Swiss Impact with Banerjis

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee

This is the summary of the most exciting moments of the season 1.

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Guests: Kevin Harrington - Entrepreneur - ABC's Shark Tank

For more than 30 years, Kevin Harrington has empowered entrepreneurs and innovative business leaders to turn dreams into mind-boggling reality.

An original “shark” on the hit TV show Shark Tank, the creator of the infomercial, pioneer of the As Seen on TV brand, and co-founding board member of the Entrepreneur’s Organization—Kevin Harrington has pushed past all the questions and excuses to repeatedly enjoy 100X success.

His legendary work behind-the-scenes of business ventures has produced well over $5 billion in global sales, the launch of more than 500 products, and the making dozens of millionaires.

Twenty of his companies have each topped $100 million in revenue.

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee

Guest - Martin Palmer President & Interim Chief Executive FaithInvest - FaithInvest is an international, not-for-profit membership organisation for religious groups and faith- based institutional investors. Our aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent, values-driven investing worldwide.

Martin Palmer is the President and Interim Chief Executive of FaithInvest, an international, not-for-profit membership organisation for religious groups and faith-based institutional investors founded in 2019. Its aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent, values-driven investing worldwide. FaithInvest grew out of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), which was founded by Martin Palmer with His Royal Highness Prince Philip in 1995 to help faiths develop environmental and conservation projects based on their own beliefs and practices.

Martin was Secretary General of ARC until June 2019. He is the author and editor of more than 20 books on religious and environmental topics. He has translated many ancient Chinese texts, is a regular contributor to the BBC, and is a lay preacher in the Church of England. He has been working with the faiths on their investment programmes since 2001 and helped found the International Interfaith Investment Group (3iG) in 2005.

Earlier Show - International Broadcast Media Presents " Swiss Impact with Banerjis " February 26, 2021 Live IBMTV - https://youtu.be/jW3e53sMHi4 "Swiss Impact with Banerjis" Guest - Martin Palmer (President-FaithInvest) only on IBMTV

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee

Special Guests:

1. H.E. Ms. Elisabeth von Capeller Ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal
2. Mr. Bhattarai from Embassy of Switzerland
3. Mr. Tim Gocher, CEO of Dolma Impact Fund

This time we travel to Nepal. All our viewers who want to learn how Swiss embassy and Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation are actively fostering private sector development and impact investment eco-system. We will also be joined by the CEO of the Dolma Impact Fund. For the entrepreneurial audience of ours, the discussion will include the criteria and procedure of these investments.

Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller from Switzerland did her master's degree in agricultural engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. Later on she worked at Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Cameroon. In 2007, Ms von Capeller moved to the SDC cooperation office in Nepal where she was Head of Cooperation and Deputy Head of Mission from 2009. In 2011, she was appointed Head of the South Asia Division, Head of Conflict and Human Rights. In February 2018, she was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Nepal.

Mr. Bhattarai is an economist at the Embassy of Switzerland and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Nepal. As the focal point for private sector engagement at the Embassy and SDC, he has an experience of working closely with a diverse set of partners such as government agencies, entrepreneurs, foreign and local investors, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders in Nepal’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Tim is the founder and CEO of Dolma Impact Fund, the first international private equity fund focussed on Nepal. He is an investment executive with a background in renewable energy and Technology. He is also Hon. Professor of Sustainable Business at The University of Nottingham and Guest Lecturer at London Business School where he gained his MBA.

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Guest - Martin Palmer President & Interim Chief Executive FaithInvest - FaithInvest is an international, not-for-profit membership organisation for religious groups and faith- based institutional investors. Our aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent, values-driven investing worldwide.

Martin Palmer is the President and Interim Chief Executive of FaithInvest, an international, not-for-profit membership organisation for religious groups and faith-based institutional investors founded in 2019. Its aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent, values-driven investing worldwide. FaithInvest grew out of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), which was founded by Martin Palmer with His Royal Highness Prince Philip in 1995 to help faiths develop environmental and conservation projects based on their own beliefs and practices.

Martin was Secretary General of ARC until June 2019. He is the author and editor of more than 20 books on religious and environmental topics. He has translated many ancient Chinese texts, is a regular contributor to the BBC, and is a lay preacher in the Church of England. He has been working with the faiths on their investment programmes since 2001 and helped found the International Interfaith Investment Group (3iG) in 2005.

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Guest - H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

Executive Chairman, Industrie- & Finanzkontor

Founder - Geopolitical Intelligence Services

H.S.H. Prince Michael von und zu Liechtenstein Prince Michael of Liechtenstein is Executive Chairman of the Industrie- und Finanzkontor Etablissement, a leading trust company with tradition and expertise in the long-term and multi-generational preservation of wealth, family values and businesses.

