SPEAKER: Bradley Busetto, Director, UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Singapore
HOSTING COMMITTEE: Alternative Investment Committee
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Join us as Bradley Busetto, Director, UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Singapore, will give an overview of the global context for sustainable investment, and what needs to happen if the world wants to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs). He will highlight opportunities and challenges for sustainable investment in different country contexts, including Japan and Singapore, where he has been based for the last several years.
Bradley will also discuss the role of the United Nations in this regard.
About the Speaker
Bradley leads the newly-established UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Singapore.
Bradley is regarded as a leader in creating and scaling new business models for sustainable development. Bradley set up the United Nations’ first social venture incubator and impact investment fund, as well the world’s first national SDG Innovation Lab, during his tenure as UN ambassador in Armenia (2013 - 2018).This work was recognized by the Future of Innovation Summit (co-hosted by Stanford University and the Rockefeller Foundation).
On the behalf of the international community in Armenia, Bradley also led a sensitive electoral assistance program that helped pave the way for the first free, and fair elections in the country’s history. He was awarded the Medal of Honour from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
Directly prior to his appointment in Singapore, he was based in NY with the United Nations, where Bradley helped design UNDP’s pioneering flagship innovation lab network, and also developed the new SDG Fund for the United Nations. Previously with the UN, Bradley served in humanitarian missions in Indonesia, Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
In addition to his United Nations service, Bradley led the expansion of international operations for the Wellcome Trust, the leading global health foundation. He also worked in leadership roles in banking and management consulting and co-founded a start-up. The California native holds a BA and a master’s degree in philosophy from Stanford University, where he graduated with honours.
Frank Packard, Chair
Christopher P. Wells, Pieter Franken, Deborah Hayden, Vice Chairs
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