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The Leonardo Centre is delighted to announce the expansion of the Centre’s Advisory Board, with the addition of two experienced members and a new Chair
By welcoming Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Ann Rosenberg, and a new Chairman of the Board, Peter Childs, The Leonardo Centre is strengthening its position as a research-based platform, that can drive transformational change for business, policymakers and civil society.
The new chairman of the board, Peter Childs, is the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design and was the founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. Peter Childs brings a unique set of competencies and knowledge to The Leonardo Centre, as it continues to build new cross-sectoral partnerships and scaling effective and innovative sustainability leadership models.
Commenting on what this new constellation means for Leonardo, Peter Childs said,
Business represents a significant influencer in societies and the Leonardo Centre provides an opportunity for transformation at significant scale. I am delighted to be able to work together with the various stakeholders towards such transformations.
Peter Childs will take over from the former chairwoman Lise Kingo, who, in collaboration with the directors and the other members of the Advisory Board, helped develop The Leonardo Centre’s institutional and business development agenda, and successfully launched the Centre with an event including esteemed speakers such as Mark Carney, Co-Chair of GFANZ, and Sanda Ojiambo, UN Global Compact. Reflecting on her term as Chair, Lise commented:
It has been a great pleasure helping to launch the Leonardo Centre, experiencing the high-level interest and partnership opportunities that has been so well captured.
"I hope that the next level of the journey will include an even stronger academic anchoring with cross-disciplinary research at Imperial College London, as well as high integrity businesses with a strong interest in driving Stakeholder Capitalism."
Co-President of the Club of Rome, Sandrine Dixson-Declève has joined the Advisory Board with unparalleled experience on climate change and high-level stakeholder engagement. As an internationally renowned thought leader, her contributions will help the Leonardo Centre support leading businesses and bold leaders in becoming future-fit.
Today’s challenges are such that we require a complete overhaul of our economic, financial, and political systems. This calls for both ambitious business leaders and novel business models that foster a regenerative low carbon industrial revolution alongside a new social contract...The role of the Leonardo Centre must be to help companies not only become “part of”, but to lead this exciting journey of green and social transformation.
Business as Usual practices determined by short term profit making on the back of people and planet will neither create the resilience needed to weather future shocks and stresses nor enable the just transition required over the next decade.
Maintaining a Scandinavian presence in the board, Ann Rosenberg will bring her 25 years of experience from the corporate world, where she has worked with technology, sustainability, and purpose. As a founder of the SDG ambition, Ann has shown her dedication to challenge companies to take bold action and to redefine business models for sustainable development.
"The time has become crucial for governments and stakeholders to show progress on net-zero commitments and present clear implementation plans to secure science-based targets by 2030."
The Leonardo Centre provides a strong, transformational platform for companies to meaningfully achieve and report on their sustainability ambitions.
The Leonardo Centre partners with more than 150 scholars across 60 global universities, and is headed up by Maurizio Zollo, Scientific Director and Professor of Strategy & Sustainability at Imperial College Business School, and Executive Director Livio Scalvini.
Other members of the advisory board include Ed Daniels, Franklin Allen, Nilay Shah, and Nick Voulvoulis.
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