The Impact Equation – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode we welcome Anu Bajaj, Chief Innovative Finance and Investment Officer of the EarthShot Prize, founded by Prince William in 2020 to search, spotlight and scale solutions that can help repair and regenerate the planet in this decisive decade. Prior to the EarthShot prize with a background in banking, Anu founded Baytree Ventures, a marketplace to help grow the market for impact investing in India and led the UK Department for International Development's global policy and interventions in the financial sector, from mobile banking to microfinance and development of capital markets.

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In this episode we welcome Kieron Boyle, a true leader in the impact economy. He’s now Chair of the impact investing institute, the UK's foremost authority on impact investing, and CEO of 100x, the world’s largest impact venture accelerator, dedicated to helping visionary entrepreneurs improve the lives of billions of people through innovative, scalable solutions.

Kieron has established numerous initiatives, including Big Society Capital, now Better Society Capital, and helped to bring the B-Corp move ment to the UK. These contributions have earned him recognition as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and an OBE for services to the sector. In a former life, Kieron held key positions at No.10 Downing Street and the UK Foreign Office. 

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Rafi and Adam are joined by Tzeporah Berman, a trailblazing environmental activist, who founded the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. Tzeporah was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the World’s 100 most influential climate leaders in business in 2024, alongside Bill Gates, Greg Jackson of Octopus, and Niels Christensen, CEO of Lego. Previously, Tzeporah co-directed the International Climate and Energy Program at Greenpeace and negotiated major policy victories like the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement and the Canadian Boreal Forest Initiative, which together protected over 40 million hectares of old-growth forests. Tzeporah’s journey began almost by accident in the early 1990s when she was arrested during a highly controversial logging blockade in Canada’s ancient rainforests. What has followed is a 30-year career of powerful environmental advocacy, now as International Program Director at Stand.earth and Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.  

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We welcome Jack Prevezer, Co-Founder and COO of Ezra Coaching, a leading global virtual coaching and learning provider changing the game in professional development. Ezra has been on an incredible growth journey since starting in 2019, and now operates across six continents, 87 countries and has delivered over 600,000 coaching sessions for employees of some of the biggest companies around the world, including the likes of Spotify, Microsoft, AstraZeneca and Kraft Heinz. This year, as part of their mission to improve lives in the workplace, Ezra announced a new, exciting partnership with NY Times bestseller and global leadership guru Simon Sinek, to give away free coaching to thousands of frontline workers in need across healthcare and the education sector. 

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In this episode we welcome Tessa Clarke, Cofounder and CEO of Olio, a free app that connects users with unwanted food in their neighbourhood. Olio now has over 8 million users who have together shared over 200 million portions of food, achieved in large part due to the passion of 125,000 volunteers who are spreading the word in their local communities, and collecting and re-distributing unsold food from local businesses via the app. A farmer’s daughter from North Yorkshire, prior to founding Olio, Tessa’s career started at Boston Consulting Group, and has an MBA from Stanford Business School. 

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In this episode we welcome Mete Coban, Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy, to our first live podcast. Mete was born in Northern Cyprus to asylum-seeking parents and moved to London as a child. Inspired to give marginalised groups a voice, aged just 20 he founded My Life My Say, a charity to amplify youth voices and engaging young people from underrepresented communities in decision-making. Mete’s campaigning led nearly half a million people to register to vote in the last general election and he received an MBE for services to young people. Mete entered politics aged just 21, as the youngest-ever elected councilor in the London Borough of Hackney, where he served as cabinet member for climate change, environment, and transportation. In July 2024, Mete was appointed Deputy Mayor of London, tasked with overseeing climate action for our city.

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In this episode we welcome Dr. Hugh Montgomery, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London and Director of the Centre for Human Health and Performance. A distinguished scientist, clinician, and teacher, he has published nearly 600 research papers, discovered the first human fitness gene, and explored survival in extreme environments.

Beyond medicine, Hugh is a skydiver, ultramarathon runner, mountaineer, world record holder, and author. A prominent advocate for addressing climate change's health impacts, he co-chairs the Lancet Countdown on Climate Change and founded Real Zero to advance climate action in healthcare. Hugh has also contributed to vaccine development and advises on AI in biotech. Awarded an OBE, he continues to practice intensive care, embodying a rare combination of expertise and activism.

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In this episode our guest is Ioannis Ioannou, a tenured professor at London Business School and a globally recognised thought leader on the role of business in society.

Ioannis is a graduate of Yale and Harvard, with a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard Business School and has been shaping the conversation around sustainability and corporate responsibility since joining LBS in 2009. His groundbreaking research has been featured in top academic journals, offering profound insights into how businesses can deliver for the greater good. Beyond the classroom, Ioannis advises global corporations on sustainability strategies and is a member of the World Economic Forum Experts Network. Don’t miss this thought-provoking discussion with one of the world’s leading voices on purpose-driven leadership and the future of capitalism.

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