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Dame Helena Morrissey: Women Rising to the Top and Helping Business to Flourish
Dame Helena Morrissey understands how isolating and intimidating it can be for women in the male-dominated financial sector. She’s a seasoned expert with over three decades of experience in the financial services sector. During her 15-year tenure as CEO of
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Convergence Partners: Impact Investing, and the Metrics Needed to Ascertain the Benefits
It’s possible to fudge the definition of ‘impact’ in one’s favour – and that’s just not acceptable for South Africa’s Convergence Partners. Business owners, communities and the environment must – as a precondition for sustainability, inclusion and prosperity – participate
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KPMG Lower Gulf: What Should Banks Focus On?
Shifting Customer Behavior, Economic Headwinds, Intensifying Competition, Regulatory Pressure and Technological Disruption – What Should Banks Focus On? It has been a tumultuous last 12 months for banks. Reeling from the aftershock of the pandemic, despite Central Bank actions to
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Uzbekistan ‘s Enter Engineering announces Covid years project updates and operations guidance
According to Ulugbek Usmanov, General Director at Enter Engineering: “Enter Engineering is involved in a variety of projects central to Uzbekistan’s growth and development. From the huge and pioneering GTL project – which is part of the country’s ambitious energy
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Shishir Poddar & Tirupati Graphite: Sustainability is the Buzz Word
Increasingly, investors want their cash to have a real impact on efforts to combat climate change; they want to see positive and measurable social and environmental effects, along with a financial return. While some businesses are scrambling to rethink their
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Chaiwat Kovavisarach – Green Values Take Bangchak From Refinery to Icon Status
Chaiwat Kovavisarach, president and chief executive officer of Thailand’s Bangchak Corporation, is a man on a mission. Under his guidance, Bangchak has grown from a Thai refinery into a transnational energy corporation. Kovavisarach brought a quarter-century of experience in engineering,
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Inter Seguros: We Need to Talk about Insurance, Brazil
A silent revolution is helping thousands of Brazilian families to plan and take care of the things that matter most Revolutionising markets and simplifying the lives of its customers are the foundations of the culture of Banco Inter, the first
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Inter Seguros CEO: Paulo Padilha
Chief executive Paulo Padilha is proud of the people driving the company forward, and their sense of purpose. “We are a team highly committed to the experience of our customers,” he says, “and we are aware of our mission to
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Mackenzie Scott: Giving Wealth Away
Mackenzie Scott, the third-richest woman in the world, last year started giving her wealth away. “There are lots of resources each of us can pull from our safes to share with others,” she said. “I have a disproportionate amount of
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Boost R&D to Ensure Sustainable Post-Covid Recovery: Economists
Increased investment in research and development is crucial to post-covid recovery, say economists calling for lasting improvements in the field. The European Commission’s €750bn Covid-19 Recovery Fund should help the bloc to hit its longstanding – but so far consistently
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