Eric Olson

Biography

Born in Minneapolis in 1964, Eric Olson studied at Macalester College before going to Oxford to begin a second undergraduate degree in History and Modern Languages and then pursue an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies. After a period working for the US-USSR Trade and Economic Council, he moved into management consulting, serving as a Partner at Mitchell Madison Group and then at Boston Consulting Group. A growing interest in the environment led Olson to shift full-time into working with multi-national companies to improve their environmental and social impacts, with a focus on energy and climate change. He served as Senior Vice President, Advisory Services at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), and then as Managing Director, Sustainability Services at Accenture, and now works as an independent advisor to corporate management teams, investors and public agencies on scaling climate mitigation and adaptation solutions.