Insights on responsible business: Recent Episodes
Deloitte / Sir Rob Wainwright
Tune in and listen to Sir Rob Wainwright, who talks with business leaders and experts, about their experiences in charting a new direction to what's commercial success and greater society impact.
Over complementary episodes we explore the different perspectives of building a better business; business leaders and experts from around the globe have shared their inspiring insights in conversation with our host Sir Rob Wainwright, formerly Executive Director of Europol and a senior partner of Deloitte with a career-long experience of navigating complex risk and security issues.
Our special guest is Frank Lemmink, Executive Vice President of Integrated Gas, Renewables & Energy Solutions at Shell. Frank has a career experience of almost 30 years as a finance professional in the energy sector. His current leadership role at Shell puts him at the forefront of major geopolitical challenges in energy security and the transition to a green economy. Rob and Frank discuss Shell’s short and long term challenges, how they impact the global business environment and society, and how the company’s core values are critical to its pathway on responsible business.
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Our special guest is Frank Lemmink, Executive Vice President of Integrated Gas, Renewables & Energy Solutions at Shell. Frank has a career experience of almost 30 years as a finance professional in the energy sector. His current leadership role at Shell puts him at the forefront of major geopolitical challenges in energy security and the transition to a green economy. Rob and Frank discuss Shell’s short and long term challenges, how they impact the global business environment and society, and how the company’s core values are critical to its pathway on responsible business.
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Our guest is Lori Michele Leavitt, Founder and President of Abrige Corp. Lori has experience in coaching and providing consulting services. She has trained hundreds of leaders around the world to achieve their goals and generate extraordinary momentum. Lori is an author of many leadership books, documenting her knowledge about guiding leaders in generating positive influence through their organization and beyond. Rob and Lori are here to talk about the art of leadership in generating strategic momentum and delivering meaningful change.
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Our guest is Lori Michele Leavitt, Founder and President of Abrige Corp. Lori has experience in coaching and providing consulting services. She has trained hundreds of leaders around the world to achieve their goals and generate extraordinary momentum. Lori is an author of many leadership books, documenting her knowledge about guiding leaders in generating positive influence through their organization and beyond. Rob and Lori are here to talk about the art of leadership in generating strategic momentum and delivering meaningful change.
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Our guest is Robin de Jongh, Managing Director of Detecting Financial Crime at ABN AMRO Bank. Robin brings 25 years of experience in program management, risk management, product management and audit. Listen to Robin talk to Rob about the role of banks as gatekeepers in the financial system, the challenges in fighting financial crime, and ABN AMRO's on-going battle to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.
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Our guest is Robin de Jongh, Managing Director of Detecting Financial Crime at ABN AMRO Bank. Robin brings 25 years of experience in program management, risk management, product management and audit. Listen to Robin talk to Rob about the role of banks as gatekeepers in the financial system, the challenges in fighting financial crime, and ABN AMRO's on-going battle to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.
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Our guest is Brendan O’Dwyer, Full Professor Chair of Accounting at the University of Amsterdam Business School and the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is an academic expert in the areas of ESG reporting and assurance. Listen to Brendan talk to Rob about how developments and challenges in sustainability reporting are steering the green agenda.
“There’s a mindset of… if I want to thrive in business, I can’t ignore these issues. Not just because of regulation, but because of societal and political trends. That’s a central issue I’m seeing.”
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Our guest is Brendan O’Dwyer, Full Professor Chair of Accounting at the University of Amsterdam Business School and the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is an academic expert in the areas of ESG reporting and assurance. Listen to Brendan talk to Rob about how developments and challenges in sustainability reporting are steering the green agenda.
“There’s a mindset of… if I want to thrive in business, I can’t ignore these issues. Not just because of regulation, but because of societal and political trends. That’s a central issue I’m seeing.”
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Our guest is Javier van Engelen, Chief Financial Officer of Signify, the world leader in lighting. Having held positions in multiple industries across his career, Javier is now using that experience to drive new-found success and commitment around the agenda of responsible business. Listen to Javier talk to Rob about how this company found the sweet spot between strategy, profitability and sustainability.
"My feeling today is if you don't think shorter term and midterm about sustainability as part of a company's agenda, you will not exist anymore. You will be phased out... And if you don't think about that right now, then perhaps… in the next 15, 20 years, I don't think you'll be a player anymore.”
