
16 episodes

INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast by Nick Lall
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Conversations with leading emerging markets movers and shakers on their personal journeys and insights into the countries in which they operate.
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Mass transit as a last mile logistics solution for SE Asian cities - Onno Pfeiffer, co-founder of Diolko
Onno Pfeiffer is an INSEAD GEMBA 19 and is the co-founder of Diolko.
Diolko's sustainable last mile delivery solution leverages underutilized city infrastructure to improve quality of life for everyone by reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion.
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Regenerative Agriculture in Pakistan with Taimur Malik of Drawdown Farm
Taimur Malik, Co-Founder and Ideator of Drawdown Farm joined us to speak about regenerative agriculture's role in addressing the world's polycrises and the amazing results he's had so far on his farm in the Thar Desert of Pakistan.
Prior to founding Drawdown Farm, Taimur was an Analyst at Citibank, Chief Executive at Moiz Textiles, and co-founded TM Black, a fair trade men's custom shirting company, in which he negotiated deals with the best textile mills in the world for fabric selections, including Canclini in Italy, and ultimately sold the business to a global custom men's clothier at an undisclosed profit.
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VC in India with Brendan Rogers of 2am VC (formerly Wag!'s co-founder)
Brendan Rogers is the Co-Founder of 2am VC, an early-stage India Fund. Previously, Brendan co-founded Wag! (NASDAQ) PET, the largest pet platform in the US.
Before Wag!, Brendan co-founded a social discovery service to meet new people, which grew to over 50 million users in over 10 countries, and was acquired by IAC in 2014.
In this podcast, Brendan joined Nick Lall to discuss the burgeoning startup environment in India, best practices for building a personal brand, and his personal journey in launching 2am VC.
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Fair FX transfers for emerging market currencies with Mike Robertson and Adrian Brown, founders of AbbeyCross
AbbeyCross is a business-to-business FX trading and compliance marketplace for emerging market (EM) currencies. Available to banks and payment providers, it brings deeper EM currency liquidity, previously unavailable price transparency and market data to a fragmented EM payment industry.
With AbbeyCross, banking participants are able to secure and strengthen their EM payments offerings through one simple integration with multiple liquidity and settlement providers, while these same providers have easier access to new EM payment flows.
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From consulting in China to founding a CFO automation startup in Mexico with Javier Cunat, co-founder of Diligo
Javier Cunat is a TIEMBA 2014 and COO/Director of Diligo, which offers advisory and CFO services for startups in Spain and Mexico. In this episode we explore his 14 years in China and subsequent move to found a startup in Mexico.
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Founder of Asia's largest proptech company, creator of 3 unicorns, Georg Chmiel
Georg Chmiel is an INSEAD 96D and the Co-Founder / Chair of Juwai-IQI Holdings, the largest proptech group in South East Asia with more than 30,000 sales agents. He is also responsible for creating 3 unicorns. His previous experience includes Executive Chairman of iCarAsia (ASX:ICQ), the number 1 online automotive marketplace for SE Asia. He was also Managing Director / CEO of the iProperty Group (ASX:IPP) until its sale to REA Group in the biggest online takeover in SE Asia at that point in time. He has also served as the CEO and managing director of international real estate agency and finance network, LJ Hooker; and as the CFO and general manager (International) at the REA Group.
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