Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change29 Syys 2021

Greening the City of London - Ep 56: The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor William Russell

William Russel was elected as Alderman for the Ward of Bread Street in 2013 and served as Sheriff of the City of London in 2016-17. He has been the Lord Mayor of the City of London since 2019.

Before leaving for public service, William Russell spent over 30 years working in the financial sector. In 1987 he went to work for First Boston Corporation before joining Merrill Lynch in 1992 as an investment banker in Institutional Equity Sales, working in Asia, New York and London.

William is currently Chair of CDAM, a London based Asset Management business, and Senior Advisor to STJ Advisors. He was also on the Board of Innovate Finance, the industry body for the UK based FinTech community.

He has a number of charitable interests. He has served as Chair of the Development Board of the Royal Court Theatre, he is a Board Member of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Barbican Centre and is on the Council of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust. He is immediate past Chair of Prostate Cancer UK and is currently Deputy Chair of Place2Be, a children’s mental health charity. He is a Trustee of Morden College and a past member of the Development Board of the Charterhouse.

William is the fifth member of his family to be Lord Mayor in the past 110 years.

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Mobility, Cities and Social Entrepreneurship - Ep22: Robin Chase

Further reading:Official Bio: http://www.robinchase.org/ Peers Incorporated Book (2015)http://www.peersincorporated.com/what-we-do Tucowshttps://www.tucows.com/ World Resources Institutehttps://ww...

9 Joulu 20201h 5min

Clean Energy Coalition-Builder - Ep21: Claude Turmes

Further reading:Official Biohttps://gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/documents/ministres/cv/2019/en/Turmes-EN-Oct2019.pdfEnergy Transformation - An Opportunity for Europe (Claude Turme’s book)https://www.li...

2 Joulu 202056min

A Life of Energy Access and Inclusion - Ep20: Richenda Van Leeuwen

Further reading:Official Biohttps://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/richenda-van-leeuwen/ UNDP launches global call to action encouraging nature-based solutions for sustainable development (2...

25 Marras 20201h 6min

Leadership from the Heart of the Problem - Ep19: Mike Bennetts

Further reading:Official Bio: https://z.co.nz/about-z/who-is-z-energy/our-leadership-team/ Bosses in Lockdown: Z Energy’s Mike Bennetts (Wednesday 8th of April 2020) (radio)CEO of Z Energy Mike B...

18 Marras 20201h 3min

Women Backing Winners - Ep18: Nancy Pfund

Further reading: Official Bio http://www.dblpartners.vc/people/nancy-pfund/Audio feature: smart finance for a sustainable food system (September 24th 2020) https://www.ft.com/content/ac7e52f5-245c-44b...

11 Marras 20201h 7min

Innovation and Power - Ep17: Prof. Ernest J. Moniz

Further readingOfficial Biohttps://www.nti.org/about/leadership-and-staff/ernest-moniz/ Energy Futures Initiativewww.energyfuturesinitiative.orgReport calls on California to lead on carbon capture fo...

6 Marras 20201h 18min

Sustainable Energy for All - Ep16: Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella

Further reading:Dr Yumkella’s Wikipedia entryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh\_Yumkella Sustainable Energy for Allhttps://www.seforall.org/ UNIDOhttps://www.unido.org/ Rio+20https://sustainable...

4 Marras 20201h 28min

The Debunker-in-Chief - Ep15: Auke Hoekstra

Further reading:Auke’s profile on the Eindhoven University of Technology’s websitehttps://research.tue.nl/en/persons/auke-e-hoekstraAuke’s bio & personal motivation – NEON research projecthttps://ne...

28 Loka 20201h 6min