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Our guest is Javier van Engelen, Chief Financial Officer of Signify, the world leader in lighting. Having held positions in multiple industries across his career, Javier is now using that experience to drive new-found success and commitment around the agenda of responsible business. Listen to Javier talk to Rob about how this company found the sweet spot between strategy, profitability and sustainability.
"My feeling today is if you don't think shorter term and midterm about sustainability as part of a company's agenda, you will not exist anymore. You will be phased out... And if you don't think about that right now, then perhaps… in the next 15, 20 years, I don't think you'll be a player anymore.”
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Our guest is Juergen Maier, Co-Founder and Chair of vocL, a non-profit organisation that works with the next generation of business leaders to help them find their voice and enabling them to have a much more positive impact on society. Juergen is an industrialist, business advisor and the former CEO of Siemens UK. Rob and Juergen are here to talk about how business leaders of today and of tomorrow can develop a more thoughtful, inclusive and socially responsible voice.
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Our guest is Juergen Maier, Co-Founder and Chair of vocL, a non-profit organisation that works with the next generation of business leaders to help them find their voice and enabling them to have a much more positive impact on society. Juergen is an industrialist, business advisor and the former CEO of Siemens UK. Rob and Juergen are here to talk about how business leaders of today and of tomorrow can develop a more thoughtful, inclusive and socially responsible voice.
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Our guest is Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of The Ocean Cleanup, which develops advanced technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastics.
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Our guest is Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of The Ocean Cleanup, which develops advanced technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastics.
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Our special guest is Philip Reiner, the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Security and Technology, a global non-profit that bridges technologists and national security policymakers. The IST designs and advances solutions to the world’s toughest emerging security threats.
Rob and Philip talk about the most dominant strain of cyber security concern in the industry right now: ransomware. Philip shares effective and practical solutions to protect an organisation to a higher standard and keep a responsible business out of harm's way.
Philip brings decades of experience working in technology and international security to lead the implementation of the IST mission. Philip previously served as President Obama’s Senior Director for South Asia on the National Security Council staff at the White House.
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Our special guest is Philip Reiner, the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Security and Technology, a global non-profit that bridges technologists and national security policymakers. Rob and Philip talk about the most dominant strain of cyber security concern in the industry right now: ransomware. Philip shares effective and practical solutions to protect an organisation to a higher standard and keep a responsible business out of harm's way.
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Our guest is Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever. Paul Polman has been a real trailblazer over the last decade for the notion of responsible business.
This very special episode was recorded recently at a live Responsible Business Event in Amsterdam. Joining us at the event were many of our former guests for the Insights on Responsible Business series who debated notions of leadership, sustainability, digital trust and many other pressing issues for business today. The show ended with this live interview Rob held with Paul, who provided a real tour de force of why the moment is now for business to shift to a purpose led strategy.
Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop. He was the CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, and is the Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, Paul has been described by the Financial Times as “a stand out CEO of the past decade”.
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Our guest is Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever. Paul Polman has been a real trailblazer over the last decade for the notion of responsible business. Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop. He was the CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, and is the Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, Paul has been described by the Financial Times as “a stand out CEO of the past decade”
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Our guest is Frederic Barge, Founder and Director of the Reward Value Foundation. In this episode, Rob and Frederic discuss the principles of responsible remuneration and the opportunity involved in aligning corporate reward structures with the goal of long-term value creation.
Frederic has held a number of board-level positions in the business community relating to executive remuneration. In this new day and age, businesses, institutions and leading academics realize that performance-based pay, aligned with sustainability targets or corporate contributions can have the best potential for long-term value creation for their organizations.
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Our special guest is Frederic Barge, Founder and Director of the Reward Value Foundation. In this episode, Rob and Frederic discuss the principles of responsible remuneration and the opportunity involved in aligning corporate reward structures with the goal of long-term value creation.
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Our guest is Ad Krikke, leadership partner at Gartner.
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Our guest is Helle Bank Jorgensen, CEO of Competent Boards.
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Our guest is Helle Bank Jorgensen, CEO of Competent Boards, which has run a global training and certification program for over 100 Board members and senior experts, on ESG issues. Rob and Helle explore the responsibilities and opportunities afforded to business leaders by the ESG agenda, under the notion of business and societal stewardship in the 21st century.