Among various additional positions within professional organisations, His Serene Highness maintains the position of board member of Liechtenstein Institute of Professional Trustees and Fiduciaries, of Chairman of the European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation Vaduz as well as of Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Intelligence Services AG Vaduz. Member of the International Institute of Longevity as well as Chairman of the liberal think tank European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation.

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Guest - Gurvinder Ahluwalia, Founder & CEO Digital Twin Labs, Founder & CPO StreamSum, Advisor Gates Foundation

Gurvinder Ahluwalia an investor in the field of social technology & Advisor at Gates Foundation - Bill & Melinda Foundation. Gurvinder Ahluwalia is the Founder & CEO of Digital Twin Labs based in the US. Digital Twin Labs co-creates platforms and ventures using frontier technologies such as Blockchain, IoT, Cloud, and AI. Gurvinder is also the Co-founder of StreamSum, a AI based product company for ad management and brand activism in streaming media. Previously, he was Chief Technology Officer at IBM for Blockchain, Cloud, and IoT for North America and an alumnus of the prestigious IBM Academy of Technology. Gurvinder has stewarded industry change and social good from recent waves of tech disruption: from Web, Mobile, Cloud, and now Blockchain, IoT, Digital Assets and AI. Under Gurvinder’s leadership, Digital Twin Labs has co-created digital assets, digital platforms, and digital ventures. Some examples are: blockchain based supply chains for ethical trade of diamonds; mortgage platform for servicing and equitable access to credit; and provenance in food supply for nutrition tracking to vulnerable demographics of society. These investments and initiatives tackle burning problems in compliance, counterfeiting, anti-money laundering, double-spend, underwriting, data privacy, and ecosystem governance.

You can follow Gurvinder Ahluwalia on Twitter handle @guriahluwalia.

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Ben & Sveta discussing about Impact Investment

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Topic - Sustainable Agriculture

Special guest - President of the Republic of Mauritius, H.E. Prof. Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

In June 2016, she was in the Forbes List for the 100 ‘Most Powerful women in the world’ and 1st among the Top 100 Women in Africa Forbes List 2017, 2019. She is honoured as one of Foreign Policy’s 2015 Global Thinkers.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, GCSK, CSK, PhD, Dsc Professor. Biodiversity scientist. Entrepreneur. Author. 6th President Republic of Mauritius.

She has been the Managing Director of the Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) Research and Innovation as well as Professor of Organic Chemistry with an endowed chair at the University of Mauritius. Since 2001, she has served successively as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Pro Vice Chancellor (2004- 2010). She has also worked at the Mauritius Research Council as Manager for Research (1995-1997). Ms Gurib-Fakim earned a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Surrey (1983) and a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK (1987). During her academic journey, she has participated in several consultation meetings on environmental issues organized by international organizations. Between 2011-2013, she was elected and served as Chairperson of the International Council for Scientific Union – Regional Office for Africa, and served as an Independent Director on the Board of Barclays Bank of Mauritius Ltd between (2012-2015).

As a Founding Member of the Pan African Association of African Medicinal Plants, she co-authored the first ever African Herbal Pharmacopoeia. She has authored and co-edited 30 books, several book chapters and scientific articles in the field of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. She has lectured extensively across the world; is a Member of the Editorial Boards of major journals, has served on Technical and national committees in various capacities. Elevated to the Order of the Commander of the Star and Key by the Government of Mauritius in 2008, she has been admitted to the Order of the Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the Government of France in 2010 and is the recipient of 5 DSc (s).

Elected Fellow of several academies and societies, Ms Gurib-Fakim received several international prizes including the 2007 l’Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science, the African Union Commission Award for Women in Science, 2009. On 05 June 2015, she was sworn in as the 6th President and the First Female President of the Republic of Mauritius and served in that capacity until March 2018.

She was elevated to the Order of GCSK by the Government of Mauritius, and received the Legion d’Honneur from the Government of France in 2016. In 2017, she received both the lifelong achievement award of the United States Pharmacopoeia-CePat Award and the American Botanical Council Norman Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award. In 2018, she received the Order of St George at the Semperopernball, Dresden, Germany. In 2019, she received the ‘Trailblazing award for political leadership’ by the World Women Leaders Council in Iceland. In 2020, she was elected Honorary President of the International and Engineering Institute and received their 2020 5th IETI Annual Scientific Award. She also received the IAS-COMSTECH Ibrahim Memorial Award from the WIAS in Jordan.

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Topic - Investment Bank

Guest: Elina Kamenitzer - Head of Climate Office - Operations- European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

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