Imperial Business Podcast

IB Research: "Is an ageing population in the UK that bad"?

Gareth Mitchell sits down with David Miles, Professor of Financial Economics at the Business School, about his research on ageing populations and declining birth rates - are they really that bad?

Professor David Miles is a member of the Budget Responsibility Committee of the Office for Budget Responsibility. Between May 2009 and September 2015, he was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England. His current research focuses on policy issues connected with financial stability, the housing market and the setting of monetary policy. 

IB Green Minds #26: In conversation with Zaneta Sedilekova

This week's episode of Green Minds features Zaneta Sedilekova, biodiversity and climate risk lawyer and founder and CEO of Planet Law Lab, where she advises companies on how to mitigate their sustainability risks. 

 

In this episode, Zaneta shares valuable insights into her work and explains what climate litigation is, how it impacts society and climate change, and the differences between climate and biodiversity litigation.  

 

For listeners interested in learning more about climate litigation, the 2024 snapshot report on global trends in climate litigation can be found here. 

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or topics we should explore? Feel free to email us at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com.  

IB Green Minds 25: In conversation with Tim Turner, Part 2

In this week’s Green Minds episode, Jim sits down with Tim Turner from Kona Energy. Together, they go through the battery’s revenue stack and hear about career opportunities in the energy sector. This is the second part of a two-part episode. 

 

Key Highlights: 

• Summary of the GB electricity market 

• The need for battery and their role in the system 

• A closer look at what a battery storage project really is 

• The development process of a battery storage project 

• The revenue stack of a battery storage project 

• Future trends in the battery space 

• Navigating a career in the energy sector 

 

For listeners who want to reach out to Tim, you can find him at  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-turner-80b739190/ 

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or themes that we should take a closer look at? Feel free to drop us an email at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com 

IB Green Minds #24: In conversation with Tim Turner, Part 1

In this week’s Green Minds episode, Jim sits down with Tim Turner from Kona Energy. Together, they go through GB’s electricity market and learn about how to develop a battery storage project. This is the first part of a two-part episode. 

 

Key Highlights: 

• Summary of the GB electricity market 

• The need for battery and their role in the system 

• A closer look at what a battery storage project really is 

• The development process of a battery storage project 

• The revenue stack of a battery storage project 

• Future trends in the battery space 

• Navigating a career in the energy sector 

 

For listeners who want to reach out to Tim, you can find him at  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-turner-80b739190/ 

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or themes that we should take a closer look at? Feel free to drop us an email at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com 

IB Green Minds #23: In conversation with Charlotte Owen

This week's episode of Green Minds features Charlotte Owen, Growth Director at Hemiko. 

 

Hemiko is one of the leading end-to-end service providers of heat networks in the UK and has recently announced a heat network project that will offer clean heat to every building in an English town with a population of over 100,000 people. 

 

In this episode, Charlotte sets out heat networks’ contribution to net zero and energy affordability and Hemiko’s exciting work to deliver town and city-scale heat networks. She also reflects on her experience of working in a country with a capital city where 99% of heat is met by heat networks, and makes a strong case for working in the sector. 

 

For listeners interested in learning more about Hemiko, a link to their website can be found here. 

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or themes that we should take a closer look at? Feel free to drop us an email at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com.  

  

IB Green Minds #22: In conversation with Christian Sigmund

This week's episode of Green Minds features Christian Sigmund, co-founder and CEO of Hamburg-based startup WILDPLASTIC. WILDPLASTIC aims to recover as much wild plastic waste as possible from the environment and return it to the recycling cycle. Working with collection organisations in regions severely affected by the plastic crisis, WILDPLASTIC purchases wild plastic and transforms it into new products such as WILDBAGS and mailing bags made of WILDPLASTIC. 

 

In this episode, Chris shares his journey from working at companies like YouTube and Google to co-founding WILDPLASTIC. He provides valuable insights into WILDPLASTIC's mission, operations and future ambitions, as well as an in-depth discussion of the plastic crisis and the challenges of waste management and potential solutions. 

 

For listeners interested in learning more about WILDPLASTIC, a link to the website can be found here. 

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or themes that we should take a closer look at? Feel free to drop us an email at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com 

IB Green Minds #21: In conversation with Julian Kakarott

This week's episode of Green Minds features Julian Kakarott, Founder and CEO of the Hamburg-based startup CarbonStack. CarbonStack uses blockchain technology, remote sensing, environmental modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) to offset carbon emissions through a transparent reforestation scheme. 

 

This episode delves into Julian's journey and motivations for founding CarbonStack. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with afforestation and reforestation projects in Germany, and the role of carbon credits in these initiatives. 

 

For listeners interested in learning more about CarbonStack, a link to the website can be found here. 

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or themes that we should take a closer look at? Feel free to drop us an email at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com 

Sports Business #6: ‘ESports - The challenges and potential‘

Giulia is the Commercial Strategy Director at EFG, a leading competitive gaming and esports company. From being a professional basketball player to Imperial Business School to working for companies such as Formula 1 - she’s had such an inspiring career.  
She talks about her different roles, her career trajectory and her experience being a woman in a male dominated industry.  

Sports Business #5: ‘Inside the Game: John Grabowski's journey from IMG to Happy Fan’

Co-founder of Happy Fan, John Grabowski, talks about his career in the sports industry and beyond. From starting in one of the biggest sport and entertainment companies - IMG - part of Endeavor, to being the commercial director at move.ai, and now delivering fan data integration solutions to the sports industry with Happy Fan. You can find John on linkedin as “John Grabowski, MBA” and at john@happy.fan 

IB Green Minds #20: In conversation with Haysam Azhar

This week’s episode of Green Minds features Haysam Azhar, who works as an analyst working on blended finance transactions for developing countries at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The CPI is an analysis and advisory organisation with expertise in finance and policy. Its Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has mobilised over $4 billion to address climate change.  

 

In this episode, guest co-host Huzefah and Lorenzo interview Haysam about his personal motivations for working on tackling climate change, how his undergraduate degree spanning seven countries shaped his outlook, his work at the CPI developing blended finance mechanisms in emerging markets, his co-authorship of a playbook on how corporations can design effective climate finance strategies, and his advice for young professionals starting their career in the climate space. 

 

The CPI’s Corporate Climate Finance Playbook can be found here: https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/the-corporate-climate-finance-playbook/#:~:text=In%20partnership%20with%20Salesforce%2C%20CPI,when%20to%20use%20them%2C%20and 

 

More information on Climate Vine can be found here: https://www.climatevine.co/   

 

Do you have any suggestions for guests or themes that we should take a closer look at? Feel free to drop us an email at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com