The History of Dublin Thursday @ 9:00 AM
David McWilliams is an economist, author, journalist, documentary-maker and broadcaster. He is Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at the School of Business Trinity College Dublin. and is ranked 10th most influential economist in the world. He produces a weekly economics podcast which has repeatedly topped the Irish and English podcast charts.
David is co-founder of the world’s only economics and stand-up comedy festival Kilkenomics – described by the FT as “simply, the best economics conference in the world”. He also founded Ireland’s leading literary and ideas shindig, the Dalkey Book Festival. The WEF at Davos debased their currency profoundly by making him a Young Global Leader a few years back.
With the objective to make economics digestible and engaging for all, David draws on his unique sense of humour when he travels the globe speaking on growth trends, geo-politics, currencies, financial markets and the link between economics and the individual and cultural psyche
Consistently accurate in his forecasts, David McWilliams was the only economist in Ireland who accurately forecast a strong UK Brexit vote, the Trump victory and the 2008 global crash. David is ranked the 10th most influential economist in the world and as such is a regular on the international speaking circuit.
David has written five bestsellers and one of these The Pope’s Children is the best selling nonfiction ever published in Ireland. His writing style is described by Bloomberg’s head of economics Stephanie Flanders, as having “a great knack for bringing a complex economics story to life. He is also funny. In economics, that’s a rare and persuasive combination. He is very active on social media and is the third most widely followed economist in the world with 238,000 Twitter followers. He writes a weekly economics column for The Irish Times and is a regular international contributor to the Financial Times.
Once upon a time he had a real job working as an economist first in the Irish Central Bank and later as Chief European Economist at UBS and Head of Emerging Markets Research at Banque Nationale de Paris. He studied economics at Trinity College Dublin and the College of Europe in Bruges. David has recently launched his new online economics course – "International Trade and Money". Additionally, his series of animated economics videos – Punk Economics – have been viewed by over 2,000,000 people so far.
In all his speeches, David reaches beyond the conventional, challenging his audiences to think differently about the world, because it is in thinking differently that innovation and progress are bred.
A world economic update from an Irish perspective Thursday @ 10:45 AM
Who is Pulse Market: Pulse Market is a fast growing Irish-Scottish start-up which has revolutionised the business-to-business supplier management and procurement process. The dynamic engagement platform has been developed in line with community experts and evangelists within Supplier Management, Procurement and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) best practices, helping change business to business engagement for good.
Michael O’Shea, Founder & CEO is an experienced serial FinTech entrepreneur with a proven track record in helping SMEs (especially Financial Firms) organise, manage, and communicate successfully with their suppliers for greater returns across financial and non-financial targets. With a focus on finding strategic digital sales, purchasing and management solutions and product tools that deliver clear results across business teams and balance sheets.
A technology expert with over 30 years’ experience in building, managing, and running high-achieving Tech businesses across Ireland, UK, and USA. With a passion for building cutting-edge user-friendly platforms and tools, that support business and their shareholders achieve their vision of success. Alongside financial and technical achievements, building long term sustainable relationships that last a lifetime not a project plan.
Supply chain audit and a lot more Thursday @ 3:10 PM
Accounting and reporting on all matters ESG Thursday @ 1:50 PM
Justin is a top-ranked analyst in the investment banking industry. He brings 25+ years’ experience in research and evaluation to the Group and shares responsibility for strategic oversight with Portia. He holds a Masters in European Business from Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris and a BSc (Hons) in Business Studies from CASS, London.
ESGmark® was founded by two long-standing colleagues, Portia Patel and Justin Bates, both top-ranked analysts working together in the investment industry in London, UK. They observed that ESG-focused investing is growing as a hugely important theme, with investors increasingly demanding that the companies they invest in meet their own Environmental, Social and Governance criteria.
The founders realised that organisations of all sizes, not just large national and global corporations, want to play a role in addressing the climate crisis and securing a fairer society for all. Their research led them to conclude that a new standard was required. It needed to simplify the complex subject of sustainability and provide a framework of straightforward action points for those seeking to make positive changes. Thus, ESGmark® was born.
Through our certification process, we award the ESGmark® to organisations, irrespective of size, which prove they are committed to making a positive difference to the environment, their clients, employees and communities.
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Why ESG Matters Friday @ 11:30 AM
Portia is a top-ranked analyst in the investment banking industry. She brings expert research and evaluation experience to the Group and shares responsibility for strategic oversight with Justin. She holds an MSc Economics with Distinction from University College London and an MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University of Oxford.
ESGmark® was founded by two long-standing colleagues, Portia Patel and Justin Bates, both top-ranked analysts working together in the investment industry in London, UK. They observed that ESG-focused investing is growing as a hugely important theme, with investors increasingly demanding that the companies they invest in meet their own Environmental, Social and Governance criteria.
The founders realised that organisations of all sizes, not just large national and global corporations, want to play a role in addressing the climate crisis and securing a fairer society for all. Their research led them to conclude that a new standard was required. It needed to simplify the complex subject of sustainability and provide a framework of straightforward action points for those seeking to make positive changes. Thus, ESGmark® was born.
Through our certification process, we award the ESGmark® to organisations, irrespective of size, which prove they are committed to making a positive difference to the environment, their clients, employees and communities.
Why ESG Matters Friday @ 11:30 AM
