Anne St. Peter, Founder of Global Prairie and Chris Marquis, Author and Sinyi Professor at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School

Anne St. Peter is the Founder of Global Prairie, a purpose-driven global marketing firm with offices in the United States and Europe. Anne instills in our Global Prairie team an unwavering commitment to using business as a force for good. She is a pioneer in the field of purpose consulting and counsels organizations and leaders on how best to harness the power of purpose in their organizations to drive bottom-line results, employee engagement and happiness, and social impact.

In 2008, together with Douglas Bell, Anne launched Global Prairie, a 100% employee-owned, Women Owned, Certified B Corp. B Corps are businesses certified by B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environment performance, accountability, and transparency. Global Prairie currently holds the highest B Corp score among the growing community of 10,000+ B Corps globally.

Chris Marquis is the Sinyi Professor at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the author of The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profits and Socialize Costs. His earlier books include the award-winning Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism and Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise, which was a Financial Times Best Book of 2022.