Bob is a leading expert on the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporate, government, university, and NGO audiences. Bob applies business and leadership development experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with sustainability issues.

He is the author of two books on the business justification for sustainability strategies, The Sustainability Advantage and The Next Sustainability Wave. The DVD of his typical presentation, The Business Case for Sustainability, is used in webinars to help him reduce his carbon footprint from global speaking trips. His latest book, The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook, outlines how internal leaders can transform their companies to sustainable enterprises.

Bob is on the faculties of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy and the Education and Sustainability Academy; is on the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada, Durham Sustain Ability, and Learning for a Sustainable Future; and is a member of the Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario and the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP).

He has a BSc from McGill University (1964), and an MEd (2000) and PhD (2005) from the University of Toronto. A resident of Ontario, he is the proud owner of two hybrid cars: a Honda Accord Hybrid and a Honda Civic Hybrid.