Miguel Veiga-Pestana

Experience & Background

Miguel Veiga-Pestana is Chief Sustainability Officer for Drax Group Ltd, based in London. He is a purpose-led business leader with a 30+ year proven international track record in major global corporations and the not-for-profit sector.

A change agent and trusted strategic advisor to boards and the C-suite looking to build and protect reputation and purpose and embed sustainability into core strategy, he blends commercial and not-for-profit international experience.

Veiga-Pestana was previously VP for External Affairs and Sustainability at Unilever, Chief Communications Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Head of Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer for Reckitt.  He was born in Madeira and is of Portuguese descent.

Expertise & Interests

Sustainability, purpose, non-for-profit sector.