Rajiv Joshi

Biography

Rajiv S. Joshi is an activist, economist & social entrepreneur and is a Visiting Executive at Oxford Säid Business School.

Raj has spent the last seven years serving as a founding member and Managing Director of The B Team, where he continues to serve as an Advisor. Co-Founded by Sir Richard Branson and ex-Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz, The B Team, which is currently chaired by Paul Polman and Trade Union Leader Sharan Burrow, brings together some of the worlds leading CEOs alongside civil society leaders to help redefine the role of business in society and increase ambition amongst businesses to advance the wellbeing of people and the planet alongside profit.

Rajiv is a movement builder, advocate and emerging thought leader. Over the past 15 years, he has supported groundbreaking CEO activism, led youth movements and pioneered multi-stakeholder initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sector to address inequalities, advance human rights and tackle climate change.

Before joining The B Team, he served as Executive Director of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and as a Trustee of Oxfam GB and CIVICUS, based in Johannesburg. He also served two elected terms as Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament.

In 2014 and 2015 he served on the Founding Board of We Mean Business, driving business-led action on climate change to help secure the Paris Climate Agreement while also playing a key role in shaping the development of the SDGs as Co-Founder of the "World We Want 2015" initiative.

Rajiv holds a First Class Honors in Economics from Strathclyde Business School and a Masters in Public Policy and Administration (MPA) from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York.