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How to accelerate the energy transition in mobility 10 times
Feb 1 2023
How to accelerate the energy transition in mobility 10 times
Hosts: Sveta and Ben Banerjee Topic: How to accelerate the energy transition in mobility 10 times Guests: Frank Kroon, Founder & CEO of BeMup               Dirck Gevers, Co-founder & COO of BeMup Frank Kroon, founder & CEO Frank developed his startup capabilities in developing Telco organizations across Europe in the late 90s and early 00s. His first project was Telfort in the Netherlands, which started with a team of 60 people and grew to 1600 staff and a €400 million annual turnover. Later he delivered similar results at Viag Interkom, AuraServ, O2 Genie, Sonera Zed, and Completel. Besides building startups, he delivered projects at WestPac, BT, Evry, Tinn Energi, and the Tax Office in the Netherlands. Frank delivered successful consulting engagements across the globe before starting BeMup in 2018. The vision of BeMup to deliver the most comfortable and efficient mobility service available is on target. With BeMup, Frank leverages his acquired skills in IT Technology, Financial Modelling, Organisational Development, and Business Development. Frank is father of Lex (27), Elvera (26), and Tessa (23) whom he got with Ageeth (d.2012). He is married to Jet since 9-11-2021. They live in Leiden and Slijkenburg. Dirck Gevers, co-founder & COO Dirck's career in Mechanical Engineering started at the South African Power Utility, was broadened in a Unilever Margarine Factory, and honed in 21 years of working for BMW in various factories, central planning, and the R&D centre in Munich. At BMW he managed the department that is responsible for the complete Body Quality of all global Product Launches. His solid operational experience and his passion for innovation - especially in data analytics - helped to continuously raise the bar of efficiency and quality. Dirck brings internationally proven organizational skills, modern leadership values, and a drive to build something new for the team. He loves to do sports, play the trombone, and learn new skills, currently in cryptocurrencies. He lives outside of Munich with his wife Martina, their children Anouk, Luc, and Henri, and their young golden retriever Thembi.
Restitution: Returning stolen assets
Oct 29 2022
Restitution: Returning stolen assets
Hosts: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Restitution: Returning stolen assets Guest: Katherine Mulhern CEO of Restitution Katherine is a senior lawyer with significant experience on transparency, accountability, governance and anti-bribery and anti-corruption. A former investigator for an African TRC, Katherine was a senior law firm partner in private practice, the Chief Executive Officer of three leading development organizations based in West Africa, the UK and the United States, and a consultant for sovereign governments (including donor governments) on transparency, anti-bribery and anti-corruption and governance. In her role as Chief Executive Officer and as a consultant, Katherine has provided legal advice and support to emerging democratic governments (including Iraq, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, The Gambia, Kenya and others) on a variety of technical legal issues, including in relation to anti-bribery and anti-corruption. Restitution is a first-in-market global litigation impact fund which works with emerging, transparency-focused governments in the Global South in the recovery of assets stolen through kleptocracy and corruption. Billions of dollars of assets are stolen annually from the Global South through bribery, corruption, fraud and theft. Often these flows come to rest in identifiable and recoverable assets that include securities, real estate and cash. These assets and claims relating to misappropriation, corruption, fraud, tort and breach of contract, as well as non-performing loans and related judgments are an asset class that can be identified, valued and realized. Restitution is an impact litigation fund which, in partnership with government partners, donors and investors, identifies, quantifies, develops and realizes these portfolios for the benefit of the governments (and the people) who are victims of corruption. Restitution realizes claims portfolios relating through kleptocracy and corruption side-by-side with victim governments, donors and investors (many of whom wish to invest in a “G” (governance)-focused ESG investment). Restitution ensures that the country receives the majority of the returned assets in a way that is transparent and accountable, while also ensuring that investors receive a strong return.
Zero Emission Safe and Fun Mobility
Sep 26 2022
Zero Emission Safe and Fun Mobility
Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Zero Emission, safe fun Mobility Guests: Pekka Ketola, CEO of Scouter Mobility Oy              Jaakko Pitkäjärvi, COB of Scouter Mobility Oy Pekka is a practitioner for human innovation, bringing together user experience, innovation, co-creation and business development. From 1995 to 2011 he worked for Nokia in multiple innovation management roles developing communicators, smartphones and mobile services. At Nokia he was a strong advocate for open innovation and collaborative development. His doctoral thesis (2002) explored how usability engineering can be integrated in complex concurrent development processes. In 2012 Pekka co-founded innovation company Ideascout to bring the power of collaborative development and user innovation to SMEs and industries. This led him to the path of exploring the biggest opportunities in the society and translating those into new businesses. Scouter Mobility Oy was born in 2014 from translating urban development megatrends and emerging problems into an industrial scalable solution, a disruptive light electric vehicle. Pekka is CEO of Scouter Mobility. Pekka is well connected with global innovation networks. He brings value to all areas of development by inspiring people for collaboration, by translating ideas to insights, and by developing tangible business possibilities. Jaakko Pitkäjärvi is an investor focused on start-ups related to sustainability and energy saving. He holds a medical doctor degree from the University of Tampere and has worked in various healthcare companies for over 20 years. Moreover, his stages of keen activity span from aviation to maritime and automotive fields, both in form of professional certificates and personal interests in aforementioned areas. The investments he has done are spread in different technology sectors mainly outside medicine. Mr. Pitkäjärvi has been involved with Scouter since 2013 and seen the project progress from basically zero to the current status. The main driver to invest and chair the company has been the revolutionary change the company can offer. Scouter has already proven how different city traffic can be instead of current solutions. And there is an enormous potential in bringing this to global awareness.
