Imperial Business Podcast

IB Green Minds #44: In conversation with Olivier Khatib

In this episode, Lottie talks to Olivier Khatib, co-founder and CTO at Sensefolio. They discuss how Sensefolio uses AI to analyse tens of thousands of information sources in order to score companies on their environmental, social and governance performance. They also talk about why AI is useful for ESG scoring and why the information Sensefolio aggregates is valuable to clients. 

 

Healthcare Business #1: Covid vaccine development

In the first episode of the Imperial Healthcare Business Podcast, hosts Dr Ib Adedugbe and Selvi Ramalingam discusses the phenomenally rapid development of the Moderna covid vaccine with the Principal Investigator Dr Nadine Rouphael. Dr Rouphael is a Professor at Emory University, Atlanta and an Affiliate faculty at Emory Vaccine Center where she is the Director for the Hope Clinic. We explore the challenges her team faced and the plans for worldwide distribution of the vaccine. 

IB Green Minds #43: In conversation with Gilad Gershon

This week Alex chats to Gilad Gerson, CEO of Tropic Biosciences, who gives us an insight into the company's leading gene editing technologies. They discuss the opportunities and risks behind the science, as well as the implications for global food production in the future. 

Strategic Marketing #2: The pandemic and the airline industry

In episode 2 of the Strategic Marketing podcast, Professor Andreas Eisingerich and Dr Omar Merlo discuss the impact of the pandemic on the airline industry. They are joined by guests Rob Britton (former executive of American Airlines, now an adjunct professor at Georgetown University) and Anthony Anderson (former marketing director of Easyjet and Easygroup) to discuss the challenges airlines are currently facing and how the pandemic might change the future of the industry.

 

Find out more about the Strategic Marketing programme: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/business-school/strategic-marketing-online/ 

MBA Women #4: Women in Healthcare Technology

Host Ib is back with another insightful episode discussing the unique experiences of our guests across healthcare, technology and business. Our guests are Saira Ghafur, Lead for Digital Health at the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London is also the co-founder of Psyma Mental Health Technologies Ltd. Psyma is a revolutionary mobile app that allows clients to access psychological therapy through a live video call, and Ijeoma F. Uchegbu is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and Pro-Vice Provost for Africa and The Middle East at University College, London. Professor Uchegbu works in the pharmaceutical sciences, creating new medicines using nanotechnology.

IB Green Minds #42: In conversation with Matteo de Renzi

In this episode, Guy chats with Matteo de Renzi, the CEO of BP Chargemaster. Matteo talks about his career, the exciting opportunities that lie in electric vehicle charging, as well as offering advice to listeners looking at breaking into the clean energy industry. He also announces some exciting news about BP Chargemaster’s new brand: BP Pulse.

IB Green Minds #41: In conversation with Deirdre Cooper

In this episode, Phoebe speaks to Deirdre Cooper, Co-Portfolio Manager for the Global Environment Fund at Ninety One. They discuss the Fund’s methodology, renewable energy trends and gender diversity in asset management. 

MBA Women #3: The power of social impact

Dr Giulia Macagno hosts this thought-provoking and inspirational episode discussing the life-changing importance of businesses built on social impact. She is joined by Aime Rebecca, the founder and CEO of Patapia - which helps finance refugee SMEs after arriving in Uganda as a refugee herself in 2010 - and fellow Imperial MBA student Alberta Asafo-Asamoah who works within Impact Investing for small and growing businesses in Africa. An empowering and motivational episode showing the effect of focusing on human benefits rather than just the bottom line on communities and companies.

IB Green Minds #40: In conversation with Chris Stark

In this episode, Lottie talks to Chris Stark, CEO of the UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC). They discuss Chris' work at the CCC and Climate Assembly UK, as well as the future direction of UK policy on mitigation and adaptation.

IB Green Minds #39: In conversation with Rishi Gupta

This week, Alex speaks with Rishi Gupta – an Imperial Business School alumnus – about his two sustainability-focussed businesses that he co-founded whilst at university. They discuss the circular economy concepts that underpin the missions behind his brands as well as Rishi’s top tips for starting a business.