG & CSR “It demystified ESG, SDG, and CSR. Very simple and engaging learning.”
Robert Gyamfi
Head of Community Engagement
Future Global Resources
A Practical & Realistic Approach “Professor Dunn brings a practical and realistic approach to CSR and shared value, blending theory and practice to develop pragmatic approaches that address real-world challenges.”
Dr. Ellis Armstrong
Former CFO
BP Exploration
Thoughtful, Coherent, Insightful “Coherent, thoughtful, stimulating, insightful, and state-of-the-art! The network of public, private, and civil society participants was incredible. Some of the leading experts in the field.”
Kojo Busia
Snr. Mineral Sector Governance
Advisor,
United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa/UNECA
Just What I Needed “Pragmatic, strategic, and full of practical insights. Just what I needed.”
Gifty Owusu-Nhyira
ESG & Sustainability Coordinator
Ecobank West Africa
Really Practical
‘…useful beyond expectation, has given me a clear perspective’
Leonard J. Mkude
Accountant General
United Republic of Tanzania
“The Masterclass reinforced the importance of ESG and challenged me to articulate its value proposition.”
Ross Mitchell
Verdensure
