{{Short description|Dutch businessman (1961-)}} {{for|the Dutch rower|Peter Bakker (rower)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Bakker | image = Flickr - World Economic Forum - Peter Bakker - Annual Meeting of the New Champions Tianjin 2008.jpg | caption = Peter Bakker at a Press Conference in 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|08|1|df=y}} | alma_mater = Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam | title = President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development }} '''Peter Bakker''' (born 1 August 1961){{citation needed|date=December 2021}} is a Dutch businessman who currently serves as president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://president.wbcsd.org/about-peter-bakker.html|title=About Peter Bakker|website=WBCSD President|access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>
== Education == Bakker has a master's degree in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Inholland University of Applied Sciences.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Bakker was appointed President of WBCSD in January 2012 after being CEO of TNT N.V. for 10 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/wbcsd-announces-new-president-peter-bakker|title=WBCSD announces new president|last=Council|first=World Business|date=15 September 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is also the Chairman for War Child Netherlands, Deputy Chairman for International Integrated Reporting Council and a Co-Chair in the Sustainable Developments Solution Network.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/peter-bakker|title=Peter Bakker {{!}} The Huffington Post|website=www.huffingtonpost.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>
In 2020, Bakker was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to serve on the Advisory Committee for the 2021 Food Systems Summit, chaired by Inger Andersen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Advisory Committee and Scientific Group for the 2021 Food Systems Summit |url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2020-06-29/advisory-committee-and-scientific-group-for-the-2021-food-systems-summit |website=United Nations Secretary-General |language=en |date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
== Other activities == * Nespresso, Member of the Sustainability Advisory Board (NSAB)<ref>{{cite web|title=Nespresso Sustainability Advisory Board|url=https://www.nestle-nespresso.com/sustainability/sustainability-advisory-board/board-members|access-date=23 February 2019|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323121838/https://www.nestle-nespresso.com/sustainability/sustainability-advisory-board/board-members|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Daimler, Member of the Advisory Board for Integrity and Corporate Responsibility<ref>[https://www.daimler.com/sustainability/basics/integrity/the-advisory-board-for-integrity.html Advisory Board for Integrity and Corporate Responsibility] Daimler.</ref> *P&G, Member of the sustainability advisory board<ref>{{cite web|title=P&G Wikipedia|url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=July 2021}}
== Awards == Bakker was awarded the Clinton Global Citizen Award in 2009 and the SAM Sustainability Leadership Award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cbey.yale.edu/our-community/peter-bakker|title=Peter Bakker|date=17 September 2015|newspaper=The Center for Business and the Environment at Yale|access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>
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