THE CHAIRMAN OF ANGLO-AMERICAN CORPORATION GREETS ME IN HIS office, a modest, wood-panelled room at the top of the company’s headquarters in Carlton House Terrace in central London. The room is accented with numerous artefacts from his global travels. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart’s career in the natural resources sector, spanning 35 years at Shell before joining Anglo in 2001, has taken him all around the developing world, from his childhood home in Antigua, to (amongst others) Turkey, Oman, Malaysia, Nigeria and of course, South Africa.

Today, Sir Mark is far better known for his determined and often outspoken leadership on corporate responsibility, good governance and sustainable development than for heading up some of the world’s largest companies. He and his wife Judy famously served tea to antiglobalisation protestors camped outside his home, as filmed in Joel Bakan’s documentary, The Corporation. He believes deeply in the potential for business, civil society and governments to create rational, consensus-based frameworks for regulating decisions on the toughest issues we face. And while he fervently supports voluntary initiatives, he is a big believer in the bold moves only government can make.