Peter Vanham is executive editor of Fortune Connect, Fortune’s learning community for purpose-driven leaders, and the author of Fortune’s Impact Report newsletter. He writes about the global economy and the people who shape it, stakeholder capitalism, the role of business in society, and environmental, social, and corporate governance. Before joining Fortune, Mr. Vanham worked for eight years at the World Economic Forum, where he co-authored Stakeholder Capitalism with founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab, and headed the International Media Council, the gathering of the world’s leading editors-in-chief and media leaders. His articles on business, economics, and public policy also appeared in Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Quartz, Business Insider, Foreign Policy, and other media from around the world. His books, including Stakeholder Capitalism, Before I Was CEO, and Grote Durvers, were translated in more than a dozen languages. Mr. Vanham holds an executive master’s degree in global leadership from the World Economic Forum, an MA degree in business and economics journalism from Columbia University, and an MS degree in commercial engineering from the KU Leuven. He is currently pursuing an executive PhD at ESCP Business School in Paris, and lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva, Switzerland.
