Rupert Davis – Sustainability Leader

Rupert has been an innovator in sustainability since 1985 when he petitioned Cambridge University to allow him to study the yet-to-be-invented subject of Ecological Economics. In 1987 he designed his first renewable energy system. And in 1992 he graduated first in class from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences, winning the University Bronowski prize. Recognition for his thought leadership in sustainable business resulted in a unique, seven-year (1998-2005) Fulbright scholarship from the U.S. and UK governments.

Rupert’s professional career began at J.P. Morgan, where he graduated from the Morgan Finance Program in 1993. Rupert then recruited CEOs with global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles before founding a triple bottom line business in 2000.

During more than two decades as a consultant and entrepreneur in business and sustainability, Rupert has worked at the investor, owner, board and chief executive levels. Engagements range from Fortune 500s, venture-backed start-ups, NGOs, UN intergovernmental programs, community developments to micro social/green enterprises.

Today, as global head of MontaRosa’s Sustainability Practice, Rupert combines his finance background with a unique understanding of long-term environmental business engagement issues, including climate change action, triple bottom line entrepreneurship and clean tech development.

His combination of deep business focus and long-term knowledge of and commitment to sustainability — both from the “business value” and from the “right thing to do” perspectives — helps MontaRosa identify, assess and land the globe’s top candidates for the specific business strategy focus of the client at hand.

Email Rupert at rupert@montarosasearch.com or call 415 746 0839 (U.S.), 44 7826641055 (UK)