Andrew WILSON is an economist with more than 12 years experience conducting management research projects and consultancies. He joined Ashridge, the international business school, in 1992 and is director of the

Centre for Business and Society. He is responsible for a series of major programmes investigating issues of global business ethics, social auditing and reporting, and the changing nature of corporate community involvement and investment.

He is the founding secretary of the UK Association of the European Business Ethics Network and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prior to joining Ashridge, he was a research fellow at the Institute of Employment Studies. He has a Master of Philosophy (1989), a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (1997) and a bachelor's degree with joint honors in French and Economics (1986).