Dr. James Canton is a renowned global business advisor and futurist, who has been providing ESG business strategies and sustainable project financing for over 30 years. He is the head of Global Finance at Green Capital Limited and has advised numerous Fortune 500 companies and governments on environmental finance, sustainable energy, and technology innovations.

He is the founder of the Institute for Global Futures and serves as the Director of SLFC, a well-known financial services private equity corporation that has completed over $9 billion USD in transactions in the US and European markets from 2000- to the present.

He is the author of several best-selling books and is a frequent guest commentator on media platforms such as CNBC, PBS, and CNN. He has advised the US Government, the World Bank, and the International Advisory Council, Economic Development Board of Singapore. He has lectured at universities worldwide, including Wharton and Stanford, on the leading trends facing our future.