Dr. Wheeler is Co-Founder of the Academy for Sustainable Innovation. He is an internationally experienced academic and business person with three decades of senior executive level involvement in change management and sustainable business practice, research and teaching. David was previously President and Vice-Chancellor of Cape Breton University, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability) University of Plymouth (UK) and Dean of Management at Dalhousie University. Dr. Wheeler continues to pursue his interest in the role of the private sector in international development, which has been built on major projects undertaken for the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the Canadian Development Agency, the International Development Research Centre and the UK Department for International Development.