David Grayson

Independent commentator, adviser, podcaster and speaker on Responsible Business, Corporate Sustainability, and collaboration between businesses and other parts of society. Non-executive director. Published author.

David is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield University School of Management. He is a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management and a founding Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.

David has chaired several public bodies and charities in the UK including the National Disability Council and The Institute of Business Ethics. He is an independent board member for the Baiduri Bank in Brunei, for which he chairs the Group Risk Management Committee and leads on sustainability. He is part of the Circle of Advisers for Business Fights Poverty and a member of the faculty for The Forward Institute.  

David is the author of eleven books. The latest - “The Sustainable Business Handbook,” - is co-authored with Chris Coulter and Mark Lee (Kogan Page 2022) and was the winner of the Business Book Award 2023 for sustainability and change-management. He co-hosts “All In: The Sustainable Business Podcast.”