Inside the ICE House

Gale Klappa, Executive Chairman of WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC), isn’t just focused on powering Wisconsin and his 4.6 million customers across the Midwest. Klappa is helping the Badger State grow as well, while growing shareholder value at the same time. He sat down Inside the ICE House to discuss the business of WEC and its emphasis on Affordable, Reliable, and Clean (ARC) energy. A renaissance man, Kappa dives into his roles with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, highlighting how he balances being a minority owner of the team while also serving as radio host of “Courtside with the Milwaukee Bucks.”

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Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO of Axel Springer, whose audacious acquisitions of Insider, Morning Brew and now POLITICO, have made the German company a major player in American media, is just getting started. He sees global trends of weakened democracies and eroded freedoms continuing without a revolutionary shift in trade policies. Mathias shares how his views were shaped over a career that began as an aspiring journalist in a divided Germany to building Axel Springer into a digital media empire. Mathias' new book, THE TRADE TRAP: How to Stop Doing Business with Dictators, is out now from Simon and Schuster.

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In this episode, ICE’s Gordon Bennett sits down with Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and co-founder of Climate Vault. Michael shares how his career led to the creation of Climate Vault to attach the dollars of damage done by each ton of CO2 emissions to the cost of doing business. He explains how his organization uses the carbon compliance markets to accomplish its goals of addressing climate change by putting a fair value on carbon and using its proceeds to fund carbon removal technology.

Kamran Khan, Managing Director and Head of ESG for Asia-Pacific for Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB), discusses the state of ESG in Asia and across the globe. Ahead of his appearance at ICE’s Annual Climate and Capital Conference, Kamran sat down Inside the ICE to discuss the business of ESG and how his current role allows him to combine all aspects of his career from policy to business. He emphasizes the importance of sustainability in business, highlighting the need to create value for companies and consumers while also addressing environmental and social concerns.

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Dave Flitman, CEO of US Foods (NYSE:USFD) leads the foodservice distributor’s fleet of trucks, distribution centers, and 29,000+ employees that ensure your local restaurant has the raw materials to make your favorite dish. He returned to the NYSE for the first time as US Foods CEO to raise awareness for Hunger Action Month part of a nationwide campaign to ensure everyone can have food on their table.  Dave explained how US Foods leverages technology and its people to constantly improve for its thousands of customers across all state.

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Jeff Ubben, Founder, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager of Inclusive Capital Partners, wants to engage companies and stakeholders on the hard work of combatting climate change and adapting to emerging risks. For the past five years at the helm of Inclusive Capital, Jeff has brought his experience, and dollars, to bear on company boards to elicit action and change. He ventured Inside the ICE House to raise the curtain on his keynote address on innovation at the 2023 ICE Climate and Capital Conference held at the New York Stock Exchange.

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Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, spent many years on Wall Street making “big calls on big stocks” as one of the top analysts in the industry, then climbed the ranks further through the highest echelons of financial services. She sits down Inside the ICE House to share her story of working, and winning, in a male-dominated environment, and how her experience led her to the founding of Ellevest, which offers the only investing algorithm centered on women and growing their wealth. 

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Noah Syken, Vice President of Sports and Entertainment Partnerships at IBM (NYSE: IBM), gave us an exclusive peek behind the curtain of IBM’s Command at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center at this year’s US Open. Noah shared how technology and A.I. are transforming the way sports events are controlled, conducted, and consumed. Noah’s own career parallels the growth of cutting-edge creative tech to enhance the fan experience, from courtside in Queens to the fairways of Augusta.

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Vincent Viola, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Virtu Financial, is a son of Brooklyn, a cadet of West Point, a brother of the NYMEX trading pits, and now an owner of Panthers and winner of the Prince of Wales Trophy. Vinnie’s NHL hockey team fell short of the Stanley Cup in 2023, but his team from Miami is setting its sights on the big prize in ‘24. Vinnie stopped by the NYSE Library to delve deep into the virtues of capitalism and the challenges of national security.

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Paula DiPerna, strategic environmental advisor and former president of the Chicago Climate Exchange, joins us to discuss her latest book, "Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect our Most Precious Assets." From working with Jacques Cousteau meeting Pope Francis to creating the world’s first cap-and-trade system, DiPerna walks us through her career journey and shares her 360 degree view on environmentalism as a funder, supplicant, creator, and author. Her book posits the question, “How can our markets value things that are dispensable at billions of dollars, and the atmosphere at 0?” and our conversation with Paula addresses the answer.

