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Chris Perceval

Director of Corporate Relations
chris.perceval@wri.org+1 (202) 729-7874

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About Chris

Chris Perceval is Director of Corporate Relations at the World Resources Institute. He works directly with staff and strategy leaders in the private sector to identify the best way they can partner with WRI, tap into relevant tools and key messages. In particular, he manages the WRI Corporate Consultative Group and WRI’s evolving corporate due diligence process.

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Chris started his career in the Oil & Gas sector as a financial risk analyst. He then moved to Earthwatch Europe, where he led the Corporate Partnerships department, helping to make links between scientific field research and corporate environmental policy.

He led a joint WRI/WBCSD/Earthwatch publication Ecosystem Challenges and Business Implications and an Earthwatch/IUCN paper for the European Commission’s High Level Conference on Business & Biodiversity. His work on Corporate Sustainability appears in the Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Sustain Magazine and Corporate Citizenship Briefings.

Degrees in Business (with Distinction from Oxford University) and Natural Sciences (from Durham University), underpin his ability to build bridges between disciplines.