Helle has a 30 year track record in designing environmental, social and governance, climate and sustainability risks into innovative and profitable business opportunities. She has worked with many global Fortune 500 board members and executives, as well as smaller companies and investors. In 2020, Helle was awarded the Global Impact Award and named one of the five people in ESG to look out for. Her latest book is titled ‘Stewards of the Future’, a guide for Competent Boards.
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Our guest is Ad Krikke, leadership partner at Gartner. Rob and Ad talk about how trust not fear is the key to success in the cyber challenge confronting business, and at the heart of building a sustainable digital economy.
Ad was the Chief Information Security Officer or CISO for DSM and the chairman of the multinational Information Sharing and Analysis Center in the Netherlands until he made his move to Gartner in April 2019, where he now supports various CISOs of multinationals throughout Europe. He also lectures at the universities of Maastricht and Antwerp on the topic of cyber security. In 2018, he wrote a book on the ‘A Sustainable Digital Economy.’
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Our special guest is Hans Reus, Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates.
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Our special guest is Hans Reus, Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, responsible for guiding global clients through the search and appointment of senior executives. Hans recently collaborated with the UN Global Compact to research the extent to which experience of sustainability issues plays a role in the process to appoint candidates to CEO and other senior positions in business. His findings are surprising.
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Our special guest is Dr Pat Harned, CEO of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, Rob and Pat Harned talk about current trends in the workplace relating to ethics and organisational culture, including the findings from a recent global business survey.
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Our guest is Dr. Pat Harned, CEO of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, a global organisation and community of over 100 leading companies, committed to developing standards and best practices in ethics and compliance. Rob and Pat Harned talk about current trends in the workplace relating to ethics and organisational culture, including the findings from a recent global business survey.
Dr. Pat Harned is an expert on culture change, ethical leadership, and workplace reporting and evaluation. She was selected by the CEO magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics and was named one of the top thought leaders in trust.
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Our guest is Alice Steenland, Chief Sustainability Officer of Dassault Systèmes. In this role, Alice leads the company's efforts to further embed social and environmental sustainability into its 3D experience platform, a platform that is used to transform how companies imagine, create and produce new experiences. Rob and Alice talk about virtual twins helping a responsible business community deliver real change.
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Our guest is Alice Steenland, Chief Sustainability Officer of Dassault Systèmes. In this role, Alice leads the company's efforts to further embed social and environmental sustainability into its 3D experience platform, a platform that is used to transform how companies imagine, create and produce new experiences. Rob and Alice talk about virtual twins helping a responsible business community deliver real change.
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Our guest is Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam. Rob and Allard talk about the opportunities in navigating the energy transition of a highly complex global business hub from its traditional base in the petro-chemical sector. Allard also talks about the disruptive effects of digitization and the broader impact of the Port’s work on societal interests.
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, providing services to hundreds of global companies and moving 480 million tons of goods in throughput each year. Allard Castelein was appointed CEO in 2014.
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Our guest is Allard Castelein, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam. Rob and Allard talk about the opportunities in navigating the energy transition of a highly complex global business hub from its traditional base in the petro-chemical sector. Allard also talks about the disruptive effects of digitization and the broader impact of the Port’s work on societal interests.
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Our guest is Diederik Samsom, a senior member of the European Commission and a leading architect of the European Green Deal. Rob and Diederik discuss the hopes and ambitions behind this transformative legislative agenda for climate change in Europe, and what it means for the business community.
Diederik Samson is the former leader of the Social Democratic Labor Party in the Netherlands. He now serves as the Chief of Cabinet to the Executive Vice President of the European Commission.
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Our guest is Diederik Samsom, a senior member of the European Commission and a leading architect of the European Green Deal. Rob and Diederik discuss the hopes and ambitions behind this transformative legislative agenda for climate change in Europe, and what it means for the business community.
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Our guest is Rich Baich, one of the foremost Chief Information Security Officers in industry. Rob and Rich talk about the nature of today’s major cyber threats, as exemplified by the highly significant SolarWinds hack in the US in 2020.
