Leading Sustainability
In this podcast, join specialist sustainability recruiter Tom Strelczak from TWS Search Partners as he sits down with sustainability leaders from across geographies to discuss their careers and the realities of working in this complex sector.
Sustainability has become an exciting and significant area of growth across the world, with many aspiring professionals and graduates looking to move into this sector and forge meaningful careers.
Away from the draw of creating impact and making a difference, what is it really like to work in sustainability and what would leaders in this sector tell you about their experiences and how they got into the industry?
Leading Sustainability
Leading Sustainability: Dr Christine Chow (ICGN Chairman and Global Sustainable Investment Leader)
In this latest episode, we speak with the remarkable Dr Christine Chow, currently serving as Chairman of the Board at the ICGN, most recently Global Head of Active Ownership at UBS and highly dedicated competing dressage rider. With an international career spanning over 25 years, and working across London, Prague, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Manila and the UAE, Christine was also recognised as the ‘Sustainable and ESG Investment Woman of the Year’.
Christine is one of the most recognised and inspiring global leaders within Sustainable Investing, and here she offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of her journey across numerous continents and global investment firms, the challenges along the way and the opportunities that she has created for herself at numerous junctures throughout her career, most notably her recognised expertise within Artificial Intelligence. Christine offers an extremely candid and self-reflective analysis that should prove invaluable to those navigating next steps in sustainability.
Timestamps:
(00:58) Christine’s journey into investing
(03:05) The impact of an international career
(10:13) Building and nurturing talent
(14:55) Diversity within sustainability careers
(17:56) Balancing personal and professional life
(23:20) Future direction within sustainability and AI
(28:04) Understanding AI’s risks and opportunities
(31:41) Advice for aspiring sustainability professionals