William Pascoe Watkins (5 December 1893 – 2 January 1995) was an English co-operator and writer who served as director of the International Co-operative Alliance from 1951 to 1963.
[1][2] Watkins trained as a teacher and was awarded a degree in philosophy and economics from the University of London, and served in France during the First World War.
[1][3] In 1929 he joined the secretariat of the International Co-operative Alliance, then from 1940 he worked in the editorial staff of the Reynold's News.
In 1946 he was appointed as an advisor on co-operatives to the Control Commission for Germany, rehabilitating the country's consumer co-operative movement, for which in 1959 he was awarded the Cross of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany.
[1][4] In 1951 he was appointed director of the International Co-operative Alliance, retiring in 1963.