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Our guest is Rich Baich, one of the foremost Chief Information Security Officers in industry. Rob and Rich talk about the nature of today’s major cyber threats, as exemplified by the highly significant SolarWinds hack in the US in 2020. Rich also explores the challenge of securing global supply chains and how the time has come for a bold solution.
Rich Baich is the Chief Information Security Officer of AIG, one of the world’s leading insurers. He recently co-authored a report for the US President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
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Our guest is Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, a global cloud platform that delivers network services to businesses all around the world. Rob and Matthew talk about how a talented team, smart technology and engaged users can help solve some of the biggest problems on the Internet. Matthew reflects on the success of a consortium of public and private partners in protecting the digital integrity of the US elections in 2020, and the lessons he’s drawn from that.
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Our guest is Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, a global cloud platform that delivers network services to businesses all around the world.
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Our guest is Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Standard Chartered Bank. Rob and Daniel talk about the growing role of the finance sector in enabling a more sustainable future for business. They talk about the challenges in mobilizing capital and industry buy-in, of wider sustainability trends in business, and of the issues raised by greenwashing.
Daniel Hanna runs the sustainable finance program at Standard Chartered Bank. He is also an active member of various global initiatives in the finance and other sectors as he helps to advance the critical agenda of sustainability in the economy.
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Our guest is Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Standard Chartered Bank. Rob and Daniel talk about the growing role of the finance sector in enabling a more sustainable future for business.
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Our guest is Márcia Balisciano, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility at RELX. Rob and Márcia talk about how RELX has become a global leader in adopting the ESG agenda at the core of business strategy and priorities, and the role played by data and analytics in advancing the wider cause.
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Our guest is Márcia Balisciano, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility at RELX. Rob and Márcia talk about how RELX has become a global leader in adopting the ESG agenda at the core of business strategy and priorities, and the role played by data and analytics in advancing the wider cause.
Márcia Balisciano is the Founding Director of Corporate Responsibility at RELX, a multinational data analytics and information company.
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Our special guest is Marcel Krom, Chief Information Officer at PostNL and winner of the CIO of the year award 2020. Marcel has been with PostNL since the early 1990s and is currently responsible for the digital transformation of the postal company. Available now.
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Our guest is Marcel Krom, Chief Information Officer at PostNL. Rob and Marcel talk about the role of the postal company in society and the extraordinary effects of the Pandemic on business continuity and public expectation.
Marcel Krom has been with PostNL since the early 1990s and is currently responsible for the digital transformation of the postal company. He won the CIO of the Year award in The Netherlands in 2020.
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Insights on responsible business is a podcast about organisations building trust, security and resilience. Listen to our host Sir Rob Wainwright in conversation with Kees Verhoeven, who has been a member of the Dutch parliament representing the Democrats 66 party (D66) for the last 10 years.
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Our guest is Kees Verhoeven, a Member of Parliament in The Netherlands and a leading activist on the policy and regulation of digital transformation. Kees and Rob talk about the value of technology in society and the responsibilities of both industry and government in managing the balance between its risks and benefits..
Kees Verhoeven has been a Member of Parliament for 10 years, representing the Democrats 66 Party. He is a passionate advocate of active political engagement on the issues around digital transformation.
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Our guest is Petri Hofsté, named most influential supervisory board member of the Netherlands. Petri and Rob talk about crisis management lessons past and present, the challenges of recovery post COVID, and the pathway towards a stronger business agenda around sustainability.
Petri Hofsté is supervisory board member at Rabobank, Achmea, Fugro, and PON Holdings. She is the chair of the foundation board of Nijenrode Business University. As an authentic leader with experience in Finance, Risk management, Supervision, Governance and Audit in complex organizations, she has navigated large crisis and change management efforts, and operates from the conviction of realizing sustainable change, solutions and results.
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Our guest is Petri Hofsté, named most influential supervisory board member of the Netherlands. Petri and Rob talk about crisis management lessons past and present, the challenges of recovery post COVID, and the pathway towards a stronger business agenda around sustainability.
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Insights on responsible business is a podcast about organisations building trust, security and resilience. Listen to our host Sir Rob Wainwright in conversation with Peter Borgdorff, a seasoned all-round executive who is widely recognized as an authority on pensions. And the former director of the second largest pension fund in the Netherlands.
