Mary Johnstone-Louis

Mary is a Senior Associate of Oxford Net Zero, a member of the Jury of the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award, has also served as a World Economic Forum Global Futures Council Fellow and is Chair of the Board of B Lab UK.   

Her research explores how business is affecting our world, and how leaders build strategy around the public good. She has a longstanding research interest in women in business. Her co-authored volume on sustainability leadership is slated for publication in 2023, and she serves as an advisor to several businesses on sustainability and impact strategy.

A regular speaker and panelist, Mary has presented at leading academic venues including the Academy of Management and the European Group for Organisational Studies. Her written contributions have been featured in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Business Ethics Quarterly, and in the United Nations Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education series as well as via Oxford Answers and the British Academy.

Mary holds an MPhil from St Antony's College (University of Oxford), a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and received her doctorate from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford as an Economic and Social Research Council scholar. 

Expertise:

• Responsible business
• Stakeholder governance
• Leadership and business ethics