John Willis

Senior Director, Aligning Finance & Value (Corporate Performance & Accountability)


As part of the corporate performance and accountability system (CPAS) progamme, to enable a better understanding of financial connectivity and the integration of sustainability related impacts, risks and opportunities in valuation, promoting the allocation of capital for long-term value creation and competitive advantage. 

Previous roles have included Director of Research for the Tracker Group (the home of the sustainable think tanks, Carbon Tracker and Planet Tracker), Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager at Sustainable Insight Capital Management (an investment manager focused on sustainable funds) , and Global Head of Trading and Research at Deutsche Asset Management (DWS). Before this, John worked on the sell-side as Global Head of Equity Research for Deutsche Bank Securities having previously worked as investment analyst covering the energy and utilities sectors.

Graduated from Oxford University with a BA (Hons) in Geography.

Dual national (Australia and UK) living in the UK.

Particular interest in education having undertaken a range of pro bono roles.