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Our guest is Peter Borgdorff, one of the most experienced pension fund executives in Europe. In this episode, Rob and Peter talk about the great responsibility pension funds hold in society and the growing influence of institutional investors in shaping new attitudes and commitments to responsible business in the economy.
For 13 years Peter Borgdorff was the director of the second largest pension fund in the Netherlands. On January 1st 2021, he retired from Zorg en Welzijn. Peter has spent most of his career in the world of social partnerships between employers, organizations and unions, helping to chart new developments in multi-sector collaboration. Today he runs an influential blog for the pension fund industry.
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Our guest is Mirjam van Velthuizen, a member of the Executive Board of University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, one of the leading hospitals in Europe. In this episode, Rob talks with Mirjam about the tumultuous experience of the healthcare industry in managing the effects of a pandemic, and how it is helping to chart a profound change in patient care and on the underlying focus of the industry itself. Mirjam shares her vision of a more digitized form of healthcare in the future, with the concept of trust at its core.
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Our guest is Mirjam van Velthuizen, a member of the Executive Board of University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, one of the leading hospitals in Europe. Rob talks with Mirjam about the tumultuous experience of the healthcare industry in managing the effects of a pandemic, and how it is helping to chart a profound change in patient care and on the underlying focus of the industry itself. Mirjam shares her vision of a more digitized form of healthcare in the future, with the concept of trust at its core.
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Our special guest for this episode is Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook’s vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rob and Nicola talk about the work of the tech sector in advancing the cause of responsible business, over this challenging year and into the future on climate change. They explore the unique profile of Facebook, its impact on society and the current challenges it faces. And Nicola opens up to share her revealing personal experiences of what it means to be a resilient leader.
Nicola Mendelsohn has been Facebook’s vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa since 2013. With over 20 years’ experience in advertising, marketing and technology, she has been described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘the most powerful woman in the British tech industry.’
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Our special guest for this episode is Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook’s vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rob and Nicola talk about the work of the tech sector in advancing the cause of responsible business, over this challenging year and into the future on climate change. They explore the unique profile of Facebook, its impact on society and the current challenges it faces. And Nicola opens up to share her revealing personal experiences of what it means to be a resilient leader.
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Our guest is Punit Renjen, the Global CEO of Deloitte. Punit talks to Rob about the profound impact of the pandemic on the global business community in 2020 and the lessons to be learned in shaping the next normal. They also discuss how putting purpose at the heart of your business is the key to long-term success.
Punit Renjen has led Deloitte since 2015, transforming it into the largest and most successful professional services firm in the world. Today it operates in 150 countries with more than 300,000 people.
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“……Covid has changed and disrupted a number of things, but I think it has reaffirmed or affirmed this notion that business can only be successful if the community and all stakeholders are successful. This is not only the right thing to do, it is the right business thing to do….”
Insights on Responsible Business is a podcast about organizations building trust, security and resilience. Listen to our host Sir Rob Wainwright in conversation with our very own chief executive officer, Punit Renjen. Rob and Punit talk about the contribution Deloitte is making in the era of responsible business.
“I think leadership is absolutely critical, because leaders need to certainly also live an organisation’s purpose.”
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Our guest is Mirjam de Blécourt, widely regarded as one of the best employment lawyers in Europe. Mirjam has been committed to diversity and the equal treatment of women for years and has recently written a book sharing her free spirited story to the top. Rob and Mirjam talk about what it takes to lead in the era of responsible business, and about how to empower women and men within a better framework of inclusion and diversity.
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Our guest is Mirjam de Blécourt, widely regarded as one of the best employment lawyers in Europe. Mirjam has been committed to diversity and the equal treatment of women for years and has recently written a book sharing her free spirited story to the top.
Rob and Mirjam talk about what it takes to lead in the era of responsible business, and about how to empower women and men within a better framework of inclusion and diversity. Leaders like Mirjam set powerful examples for others to follow. They challenge the system and the remaining hurdles we still face in getting to better, fairer place in the workplace and in society. Her inspiring, personal story is a highly engaging window into the world of how one female leader confronted and broke through the glass ceiling.
Mirjam de Blécourt is a partner at Baker McKenzie, leading its Amsterdam Employment and Pensions Law Practice group. She is also a member of the Dutch Senate and sits on the boards of several companies.
