Geoff Wells: Bio & CV

Dr Geoff Wells is an internationally experienced corporate and education leader and advisor. After doctoral work in social science and business experience in Australia, he worked for 15 years, through the 80′s and 90′s, in the United States. He has founded and managed companies in a range of industries, including corporate sustainability, sustainable agribusiness, molecular biology and telecommunications. He has consulted widely in both countries as a corporate advisor to CEO’s and Boards of Directors, in strategy development, strategic financial modelling, organisational development, leadership and governance.


Geoff has researched and taught in a number of universities. He is currently a Dean in the Division of Business, and Program Director of the graduate program in Sustainable Business at the International Graduate School of Business, University of South Australia. He is an active researcher in sustainable business through UniSA’s Sustainable Communities Research & Innovation Cluster. In 2006 he was awarded the IGSB Inaugural Excellence in Teaching Award for his teaching in the School’s leadership and organisational development programs, at the MBA and DBA levels. He has also been Executive-in-Residence, Flinders University, South Australia; and Professor and Dean at Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, an innovative and highly-accredited institution with students from over 50 countries.


Geoff is an experienced mentor and a much-demanded speaker and presenter to groups of CEO’s throughout Australia. He provides ESG (environmental, social and governance) sustainability advice to major international corporations and organisations in both the private and public sectors. He has pioneered the application of valuation techniques to sustainability challenges in companies and for governments. Recently he was invited to present a keynote address on sustainable investment to the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium, a technical Forum on carbon valuation to the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, and a presentation on managing under climate change to the Beyond Carbon state conference of local government in Adelaide.


Curriculum Vitae

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