Rodney Irwin

Mr. Rodney Irwin is Chief Education Officer & Corporate Secretary and a member of the Leadership Team (LT) at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), based in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Rodney is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and member of the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland and holds professional Certifications in Fraud Examination, Risk Management Corporate Ethics/Integrity. 

Rodney provides leadership WBCSD’s legal and corporate governance function and statutory duties as the Company Secretary. He also leads the WBCSD Education program, for which he manages the organization’s relationships with key education partners including Yale University, the Institute for Management Development (IMD), Stanford, NUS and the Global Network for Advanced Management. Prior to his current role, he led WBCSD’s Redefining Value program for nine years and was the Chief Operating Officer leading Finance, HR, ICT, Facilities and Fundraising. 

Rodney holds a BS in Economics from Queen’s University Belfast, an MS in Management from Birmingham City University, and a Professional Doctorate degree in comparative corporate governance, ethical decision making and reporting from ISM Paris. He has also completed the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University. 

Rodney holds the following Advisory and Academic positions: 

• Full Professor of Accounting and Sustainability: Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany 
• Lecturer in the Practice of Management: Yale School of Management 
• Research Fellow: Lancaster University Management School.