Rostin Behnam, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair, is responsible for the commodities markets overseeing everything from corn to crude to coffee to crypto. He joins the podcast to talk about the complexity of regulating the diverse markets that touch across all of ICE’s business lines. Serving such a diverse array of products also means the CFTC is answerable to Wall Street firms, Washington, and every rancher and farmer in the country. Rostin oversees that robust regulatory agenda with the singular focus on helping the economy grow by providing critical risk management, price discovery and market integrity to commercial companies world-wide.

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Gary Cohn, American business leader, investor and former director of the U.S. Economic Council, reflects on overcoming obstacles and his journey from Wall Street to Washington and back. Gary joins ICE’s Amanda Hindlian to discuss everything from his upbringing to professional success, living through a history of financial crises and bringing a pro-growth, pro-business, pro-US agenda to the White House. Gary believes in creating a friendly environment where everyone wins -- for companies, employees, consumers, and the U.S. global position.

Vincent Mortier, Chief Investment Officer of Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager and one of the world’s top 10, joined the podcast to survey inflation expectations and where the global economy is headed from here. He shared the questions investors are asking, where he sees valuations going, and finding creativity in the investment process. He also touched on the rise of AI and whether the “AI rally” bears comparisons to the “Dot Com Bubble.” He wrapped up with a discussion on growth projections in Asia and how having ESG-related investment objectives are important to the climate transition.

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Stephan Scholl, CEO of Alight (NYSE: ALIT), is turning the disruption technology that transformed business operations and customer experience over the past decade back onto the companies themselves. His goal? Improve employee wellbeing by making it easier to navigate their benefits including healthcare, retirement plans, and more. Stephan talked about Alight’s Worklife platform, his career, and improving employee well-being, from simplifying HR processes to mental health.

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Semafor co-founder and editor-in-chief Ben Smith, after writing miles worth of news articles and columns, has published his first book: TRAFFIC: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. Our ICE House conversation takes listeners on a drive from the nascent days of online media to the current digital landscape, with pitstops at key moments that defined the growth of the internet as both a source of news and place to invest capital. Ben’s own journey, from POLITICO to Buzzfeed to the Times, and now to founding Semafor, embodies the books narrative, from the first “viral” posts to putting his thesis for modern journalism to the test with his new entrepreneurial endeavor. 

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Rep. French Hill, the five-term Congressman from the 2nd District of Arkansas, returns to the ICE House during one of his frequent forays from Capitol Hill to Wall Street. The conversation starts where episode 39 left off, with the need for more business leaders and less business-as-usual in Washington. Then, Congressman Hill caught us up on his legislative work on everything from digital assets to foreign affairs, the political evolution of his home state, and looking to the next generation for public service.

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Frank Bisignano, the legendary chairman, president and CEO of Fiserv (NYSE: FI), took the worn path from Brooklyn to Wall Street, but has seen success few have matched in removing the friction between buyers and sellers. After celebrating the transfer of his company’s listing from Nasdaq to the NYSE, Frank stepped Inside the ICE House to talk about the future of payments, navigating mergers and how Fiserv’s Clover platform transforms small businesses. Frank shared his story of rising through the ranks of Wall Street, riding a phoenix through the rebirth of First Data, and the future the FinTech Revolution.

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 Mandy Long, CEO of BigBear.ai (NYSE:BBAI), talks about building the diverse team and technology to provide clients with the AI powered analytics and cyber solutions to solve the problems of today and tomorrow. Since joining BigBear.ai in October 2022, Mandy has turned around the company’s prospects by focusing and systematizing the entire organization on BigBear.ai’s unique strengths.  She also discusses the current state of AI, its misconceptions, and how her company works with the federal government, partners like L3Harris (NYSE:LHX), and clients to integrate AI into everyday operations  

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Michael McFall, co-CEO and co-founder of Biggby Coffee, joins the podcast to discuss “Grow: Take Your Business From Chaos to Calm.” In his second book, Mike continues the story of his career arc from minimum wage barista to cofounder to organizational leader. The pages reveal the core learnings he picked up along the way about creating the environment needed for sustained commercial success.  Mike shared his thoughts on leadership, business, and the conscious capitalism mentality needed to evolve a company from the startup grind to sustainability. 

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