Why empowering girls can change the world?
Sep 17 2022
Why empowering girls can change the world?
Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Why empowering girls can change the world? Guest: Dr. Vibeke Riemer and Lars Kolind, Founders of World Guide Foundation Dr. Vibeke Riemer (a Danish citizen), is a medical doctor, entrepreneur, board chair and philanthropist, has over 30 years of experience from public and private sector management and philanthropy. Specialized in Public Health with additional business education from Copenhagen Business School and the Wharton School, Dr. Riemer joined the National Board of Health (Ministry of Health) where she was engaged in developing and designing future structure and standards for the Danish public health service. Later she joined the Ministry of Finance, to work with similar challenges in other sectors. Realizing the importance of the human factor Dr. Riemer co-founded PeopleTools A/S, a management consultancy providing psychological assessment tools for public and private corporations, with the scope of improving leadership and social skills. Dr. Riemer has been a volunteer Scout/Guide leader throughout her career. She has held numerous positions at local, regional, national and world levels. She has served as President of the Olave Baden-Powell Society, supporting the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Dr. Riemer’s passion is to develop tomorrow’s leaders with focus on girls and young women. She is a major contributor to this work, and she has been engaged in leadership development projects and social entrepreneurship around the world. She has received awards for her work including the Princess Benedikte Award and the Regal Circle Award from the World Scout Foundation, and she is a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. Dr. Riemer attended the Clinton Global Initiative in 2012. Lars Kolind (a Danish citizen) is a mathematician, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author and philanthropist. He has started more than 25 businesses and he is a thought leader on leadership and strategy. He has written five books about leadership and strategy that have been published in nine languages. Kolind has been a pioneer in organizational design. He created one of the world’s first paperless and truly knowledge-based organizations in 1991 where he demonstrated how an organization can simultaneously become more innovative, more flexible, more responsive, more efficient and more meaningful to employees. Kolind’s philanthropic work focuses on enabling young people throughout the world to be active citizens leading positive change in their communities. This is the vision of the World Scout Movement where Kolind has been engaged for four decades. He has received numerous awards including Denmark’s Man of the Year, the Bronze Wolf, The BSA Silver World Award, The Silver Fox, the Princess Benedikte Award, the Regal Circle Award, and he is a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. He currently serves as chairman of the World Scout Foundation.
Sustainable Supply Chain
Sep 3 2022
Sustainable Supply Chain
Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Sustainable Supply Chain Guest: Carolina García Arbeláez Global Sustainability and Innovation Director for ABInBev and Co-lead of the 100+ Accelerator.   Carolina García Arbeláez is a leader with over 10 years of experience working for a more equitable and sustainable world . She is a One Young World Ambassador and one of the 88 women around the world chosen for the Homeward Bound leadership program and its Antarctic Expedition in 2019. She is the founder of Still New, a sustainable fashion for children start up. Currently, she works as Global Sustainability and Innovation Director for ABInBev and is the Co-lead of the 100+ Accelerator. She has been working for ABInBev over the past four years in Sustainability at a local, regional and global scale. She graduated as a lawyer from Los Andes University and later from a specialization in Economics from the same university. She is a fellow from the Aspen Institute Early Movers Fellowship. She has published several articles in national and international media. For more than 3 years she worked in WWF in the international climate negotiations (from COP19 to COP22) and in local climate advocacy. She has taught international environmental law courses at Rosario and Externado University. She is the author of the climate change book “Cambio climático: lo que está en juego” and author of the booklets “El Acuerdo de París: así actuará Colombia frente al cambio climático”, among others.