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Trailer Steve Howard. Taking bold risks in business to build a sustainable future
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Our guest is Steve Howard, a leading business professional and recognized authority on sustainability. Steve and Rob talk about how we can make sustainability a core business driver, one that delivers on the bottom line around a strong, clear purpose. Steve talks about the importance of taking bold risks and failing fast, through disrupting your own legacy business systems. On meeting the challenge of climate change he’s a possibilist, in his own words. Are you too?
Steve Howard was a Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA Group. He is also a serial entrepreneur, co-founding We Mean Business, the leading climate change coalition of organization and businesses, which helped support the Paris agreement.
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Tune in to an engaging conversation with Jeroen Tas
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Tune in to a new podcast episode about responsible business
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Joining us is David Gregson, a highly experienced businessman who's been on the board of over 30 companies, having chaired some 15 of them in sectors as diverse as consumer, media, real estate, healthcare, the environment, sport and public policy.
Rob and David explore what goes on in the proverbial boardroom, including the signals he has seen across different industries that a new era of responsible business has now arrived. He talks about the rewards on offer to inspire the next generation but also the challenges involved in steering a new strategic course in any organization.
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Joining us is Jeroen Tas, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer of Philips, sharing his personal story for being committed in the job. Rob and Jeroen talk about the pandemic and how it created a rallying cry in the company to find urgent and practical solutions to help. Jeroen gives us more insights on the different dimensions of being a responsible business and the role of leadership to remove barriers for the teams to do what is necessary. They talk about how digitization can address a lot of the challenges in health care.
Jeroen Tas is Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer and Member of the Executive Committee at Royal Philips. He is an experienced global executive and entrepreneur with a track record of leading innovation in the healthcare, information technology and financial services industries. Once leading Citigroup's tech lab where he and his team enabled the world’s first steps into the age of Internet banking he is now devoted to making similar disruptive changes to the world of healthcare to improve the quality of care and make it more inclusive and a better experience for patients and their care providers.
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Joining us is Stephen Zimmermann, Director, Office of Internal Audit and Investigations of one of the most famous brands in the world, running one of the most inspiring missions: UNICEF. Sir Rob Wainwright and Stephen Zimmermann talk about how the cause of helping vulnerable children in highly challenging environments around the world doesn’t come without its fair share of difficulties. They talk about the principles of ‘smart risk taking’ and different examples that underscore the importance of developing, setting up and nurturing supply chains in good times to prepare for the more challenging.
Stephen Zimmermann joined UNICEF in July 2019, where he leads teams responsible for the organization’s assurance and advisory services, as well as investigations into fraud, corruption and misconduct across UNICEF’s global operations.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
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In this episode Sir Rob Wainwright talks to Els de Groot, Chief Risk Officer of Rabobank about the concept of trust. How the sector is moving more decisively to a business agenda focused on promoting trust, within its community and with the customers it serves. The response of the bank to the COVID crisis shows that they understand the critical responsibility they carry in the economy: A better bank for a better society.
Els de Groot is the Chief Risk Officer of Rabobank and member of the Managing Board. She joined Rabobank 1,5 years ago. As CRO Els takes responsibility for risk management, legal and compliance worldwide of Rabobank Group and as member of the Managing Board she collectively steers Rabobank. She worked as CFO of Schiphol Group and has many years of working experience within the banking industry.
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In this episode Sir Rob Wainwright talks to Alois Zwinggi, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, about the emergence of a new ‘zeitgeist’ in the global business community around purpose-driven leadership and impact. They discuss the changing role of the iconic Davos gathering of business and political leaders each year and the response of the global community to COVID-19.
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In this episode Sir Rob Wainwright talks to Jacco Minnaar, Chair of the Management Board of Triodos Investment Management, about leading a successful investment management business in a way that also brings a positive impact on society. He shares his experience of the challenges and opportunities involved in cultivating a responsible business agenda in a highly competitive part of the finance sector, while also surveying the effects of Covid-19.
Jacco Minnaar is Chair of the Management Board of Triodos Investment Management. He has 20 years of experience in the financial sector and investment industry. Before joining Triodos, he managed the Financial Markets Development Programme of International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the Mekong region in Southeast Asia.
