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The high-profile gathering of corporate executives and politicians at the WEF Annual Meeting was smaller than usual this year and took place in May instead of January. The BRINK News team reports.
The high-profile gathering of corporate executives and politicians at the WEF Annual Meeting was smaller than usual this year and took place in May instead of January. The BRINK News team reports.
ESG: For the Greater Good and the Bottom Line
Monday, May 23, 2022
8:00 pm CET
Hosts
Kate Brennan, General Counsel and Chair, Management ESG Committee, Marsh McLennan
Nick Studer, CEO, Oliver Wyman
How our company advances good in the world has always been important to us; and environmental, social and governance considerations have been a formal part of our decision-making since 2008. That ESG concerns are moving toward the center of corporate decision-making is good news for society. How can we meet our shared challenge to bring an even greater urgency to advancing social equity, sustainability and accountability?
Refugee Environmental Protection Fund: A Discussion With the UN Refugee Agency
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
7:00 am CET
Hosts
Shirin Pakfar and Siddhartha Sinha, UNHCR
Nick Studer and Christian Edelmann, Oliver Wyman
The UN Refugee Agency is launching a Refugee Environmental Protection Fund to invest in reforestation and clean cooking programs in refugee situations globally. The fund is a flagship, high visibility project run by the UNHCR and with direct support from the High Commissioner. It is a central part of UNHCR’s Operational Strategy for Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability 2022-2025. Oliver Wyman has supported some of the work underpinning the ideation and planning of the fund over the last year. We are now one of the corporate founding partners alongside two governments, a prominent law firm and a large European development bank.
Transforming Work, Reshaping the Future
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
7:00 am CET
Host
Ravin Jesuthasan, Senior Partner and Global Leader for Transformation Services, Mercer
This year, amidst a radically changed world, we will focus on how business leaders can build resilience and agility in the face of extreme uncertainty and ready themselves for meeting the extraordinary challenges that lie ahead. This will require rebooting their organization’s work operating system, embracing new work standards, proactively addressing environmental, social and governance imperatives and prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion. Our panel of business and thought leaders will explore a transformational path to a new, connected future.
The Challenges We Face: How Financial Services Can Help
Monday, May 23, 2022
12:00-1:30 pm CET
Hosts
Nick Studer, CEO, Oliver Wyman
Ted Moynihan, Managing Partner, Oliver Wyman
Companies and societies face significant challenges. Recovering from a global pandemic, mounting inflation, war-stressed supplies, and a closing window to accelerate the transition to net-zero all loom large. The Financial Services industry needs to play an integral role in helping to steer the global economy through these challenges. At the same time the forces of disruption in the industry driven by decentralised finance and digital assets are accelerating. Join us as we explore how Financial Services can collaborate and transform in new ways to help face these challenges.
WEF Session: How Detached Are Markets From Economic Reality?
Tuesday, May 24
12:00 pm CET
Amid the pandemic, supply shocks and war, markets have remained broadly buoyant and at times reached unpredictable highs. Oliver Wyman CEO Nick Studer will join a panel of industry leaders to discuss how detached markets are from economic reality.
Watch replay here.
The Need for Trusted Information: Ukraine, COVID, Politics and Beyond
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
7:00 am CET
Hosts
John Romeo, Managing Partner, Head of the Oliver Wyman Forum
Kamal Ahmed, Editor-in-Chief, The News Movement
This interactive panel discussion will gather senior leaders from business, media, academia, policy and civil society for an engaging discussion on misinformation and how it is shaping our world. What role do digital and social media play in spreading misinformation? How does misinformation contribute to geopolitical conflict? What role should private and public institutions play in countering misinformation? And finally, what is the cost of misinformation to your business and how do you navigate it?
In Collaboration With WEF: Financial Resilience for Every Generation
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
9:00-10:30 am CET
Rich Nuzum, Mercer's President for Investments & Retirement, joins a discussion of the Longevity Economy initiative, part of the World Economic Forum’s Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems Platform that explores the role governments, employers and individuals all have in designing a retirement system that ensures financial resilience and better health outcomes.
In Collaboration With WEF: Emerging Industry Practices in Transformational Investment
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
2:00-3:00 pm CET
Host
Rich Nuzum, President, Investments & Retirement, Mercer
This session will share findings from a study conducted in partnership with the World Economic Forum on how the world’s largest, most sophisticated institutional investors are pursuing opportunities and mitigating risks associated with long-term systemic challenges to our economy, society and planet. Three years of research, 250+ engagements with the world’s largest asset owners and a benchmarking self-assessment completed by more than three dozen of the largest investors provide the insights.
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We’re seeing this era of skills become the currency of work, no longer the job. Where are you seeing growth? What’s being demanded, either in the industry you’re in, or an industry you’d like to get into?Ravin Jesuthasan, Global Leader for Transformation Services, Mercer in Fast Company
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It’s very easy to make that call early and make the recession for yourself before the actual recession comes along.Nick Studer, CEO, Oliver Wyman in the Wall Street Journal