Jonathan Wootliff, Head of Corporate Accountability

Jonathan Wootliff heads the Corporate Accountability practice at Reputation Partners. He specializes in helping multinational corporations build productive relationships with NGOs, advocacy and activist groups through effective engagement.

Jonathan has undertaken client assignments for a wide range of companies including Altria, British Petroleum, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Merrill Lynch, Owens Corning, Procter and Gamble, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, Whirlpool and the Indonesian paper and pulp producer, APRIL.

His true expertise lies in helping corporations understand and navigate environmental and climate change issues. He was formerly the Communications Director for Greenpeace International, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he was a member of the organization’s senior management team. With overall responsibility for a department of 42 professionals, Jonathan managed the organization's public outreach and communications in over 35 countries.

During his tenure at Greenpeace, Jonathan was engaged in a wide range of difficult and controversial issues including genetically modified organisms and climate change. This involved leading many high profile challenges targeted at the fossil fuel industries and major chemical companies. But he was also involved in many behind-the-scenes dialogues with corporations. Among his many assignments, Jonathan managed the Greenpeace communications work at the Kyoto climate ministerial summit and served as the organization's liaison with the Sydney Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games. He has participated in all Conference of the Parties (COP) sessions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since Kyoto in 1997.

Jonathan also worked with the Washington DC-based World Resources Institute both in helping them create the Global Forest Watch initiative and in establishing the organization’s strategy and presence at the 1999 WTO summit in Seattle.

Jonathan's current work as head of Reputation Partners’ Corporate Accountability practice involves improving clients’ understanding of the demands of NGOs and other Civil Society groups by identifying critical issues of concern as they relate to particular companies and industry sectors. He evaluates the risks of corporations being exposed to public controversy and explores viable ways for senior corporate managers to meet these stakeholders’ expectations and explores opportunities for establishing mutually beneficial partnerships.

Jonathan lives in Prague, Czech Republic and works throughout the world.