Jim Walker (rower)

Biography
James David Campbell Walker (born 25 August 1968) is a British former Olympic rower and subsequently climate change campaigner. He was active in international rowing between 1985 and 2000.

Rowing career
Walker won a bronze medal in the Men's Eight event at the 1989 World Rowing Championships and competed for Great Britain in the same boat class at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He competed for Great Britain at two Junior World Championships (1985 and 1986), the 1987 U23 World Championships, the 1987 World Student Games, six World Championships from 1989 to 1995, and two Goodwill Games in 1990 and 1994. He was a member of the Great Britain sculling squad in 1998, was a reserve for the 1999 World Championships sweep team and also a final trialist for the British team for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

During his rowing career he competed for clubs including King's School, Chester, Imperial College Boat Club, University of London Boat Club, Leander Club and Molesey Boat Club.

He is a four-time winner at Henley Royal Regatta, including the Stewards' Challenge Cup in 1989 and 1991, the Prince Philip Challenge Cup in 1993 and the Visitors' Challenge Cup in 1987.

Post-sport career
Together with Dr. Steve Howard and Alison Lucas, Walker co-founded the international climate change organization The Climate Group in 2004, serving for 10 years as COO in London, Beijing and the United States. In 2014 he worked as founding CEO to help establish the We Mean Business coalition, a campaign that worked to mobilize business in support of the United Nations Paris Agreement on climate. He was until October 2023 a Senior Director at the international sustainable energy initiative Sustainable Energy for All, reporting to two successive Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General.