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In episode 9 Andrew talks to Daniel Hooft, the CEO of bluewater farming company Kelp Blue, about the life skills that prepared him to set up a nature-based solution to climate change.

“I hope there are people looking at what we’re doing and thinking, gosh, that’s exciting, that’s brave but it’s fun and maybe I should do something like that.”

Daniel Hooft was born in the Netherlands, raised in Dubai and Canada, and his journey to founding Kelp Blue has been anything but linear. This is key to his success as an entrepreneurial CEO, he tells Andrew.

Daniel started sculpting while travelling throughout the former USSR after leaving school. He studied engineering back in The Netherlands but kept up his work as a sculptor, and to expand his horizons and inspire his art he went into the oil drilling industry. He spent 20 years working for Shell before setting up Kelp Blue in 2020.

Kelp Blue is a large-scale, zero impact, offshore kelp farming enterprise, which he hopes will provide a for-profit solution to climate change and rewild our oceans. Kelp is a fast-growing giant seaweed that provides a habitat for marine life while sequestering large amounts of CO2 – possibly more than typical land forests. Kelp Blue sustainably harvests the kelp canopy for use in agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and textiles.

In their conversation Daniel talks to Andrew about his leadership lessons, including tapping into indigenous wisdom to manage for the long-term, getting your team to embrace continual change, and why letting people go is key to creating a forward-facing company. 

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Daniel Hooft, CEO, Kelp Blue

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In episode 8 Andrew talks to ‘turnaround specialist’ Rajeev Suri, CEO of leading satellite provider Inmarsat, about successfully riding the waves of change.

“You don’t get people to join you these days, or stay with you, if you don’t have a purpose that resonates with them, that is above and beyond just focusing on profits. Focus on purpose, remember why you exist, and what impact you make on your industry and society.”

Born in India and raised in Kuwait, for 25 years Rajeev Suri worked for Nokia, and made his name as the CEO who reinvented the company following the sale of its handset business.

Two years ago he was appointed CEO of the global satellite communications company Inmarsat, where he has been focusing on growing the company, its core purpose, and leading the way in the sector on carbon neutrality.

His experience in the telecoms industry, which was one of the first to face wave after wave of intense change, provides key insights for leaders dealing with flux in the business world today.

During his conversation with Andrew, Rajeev shares his leadership lessons, including the importance of building belief, being brave and pushing harder.

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Rajeev Suri, CEO, Inmarsat

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In episode 7 Andrew talks to Pinar Akiskalioglu, the founder of Punk Business School, about what business leadership of the future needs to look like.

“I’m accused of being too romantic for business. But business is about humans helping other humans. There’s always a human element. Business leaders should know how to connect economic structures with human emotions.”

Pinar Akiskalioglu describes herself as a “business activist” who is working hard to be the kind of business leader the world needs today. She is the founder of the Punk Business School and her portfolio of purpose-led and human-centred companies includes the sustainable beauty “anti-brand” TAKK.

Andrew talks to Pinar about running a business that discourages overconsumption, her revolutionary approach to business education, which puts emotions and values at its heart, and what leadership of the future needs to look like.

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Pinar Akiskalioglu (@Akiskali), founder Punk Business School and TAKK.

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In episode 6 Andrew talks to Amit Kapur, the Head of UK and Ireland at Tata Consultancy Services, about rethinking leadership.

“Leadership is all about driving change with empathy. Diversity and inclusion is possibly the biggest source of driving change and the source of our growth.”

TCS is one of the biggest tech companies in the world. It describes itself as a “purpose-led organisation that is building a meaningful future through innovation, technology, and collective knowledge.”

Amit joined TCS as a graduate in 1999, and 20 years later he became the Head of UK and Ireland. In his role he is at the forefront of rethinking leadership to include empathy and respect as core values.

In his conversation with Andrew he talks about his background, Tata’s human-centred philosophy and why diversity and inclusion are key drivers for growth and change.

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Amit Kapur, Head of UK and Ireland, TCS

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In episode 5 Andrew talks to Peter Flavel, the CEO of iconic private bank Coutts, about reimagining its role in an era of rising inequality.

“Most people think this echelon of people don’t care. But they do care, they care a lot, and we need them to care because the amount of capital they control is important.”

Peter has more than 35 years’ of experience in international financial services. Before joining Coutts, he was the CEO of JP Morgan Private Wealth Management in Asia Pacific. He also spent nine years with Standard Chartered in Asia founding their global private bank in 2006.

