16 December 2024
Episode 532
22 minutes
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We mark the occasion by hearing from Tom Hall, UBS global head of social impact and CEO of the UBS Optimus Foundation Network, and from one of its partners who has already been driving change: Fabio Segura, co-CEO of the Jacobs Foundation. They discuss the importance of collaboration in delivering effective philanthropy, with a particular focus on how education can drive social equality and enduring transformational change.
16 December 2024
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