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In this episode Sir Rob Wainwright talks with Annika Hult, responsible for Stena Line North Sea operations, about the impact of Covid-19 on one of the leading shipping companies in Europe. She offers an insight into the company’s ‘Little White Book’ of values that has guided Stena Line on a course towards responsible business and how that will aid its recovery from this crisis.
Annika Hult is Managing Director of Stena Line BV and Trade Director of Stena Line North Sea. She is responsible for the company’s business on the North Sea, one of Stena Line’s largest regions with around 600,000 freight units and 800,000 passengers carried every year between the Netherlands and the UK. Annika is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Dutch Shipowners’ Association.
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In this episode Sir Rob Wainwright talks to Frantisek Vrabel, founder and CEO of Semantic Visions, about the increasing role of information in society and for business. They offer a word of hope on the availability of new solutions and the potential for technology and human collaboration, while surveying areas of concern, from disinformation to the rising prevalence of AI-powered deep fakes.
Frantisek Vrabel is CEO of Semantic Visions, a company that built a leading-edge technology at the intersection of Big Data, Semantic Analysis and Artificial Intelligence. He advises EU and NATO on effective measures to counter foreign state propaganda and disinformation.
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Sir Rob Wainwright has an engaging conversation with Dr. Jean Baderschneider, CEO of The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery about the huge global industry behind modern slavery. Hear about the scale of the problem, how Covid-19 is making the challenge more difficult to manage, and the opportunity business has to make a telling impact in the fight. Dr. Jean Baderschneider has three decades of experience in the private sector. She retired from ExxonMobil, the oil & gas giant, in 2013 where she was Vice President of Global Procurement. She currently serves as a Chair of the Board of Directors and previously served as the Fund’s inaugural CEO.
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In this episode our host, Sir Rob Wainwright talks with one of Unilever’s General Counsel, Simone Pelkmans about the changing role of legal counsel in today’s business sector. How the coronavirus crisis is accelerating a switch from legal guardian to key business enabler in optimising supply chains, the use of consumer data and so much more. All within a strong culture and framework of responsible business.
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In this episode our host, Sir Rob Wainwright has an engaging conversation with Digital Ethics expert Aimee van Wynsberghe. They talk about the importance of ethics for organisations, putting it into the current context of the coronavirus and the need to add ethics into design processes of technology. Responsible businesses are acting to promote higher levels of trust and finding the right balance between innovation and protecting the interests of consumers.
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In this episode we talk about the importance of cyber security for companies everywhere as they shift to a more responsible business agenda. We dive deeper into how a strong cyber security framework and with the right culture can contribute to the development of responsible business. What are the major challenges faced and what are the best response measures to protect a company’s vital assets.
Our host is Sir Rob Wainwright, formerly Executive Director of Europol, with experience of coordinating global operations against cyber, criminal and terrorist networks and now a senior partner of Deloitte in cyber risk and financial crime.
Our special guest today is Lies Alderlieste, the Chief Information Security Officer of the Dutch Railways; an experienced digital risk professional formerly of the financial sector and now with a leading position in a critical part of the national infrastructure of the Netherlands.
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In this episode we talk about how responsible businesses can think through rare or unusual incidents in the healthcare space by drawing analogies. Can you make any comparisons between dealing with a virus in the cyber space and a virus in the healthcare space? Maybe the potential for further collaboration between these two sectors is greater than we think, as the world continues to grapple with the corona crisis.
Our host, Sir Rob Wainwright, has decades of experience dealing with international global cyber attacks as the former head of Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency. He led the establishment of the European Cybercrime Centre, which has become the focal point for all major cyber crime investigations across Europe. Our guest is Lucien Engelen. He brings years of insightful experience in healthcare. He advised the Board of Directors at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, he’s lead some of Singularity University’s initiatives on innovation in healthcare and medicine, Edge Fellow for the Deloitte Centre for the Edge. And has published the book “Augmented Health(care): the end of the Beginning”.
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Sir Rob Wainwright and Frédérique Demenint
In the first episode we will explore how best to prepare for a crisis, how to manage its effects and impact when it happens, and the impact that actions taken have on the long term reputation for companies as a responsible business. Our special guest is Frédérique Demenint, an executive with 20 years of experience of guiding CEOs through periods and moments of great challenge.
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