Peter Vanham
Editorial Director, Leadership - Fortune
Peter Vanham is a Belgian business journalist and author, who writes about the global economy and the people who shape it, as well as concepts such as stakeholder capitalism and sustainability.
As an author, his books include “Stakeholder Capitalism: A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet” (with Klaus Schwab, 2021) and “Before I Was CEO: Life Stories and Lessons from Leaders Before They Reached the Top” (2016). His books have been translated into over a dozen languages.
As a journalist, Peter most recently served as Editorial Director, Leadership, at Fortune, where he is also the co-author of CEO Daily. Prior to that, he was Head Writer and Head of the International Media Council at the World Economic Forum. His articles appeared in dozens of global media, including Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and Foreign Policy.
Peter holds Executive Master’s degrees in Management Research (ESCP) and Global Leadership (World Economic Forum), and Master’s degrees in Business and Economics Journalism (Columbia University, with a Fulbright scholarship) and Commercial Engineering (KU Leuven). He lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland, with his wife and two daughters.