Since joining Coutts in 2016, Peter has led a significant transformation at the bank, with a new focus on modernisation and responsible investments. Under Peter’s leadership Coutts became the first UK private bank to become a B Corp.

Andrew talks to Peter about modernising one of the oldest banks in the world, and his plans to build a bank that better reflects society.

This episode was recorded in February 2023.

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Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Peter Flavel, CEO, Coutts

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In episode 4 Andrew talks to Cherrie Atilano, the CEO and President of the for-purpose agribusiness AGREA Agricultural Systems International.

“Every day I always ask myself, is this decision making me sleep peacefully at night. I hope to wake up every day with great optimism and great excitement to be alive because you’re doing something good, you’re changing lives.”

Cherrie Atilano is the “founding farmer” of AGREA, which aims to eradicate poverty for farming and fishing communities, alleviate the impact of climate change, and create food security in her home country of the Philippines.

One of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders of 2022, Cherrie talks to Andrew about how she founded her business on the core belief that dignifying the agricultural sector is key to its productivity, sustainability and being the point of change in the food system.

This episode was recorded in September 2022.

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Cherrie Atilano (@cdatilano), CEO and president, AGREA.

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In this episode Andrew talks to Emma Howard Boyd CBE, the Chair of the Green Finance Institute and former Chair of England’s environmental regulator, about green finance and preparing for the coming climate storm.

“I think it’s about people who are focusing on solutions, who are focusing on a partnership approach, a collaborative approach, and who are listening.”

This decade is the most important in terms of the shift that needs to happen if we’re to meet our climate targets. And Emma Howard Boyd has been at the forefront of that here in the UK, with an extensive career in green finance.

From 2016 until September 2022 she was the Chair of England’s environmental regulator. She’s also the Chair of the Green Finance Institute and a Global Ambassador for the UN’s Race to Zero and Race to Resilience campaigns.

She talks to Andrew about the need for pace, boldness, kindness and compassion – and what’s on her leadership radar.

This episode was recorded in May 2022.

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Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Emma Howard Boyd (@EmmaHowardBoyd), former chair, England’s Environment Agency.

Emma’s recommended book is The Listening Shift by Janie van Hool

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In this episode Andrew talks to Pinky Lilani, food guru, entrepreneur and champion of women in business, about why kindness is power.

“I like to make connections, make a difference to people’s lives without them even asking. Leaders must do things without people asking.”

Leadership is undergoing a profound revolution - those who show empathy and lead on social issues will thrive in the years ahead. And in this series you’ll meet global leaders who are showing the way.

Pinky Lilani started her professional life as a self-taught chef and author. Today she’s at the helm of a global network of women leaders.

Recognising and developing human potential is her super power. She is the founder and chair of a number of awards recognising influential women, including the annual Women of the Future Awards and the Asian Women of Achievement Awards. And in 2015 she was awarded a CBE for services to women in business.

In her conversation with Andrew she shares her insights into leadership - including why kindness is critical to business success and how to meaningfully improve diversity in an organisation.

This episode was recorded in May 2022.

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Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Pinky Lilani (@pinkylilani), Founder and Chair, Women of The Future

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In the first episode of a new series, Andrew talks to Jack Sim, the Founder and Director of the World Toilet Organisation.

“Today we say a billionaire is one who took a billion dollars from everyone else. We are incentivising selfishness. We need to define a billionaire as one who improved the life of a billion people.”

Dr Andrew White is a leadership coach and Senior Fellow in Management Practice at Said Business School, where his work focuses on leadership that’s fit for the 21st century. And in this podcast series Andrew is in conversation with exemplary leaders who are showcasing the new rules of leadership.

Kicking off Series 3, Andrew talks to Jack Sim, who is a remarkable example of what can be achieved when you lead for impact and purpose. Jack grew up in a slum in Singapore and describes himself as a “serial entrepreneur” – he has successfully set up 16 businesses - but “retired’ aged 40 to devote himself to changing the world. 

He looked for a wicked problem to fix, and turned his attention to sanitation – and in particular to toilets. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 1.7 billion people still do not have access to basic sanitation, such as private toilets or latrines. Of these, 494 million still defecate in the open.

To improve toilet conditions worldwide, Jack set up the “WTO” - the World Toilet Organisation.

He talks to Andrew about how he created a global movement with – in his words – no money no status, and only two other full-time members of staff. It is a true inspiration for anyone setting out to achieve what might look impossible.