Soil Scout Underground Weather
Aug 28 2022
Soil Scout Underground Weather
Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Soil Scout Underground Weather Guest: Jalmari Talola - Soil Scout CEO and partner   Soil Scout provides the most advanced fully buried underground wireless soil sensor and monitoring solution for professionals in Agriculture, Golf and Sports turf maintenance. Several golf courses and sports fields worldwide, including such iconic venues as the Wembley Stadiumand Philadelphia Phillies, use Soil Scout to maintain their turf in tip-top shape while reducing maintenance costs and water consumption. Farmers and agriculture professionals around the world use Soil Scout to understand their fields, optimize soil conditions for better growth and improve crop production, also reducing operational costs and water consumption. Soil Scout is the first-ever soil sensor system that allows you to place any number of fully buried wireless sensors all across an area, giving you a complete real-time underground weather map to your fingertips. It is the most advanced and cost-efficient soil monitoring solution for professionals in agriculture, golf and sports turf maintenance. By using Soil Scout, hundreds of farms and other agriculture professionals worldwide become even better in their data-driven agronomy. The system enables learning and controlling of soil conditions for optimized growth, as well as savings in operational costs and inputs. Golf courses and sports fields use Soil Scout to improve turf quality, minimize quality variations, and reduce maintenance costs, chemical usage and water consumption. The Soil Scout Hydra sensor has the most outstanding battery lifetime on the market – up to 20 years. The maintenance free sensors operate completely autonomously in the ground, which is why once installed, the solution provides you with an unmatched perennial measurement consistency, also leading to a superior cost efficiency over the years. CEO Jalmari Talola Jalmari Talola (Master of Engineering in Business Informatics) is a result driven business leader with analytical mindset and tools for driving growth through business development, navigating continuous changeand leading people. Born and raised on a dairy and cereal farm at Hauho, Southern Finland where Jalmari spent the 20 first years of his life doing various farming activities. High interest in technology led to engineer studies that later on took him working with location technologies; optical, GPS, machine control ja softwares. After finishing his Masters, Jalmari ran the world leading GIS and mapping software provider Esri’s sales operations in Finland. Now Soil Scout combines Jalmari’s roots in agriculture, technology and management expertise with passion in sports; a perfect fit to build up the next big thing from Finland. CSO Johannes Tiusanen CSO Johannes Tiusanen, (PhD, docent in AgTech (University of Helsinki) ) is a 19th generation farmer , well-known innovator and thought-leader; and a sought-after lecturer in all topics combining agronomy, electronics and soil management. He is the Chief Scientific Officer, co-founder and board member at Soil Scout. Moving to the family farm at the age of 12, he got a front seat view into his engineer and chemist parents taking over and renovating the farm operations, leading to a voracious process of doing thing even better than before. Their need for better soil monitoring tech, combined to his academic studies lead to the breakthrough science that became the basis and international patent for underground radio communication. His present focus is on simplifying complicated data, turning invisible agronomic problems into tangible and manageable actions, giving all soil experts the information they need to become better at what they do.
Nature: the most important stakeholder
Jul 30 2022
Nature: the most important stakeholder
Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Nature: the most important stakeholder Guest: Satish Kumar Founder of Schumacher College Connect with Satish through the Resurgence Trust Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist and former monk, Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for over 50 years. Aged 9, Satish renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Inspired by Gandhi, he decided at 18 that he could achieve more back in the world and soon undertook a peace-pilgrimage, walking without money from India to America for the cause of nuclear disarmament. Now in his 80s, Satish has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. An acclaimed author and international speaker, Satish appears regularly on podcasts, radio and television shows. He has been interviewed by Richard Dawkins, Russell Brand and Annie Lennox, appearing as a guest on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Thought for the Day and Midweek. Satish presented an episode of BBC2' s Natural World documentary series, which was watched by 3.6 million people. Satish's autobiography 'No Destination' sold over 50,000 copies, inspiring change around the world. Through his writing, teaching and international talks, Satish passionately shares visions of the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. Satish co-founded Schumacher College and founded The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity that seeks to inform and inspire a just future for all. He was the Editor of the charity's changemaking magazine, Resurgence & Ecologist, for over 40 years, making him the UK's longest-serving editor of the same magazine. He continues to serve this publication as Editor Emeritus and by writing for each and every trailblazing issue. Satish would like to offer you 20% off membership of The Resurgence Trust. When you join
Time and Decision-Making
Jul 17 2022
Time and Decision-Making
The goal of the Sustainable Nation Group is to excel in innovation by building up new analytic capabilities related to climate change transformation.  We translate the scientific realisations into detailed socioeconomic implications, and assist others in articulating actionable solutions. We provide perspective and implicative detail, and embed risk management into the strategic planning, as well as new analytic capability for governments, companies, investors and individuals to use. Sirpa Juutinen is a 17 years veteran in charge of sustainability in PwC Finland. * Member of PwC Global Sustainability Steering Board in 2018-2020 * Board Member of Baltic Sea Action Group * Chair of Sustainability Council of the Finland Chamber of Commerce. * Member of Outokumpu ESG Advisory Council * Member of Equilibrium Sustainable Finance Committee in Singapore. Mika Aaltonen, PhD in Economics, is an Associate Professor (Foresight & complexity) authoring of 16 books and 100 + articles on foresight, decision-making and societal change with some of the best experts and for some of the most prestigious organisations in the world. * “Mika Aaltonen is one of the new leaders in strategic thinking and research.” - Tarja Halonen * Former President of Finland, 2015 * Since the time immemorial, the search for a reliable problem-solving strategy has occupied some of mankind’s finest minds. Mika Aaltonen is one of those minds.” - The Royal Society of Arts Journal, August 2007.