Former global head of Greenpeace, Cambridge lecturer, and author of The Great Disruption — one of the world's most authoritative voices on climate and business strategy.
Paul Gilding has spent more than four decades at the intersection of environmental activism and corporate strategy — a combination that places him in a category of his own. He has served in the Australian military, led Greenpeace as its global executive director, taught at the University of Cambridge, and advised the boards and executive teams of companies including Unilever, BHP Billiton, Royal DSM, DuPont and Ford Motor Company. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Tom Friedman concluded simply: "Ignore Gilding at your peril."
His 2011 book The Great Disruption became a defining text on the economic consequences of climate change, arguing not that collapse was possible but that it was already underway — and that the disruption ahead would dwarf the industrial revolution. He is co-founder of both Disruptive Consulting and the Changing Markets Foundation, and continues to advise global corporations on how to read the transition ahead and position themselves on the right side of it.
For business leadership conferences, sustainability summits and executive strategy sessions, Paul Gilding is one of the most credible and unflinching speakers available. He does not offer reassurance — he offers rigour, grounded in decades of experience operating at the highest levels of both activism and corporate life. Audiences leave not just informed about the scale of the challenge, but with a clearer sense of what the coming transformation actually demands of them.
Paul Gilding is a keynote speaker based in Tasmania who speaks on leadership and sustainability & ESG. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
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