Philippe Joubert  Philippe Joubert (born 5 June 1954 in Saint-Etienne, France), is a French Brazilian business executive. Joubert is Founder & CEO of Earth on Board, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy for Energy and Climate for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Chair of the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, and is the Chair of the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership where he is a Fellow. He is also Senior Advisor for International Development at World Energy Council (WEC). He acts as an advisor to the CEOs of several major global companies on sustainable development and sits on various boards and advisory boards as a Non-Executive Director. Previously, Joubert was President of Alstom Power and Deputy-CEO of Alstom Group. Philippe Joubert was born in Saint-Etienne in France. Joubert graduated from ESSEC Business School where he majored in Finance and Economy, and served as Assistant to the Finance Professor. Thereafter, he took courses in New York University, the IMD (International Institute for Management Development), and Schumacher College. After graduating from ESSEC Business School, Joubert began his career in 1976 as Secretary for the Chamber of Commerce in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Between 1977 and 1982, he held various positions in Brazilian bank BFB, part of Credit Lyonnais; in 1983, he moved to the USA where he was promoted to Commercial Vice-President of Credit Lyonnais USA. Philippe is Founder and CEO of Earth on Board, a group comprising members from CISL, WBCSD, CDP, We Mean Business, Client Earth and The B Team. The education element of the ecosystem is built and offered in partnership with Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Joubert joined Alstom in 1986, as Finance Director of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada in Brazil. In 1991, he was appointed President & CEO of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada, and additionally, in 1992, General Delegate of GEC ALSTHOM in Brazil. In 1997, he became Country President, GEC ALSTHOM Brazil. In 2000, he was appointed President of Alstom's Transmission & Distribution Sector (product and solutions for transmission and distribution networks, with 3.2bn € sales, 25 000 employees in 70 countries) and member of the Alstom Group Executive Committee in France.