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Tensie Whelan

Director at Investindustrial

Ms. Whelan is Clinical Professor for Business and Society at NYU Stern School of Business and Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business. Prior to joining NYU in 2015, Ms. Whelan gathered more than 25 years of experience in the management of complex organizations, including during her tenure from 2000 to 2015 as the president of Rainforest Alliance, an international NGO which works to protect forests on more than 180 million acres of land in over 60 countries, working with 5K businesses. Prior to joining the Rainforest Alliance in 2000, Ms. Whelan held various senior management positions at Whelan Associates, a strategic planning consultancy which, among other projects, assisted in the planning and construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park, where she served as president from 1997 to 2000, the NY League of Conservation Voters, the organization that led the successful campaign to pass the 1996 Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act, where she served as executive director from 1992 to 1997, and the National Audubon Society, where she served as vice-president from 1989 to 1992. Ms. Whelan was also a member of the board of directors of GlobeScan and was a member of the board of directors of Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd, from 2018 to 2020, a member of the sourcing advisory board of Unilever, from 2005 to 2015, and a member of the advisory boards of Nespresso, from 2012 to 2015, Sustainable Brands from 2012 to 2015, and Social Accountability International, from 2011 to 2015. She is currently on the advisory boards of Arabesque, Inherent Group, Giant Ventures, and is an Advisor to the Future Economy Project at Harvard Business Review. Ms. Whelan holds an executive education OPM certificate from Harvard Business School (2015), a Master of Arts in international communication from American University (1983) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from NYU (1980).


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