His motto is: “Live a useful life”.

This episode was recorded in May 2022.

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Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Jack Sim (@jackwto), founder, World Toilet Organisation

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In episode 5 of this bonus miniseries of Leadership2050, Andrew White and co-host Adam Canwell of EY talk to Gaude Paez, Head of Global Corporate Affairs at Riot Games, about reshaping company culture.

Riot Games is the game developer and publisher behind blockbuster PC games such as League of Legends and Valorant. Gaude talks openly about the cultural transformations Riot Games undertook to shift the disruptive communication behaviors that had emerged over the years following a 2018 class-action lawsuit in the US and the impact of a global pandemic. How do you effectively reshape a company’s culture and reset expectations in the wake of a crisis? We’ll hear how co-constructing a social movement with leaders and the workforce is key.

Says Gaude: “The health of your workforce, how people work together towards a common goal, can make or break a company. Don’t underestimate as leaders the distance you might have from the day-to-day experience of some of your employees, so it’s helpful to get folks who are closer to that in the loop early. That really pays off in terms of striking the right tone. It’s all about the human element.”

For this special deep dive into transformation leadership Dr Andrew White has teamed up with research partner Adam Canwell from the EY organisation to explore the journey global leaders and their workforce went through as they successfully led their organisations through significant change. The series is part of a year-long research project in which Andrew and Adam’s team has surveyed 935 senior leaders and direct reports, as well as 1,127 workforce members from around the globe and across multiple industries. Their aim is to demystify the process of transformation.

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Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Adam Canwell, EY Oceania Workforce Advisory Leader.

Gaude Paez (@GaudeP), Head of Global Corporate Affairs, Riot Games.

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In episode 4 of this bonus miniseries of Leadership2050, Andrew White and co-host Adam Canwell of EY talk to Christiane Wijsen, Head of Corporate Strategy and Consulting at Boehringer Ingelheim, about creating the social movement you need for a successful transformation.

Christiane shares her insights into the transformations she has led and how creating a belief system and sense of community will lead an organisation through radical change. Have a true interest in people, she stresses, as where it goes wrong is on the emotional side when people don’t buy into the transformation.    

Says Christiane: “Pick up by listening well to the true worries of people and the things you need to fix. You need very good emotional intelligence, listening skills and opening up, creating a safe environment where people can speak up and talk about their concerns. Don’t forget in any transformation you’re dealing with human beings.” 

For this special deep dive into transformation leadership Dr Andrew White has teamed up with research partner Adam Canwell from the EY organisation to explore the journey global leaders and their workforce went through as they successfully led their organisations through significant change. The series is part of a year-long research project in which Andrew and Adam’s team has surveyed 935 senior leaders and direct reports, as well as 1,127 workforce members from around the globe and across multiple industries. Their aim is to demystify the process of transformation.

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Adam Canwell, EY Oceania Workforce Advisory Leader.

Christiane Wijsen, Head of Corporate Strategy and Consulting, Boehringer Ingelheim

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In episode 3 of this bonus miniseries of Leadership2050, Andrew White and co-host Adam Canwell of EY talk to Geoff Skingsley, the Chairman of L’Oréal UK and Ireland, a company that’s been at the forefront of transformation.

Geoff shares his insights into how L’Oréal reinvented itself as a digital-first company in 2013/14. How as a highly successful organisation can you get ahead of the disruptions you’re facing into? How do you create true belief in a transformation across a top team and out into an organisation? And how can leaders create an environment that constantly learns as you go forward?  

Says Geoff: “As part of the transformation strategy the entire executive committee was taken for a week to Silicon Valley. We bathed in disruption and saw first hand why they did it and how they did it. Because either we will take part in the disruption or we ourselves will be disrupted. This is what the future looks like.”

For this special deep dive into transformation leadership Dr Andrew White has teamed up with research partner Adam Canwell from the EY organisation to explore the journey global leaders and their workforce went through as they successfully led their organisations through significant change. The series is part of a year-long research project in which Andrew and Adam’s team has surveyed 935 senior leaders and direct reports, as well as 1,127 workforce members from around the globe and across multiple industries. Their aim is to demystify the process of transformation.

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Adam Canwell, EY Oceania Workforce Advisory Leader.

