BUSINESS & INVESTMENT SUMMIT | The Ripples of Hope Festival

15 September 2021 | HOME Mcr

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HIGHLIGHTS

OPENING PLENARY

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

SHALNI ARORA

Founder, Savannah Wisdom

AMY CLARKE

Chief Impact Officer, Tribe Impact Capital
Board, B-Lab UK

FENELLA GREY

Chair & EMEA Managing Director, Porter Novelli

KENNY IMAFIDON

MD, Clearview Research

KERRY KENNEDY

President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

CHARMIAN LOVE

Co-founder, B-Lab UK
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Oxford

MAC MACARTNEY

Founder, Embercombe
Speaker, Writer & Changemaker

JONATHAN MURPHY

CEO, Assura
Chair, NWBLT

PAUL POLMAN

Co-Founder, IMAGINE
CEO, Unilever (2009-18)

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2020

THE RIPPLES OF HOPE

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT SUMMIT

115 senior business decision-makers came together to begin to build a community committed to creating a better world, through an immersive day:

AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE – opening plenary with Q&A
REIMAGINING THE FUTURE – workshops facilitated by Leaders’ Quest
- Making our environment clean & sustainable
- Creating a fair & inclusive economy
- Fostering a healthy & safe society
LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE – workshops facilitated by Leaders’ Quest
- Alive at Work
- Breakthrough Conversations
- Peak Performance

Delegates heard from incredible speakers, including:

Eric Collins (founder, ImpactX Capital)
John Elkington (Founder, Volans)
Lord Michael Hastings
Gina Miller (founder, SCM Direct)
Kim Polman (founder, Reboot the Future)
Ian Stuart (CEO, HSBC UK)
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Prime Minister, Denmark 2011-15)

"The quality of speakers, calibre of attendees and the value of the workshops made this one of the most insightful and productive conferences I have attended. The workshop session provoked a strong understanding of my current role, motivations and future."

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