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Back to homepageLeighton Smith and Andrew Evans: Serendipitous Rise Puts Dynamic Duo at the Top
Serendipity brought Leighton Smith and Andrew Evans together at a time when they couldn’t have predicted their career trajectory — either in the financial services industry or their professional partnership. They met as youngsters in Kingston, Jamaica, with their feet
Read MoreVM Finance Poised to Lead Property Financing for SMEs
VM Finance entered the non-bank specialist funding industry in 2018, armed with a wealth of experience in credit writing, backed by its parent company’s century-long work in the mortgage sector. There was a clear need in the United Kingdom housing
Read MoreOtaviano Canuto: Some Economies May Soon Face a Hard Landing
Weaker performance of emerging markets is expected in the immediate future. This year began with simultaneous signs of a slowdown in global economic growth and a reorientation toward tightening of monetary policies in advanced economies. In its latest Global Economic
Read MoreCharlotte McCurdy Getting Creative about Climate Change: Time to Plant the Seed
Charlotte McCurdy, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and professor, wants creatives to join the fight against climate change. McCurdy believes the world needs more STEM innovators to solve its most pressing challenges — and more dreamers to ask
Read MoreActive Re COO Luis Antonio Ibáñez: Sound Underwriting, Respect, and an Eye for Opportunity…
‘Our policy? No policy. We have strategy instead,’ quips COO of reinsurance giant Active Re Active Re, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Barbados, has business development offices in Miami, Panama City, and Madrid. The company has 54 representatives around
Read MoreSociété Générale Congo: Innovation in Congo Puts Societe Generale in Leadership Position
Société Générale Congo launched in April 2012 as a subsidiary of leading European financial services provider Société Générale Group. It has since become one of the main players in the country’s banking sector. Managing director and CEO Alain Calmels has
Read MoreGraphite and Graphene for the Green Transition: Tirupati Graphite Leading the Way
As the world moves deeper into the energy transition, new materials are needed to support technologies that will lower carbon outputs for the future. Graphite is officially listed as a critical mineral in the EU and the US. Its potential
Read MoreSpring Reads: Three Business Books on the CFI.co Radar
Naomi Snelling buries herself in some inspiring works that bring meaning — and more — to corporate life. Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies by Ranjay Gulati A wave of books about corporate purpose has broken over
Read MoreRebecca Carter, WiseEnergy: Aligning the Stars to Create a Smart Solar System
When Rebecca Carter joined WiseEnergy as COO in February 2019, she was seeking to return to an international role in a socially responsible industry with enormous growth potential. She was successfully assimilated into the renewables sector and within nine months
Read MoreAVEVA: Software is the Key to Sustainable Industries
Digital thinking and data-led operations will accelerate the drive to net-zero and a decade of action. By Peter Herweck, CEO of AVEVA The world is on the cusp of transformation to sustainability. Global leaders are faced with a golden —
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