Geoff Skingsley, Chairman, L’Oréal UK

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In episode 2 of this bonus miniseries of Leadership2050, Andrew White and co-host Adam Canwell of EY talk to Rob Thomas, Chief Operating Officer of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.

What can leaders who’ve been through the process of radical organisational change teach us about the secrets of a successful transformation? What are the pitfalls to avoid?

Rob Thomas has led the transformation of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team at a critical point in the company’s history, and here he talks frankly about what worked, and what he’d do differently next time.

Says Rob: “You’ve got to find a way to enjoy it, because it takes its toll. And don’t try to carry the burden on your own shoulders. People appreciate honesty. We told them we didn’t have all the answers. And the emotion and uncertainty part of it is perfectly normal. You’re not alone. We all feel it at every single level.”

For this special deep dive into transformation leadership Dr Andrew White has teamed up with research partner Adam Canwell from the EY organisation to explore the journey global leaders and their workforce went through as they successfully led their organisations through significant change. The series is part of a year-long research project in which Andrew and Adam’s team has surveyed 935 senior leaders and direct reports, as well as 1,127 workforce members from around the globe and across multiple industries. Their aim is to demystify the process of transformation.

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Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business

School, University of Oxford.

Adam Canwell, EY Oceania Workforce Advisory Leader.

Rob Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One

Team.

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For this special deep dive into transformation leadership Andrew has teamed up with research partner Adam Canwell from the EY organisation to explore the journey six global leaders and their workforce went through as they successfully led their organisations through significant change.

We start the series with Allison Rossiter, who has led Roche Diagnostics Australia through a radical programme of company culture change. Here she shares her experience and advice on how to lead a workforce through the emotional journey of transformation.

Over the past year, Andrew and Adam’s research team has surveyed 935 senior leaders and direct reports, as well as 1,127 workforce members from around the globe and across multiple industries. Their Transformation Leadership: Humans@Centre research tells us that the success or failure of business transformation is rooted in human emotions and therefore putting humans at the centre can improve your odds of success by more than two and a half times.

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business

School, University of Oxford.

Adam Canwell, EY Oceania Workforce Advisory Leader.

Allison Rossiter (@ali_rossiter), Managing Director, Roche Diagnostics

Australia.

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In this Transformation Leadership2050 series, Andrew White teams up with research partner and co-host Adam Canwell from EY to chat about the forthcoming series on transformation.

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In this bonus miniseries of the Leadership2050 podcast we’re taking a deep dive into transformation leadership.

In this Transformation Leadership2050 series, Andrew White teams up with research partner and co-host Adam Canwell from EY to explore the journey six global leaders and their workforce went through as they successfully led their organisations through significant change.

Throughout the episodes you will hear from leaders in Europe, Australia and the US working across a range of industries from healthcare and consumer goods to electronics. Along the way you’ll find out about the six key drivers that can lead to transformation success.

When a company looks at its current way of operating and realises it is unsustainable, radical change is needed. This can be a difficult process and the rate of failure for transformation projects remains stubbornly high. Andrew and Adam demystify where large-scale transformations go wrong and what organisations can do to get them right. And in these frank and revealing conversations you’ll hear how leading the emotional journey is key.

Sharing their experiences, insight and advice are Allison Rossiter from Roche Diagnostics, Rob Thomas of Mercedes AMG-Petronas Formula One, Christiane Wijsen from Boehringer Ingelheim, Geoff Skingsley of L'Oréal UK and Ireland, Gaude Paez from Riot Games and Paul Nanninga from Ricoh Global Services.

As a Senior Fellow in Management Practice at Saïd Business School, Andrew’s ongoing mission is to explore what i takes to be a successful leader in the modern age. Today this mission is more important than ever before given the scale of political, social and technological disruption we are facing. The need to transform successfully - and to do so continuously - is an imperative for all organisations.

Over the past year, Andrew and Adam’s research team has surveyed 935 senior leaders and direct reports, as well as 1,127 workforce members from around the globe and across multiple industries. Their Transformation Leadership: Humans@Centre research tells us that the success or failure of business transformation is rooted in human emotions and therefore putting humans at the centre can improve your odds of success by more than two

and a half times. Andrew's research and teaching focuses on how leaders transcend 21st century challenges such as disruptive technology change and the climate crisis. Also, how they create cultures that are diverse, inclusive, resilient and high performing, alongside the ongoing challenge of delivering profitable growth. At Oxford he directs the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme, and works with leaders from industry and governments across the world.

