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George James Stewart Wallis is a business manager and advocate for transition to a new economic system. He worked for Oxfam from 1992 to 2002, for which he was awarded an OBE. From 2003 to 2016, he was Executive Director of the New Economics Foundation.
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- Our big bang the need for a great transition stewart wallis at tedxexeter
- Stewart wallis why we need a new economic system
- Early life and education
- Career
- Publications
- Personal life
- References
Stewart wallis why we need a new economic system
Early life and education
He was born on 29 August 1948, the son of George and Jean Wallis. He took the tripos in Natural Sciences at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and, in 1976, obtained a MSc in Business and Economics from the London Business School.
Career
His business career began in marketing and sales with Rio Tinto Zinc from 1970 to 1974. He spent 1976 to 1983 with the World Bank in Washington, D.C. working on industrial and financial development in East Asia.
He then worked for Robinson Packaging in Derbyshire from 1983 to 1992, the last five as Managing Director.
He joined Oxfam in 1992 as International Director with responsibility, latterly, for 2500 staff in seventy countries and for all Oxfam’s policy, research, development and emergency work worldwide. He was awarded the OBE for services to Oxfam in June 2002, .
Stewart joined the New Economics Foundation as Executive Director on 1 November 2003. He is a Trustee of the Overseas Development Institute and Habitat for Humanity.
Publications
Personal life
In 1987, he married Mary Jane Wallis. They have four daughters and she has a son from a previous marriage. Among his recreations, listed in Who's who are Landscape photography, walking, reading, cinema.