Christopher William, Professor in the Strategy, Entrepreneurship & International Business Department at ESSCA and recipient of the Ivey / UN PRME Sustainability Case Writing Award 2026.
The award ceremony was held on June 2026 at the PRME Global Forum in Cairo. PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) is an initiative of the UN Global Compact.
The case “Naboisho Nature Conservancy in Kenya” deals with the complexity of leadership in a situation requiring tribal agreement, financial responsibility, and respect for culture and natural capital.
Co-authored with Gayle Allard and Beatrice Grace Obado from the IE Business School’s Africa Centre in Madrid, it was one of three selected cases from over 60 submissions with a route to publication as an Ivey case.
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