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In episode 6, Andrew talks to modern mystic Thomas Hübl about the business benefits of personal spiritual work and trauma-informed leadership.

Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher and author whose work integrates ancient wisdom with the discoveries of science. He is the founder of the Academy of Inner Science, which studies the principles of human inner development. Since 2004, he has taught and facilitated programmes with more than 100,000 people worldwide.

He is at the forefront of bringing spiritual practices and teaching to the business world to revolutionise leadership. Trauma-informed leadership, believes Thomas, makes organisations more resilient, supportive, effective and less damaging to people and the planet. It’s a new way of doing business that puts moral values at the heart of a company’s work.

“Leaders can have a healing effect on their organisation,” says Thomas.

Originally a paramedic for nine years and a student of medicine for four, Thomas left his studies at the University of Vienna to spend four years on retreat, leading to a new path teaching meditation and mindfulness-based practices. Opening dialogue around some of the most painful atrocities and collective traumas our world has experienced is at the heart of Thomas’s work. His non-profit, the Pocket Project, works to support the healing of collective trauma throughout the world.

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Thomas Hübl (@ThomasHuebl), founder, Academy of Inner Science

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In episode 5, Andrew talks to circular economy pioneer Jessica Long about the big idea that’s revolutionising business, and what it takes to be a great leader.

For more than two decades Jessica has been helping organisations increase their competitiveness and drive profitable growth while creating positive economic, environmental and societal impact. She is the Chief Strategy Officer at Closed Loop Partners, a NYC-based investment firm that provides equity and project finance to scale products, services and infrastructure at the forefront of the circular economy. She is also co-author of The Circular Economy Handbook: Realizing the Circular Advantage.

In her conversation with Andrew, Jessica talks openly about her life and career and the personal and professional turning points that have shaped her as a leader. She shares her insights into how the circular economy model is reimagining business and business relationships, the recipe for great leadership, and why leaders have a responsibility to use their power to change the things that matter.

Says Jessica: “One of the marks of a great leader is being able to bring people who may not agree with you along towards the right thing.”

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Jessica Long (@jessicalongdev), Chief Strategy Officer, Closed Loop Partners.

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In episode 4, Andrew talks to Paul Polman, one of the world’s leading proponents of sustainable capitalism, about using business to drive positive global transformation.

Paul has been called one of the standout business leaders of his generation. For ten years as the CEO at Unilever, he helped revolutionise corporate thinking. He proved that putting purpose and sustainability first was the right way to run a business – Unilever’s profits went up while simultaneously ranking number 1 for sustainability.

Paul was also a member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel, which developed the Sustainable Development Goals, and as an active SDG Advocate he continues to work with global organisations and across industry to push the 2030 development agenda. He is Chair of the B Team and Saïd Business School, Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact and honorary Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, which he led for two years. 

In 2019 Paul co-founded IMAGINE, whose mission is to support business leaders in a “courageous collective” to build a sustainable future.

In conversation with Andrew he reveals everything he’s learned about moral leadership, and talks about his new book – Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take.

Says Paul: I’ve always felt that business should profit from solving the world’s problems not creating the world’s problems.

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Paul Polman (@PaulPolman), Co-Founder and Chair, IMAGINE.

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Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

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In episode 3, Andrew talks to Audette Exel, the founder and CEO of the pioneering Adara Group – one of the world’s first businesses for purpose.

Audette Exel is not afraid to rip up the rulebook. In fact she’d positively encourage it. Because now is not the time for “business as usual”, and it’s the rebels who are doing things differently.

When she left the world of activism to become a lawyer and then a corporate finance magnet, critics said she’d sold out. But by connecting the world of finance with humanitarian development, she has shown a new way forward for the business world.

It’s been said of Audette “she makes money to make change”.

25 years ago she set up the Adara Group, with a radical new model – a development foundation funded by a financial advisory business. To date, Adara businesses have donated nearly £10million (AUD $18million) to Adara Development, which provides health and education support to remote communities in Nepal and Uganda. Donors have contributed a further £30million (AUD $54million) to the projects.

Corporate philanthropy is, Audette believes, the way of the future. “I am a social justice business person,” she says.

Says Audette: “I believe the next ten years are going to be the most important in all of our lives, facing existential threats to humanity. And business knows that. Companies that are not purpose-led are not going to be in existence in any significant way within a decade.”

Featuring:

Dr Andrew White, Senior Fellow of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Audette Exel, founder and CEO, Adara Group.

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