John Dutton
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| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva, Kenyon College |
| Member of | WEF/Executive Committee, WEF/Young Global Leaders (unassigned year) |
Member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum | |
John Dutton is a member of the Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum (WEF). He previously served as Head of the Forum Foundations and prior to that as the Head of the WEF's Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGLs). The YGLs include "the world’s most pioneering, next-generation leaders who have developed in their journey to produce positive, tangible impacts in their countries, industries and societies".[1]
He has a remarkably blank CV for someone in such a prominent position.
Career
He is head of the WEF's UpLink, a digital crowd-engagement platform, "created to foster mass participation to meet the United Nation’s 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their 2030 Agenda." Its goal is "to link-up the best SDG innovators to a growing network of experts and decision-makers who can implement the change needed for the next decade." The platform is a partnership with 3 of the biggest corporations in the world, Deloitte, Microsoft and Salesforce. [2]
Before that, he was a Small Funds Initiative Coordinator for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment; has also spent several years as a French Teacher at the Trinity Pawling School in New York.[3]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | "The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one." |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 1912 guests in Davos |
