What if the way we do finance was the real Greenwashing? What if a New Economy IS possible?

In this episode of "Be & Think in the House of Trust", I am listening to Dr Melanie Rieback CEO/Co-founder of Radically Open Security (the world's first not-for-profit computer security company), and "Post Growth" startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures.

An accomplished academic, Melanie lectures on Post-Growth Entrepreneurship at the Free University of Amsterdam, where she also was Assistant Professor of Computer Science.

Melanie reflects and challenges the traditional norms of the finance industry and calls for a paradigm shift towards non-extractive and sustainable investment practices.

She discusses the need for fund managers to adopt steward ownership, focus on long-term thinking and derisked returns.

She emphasizes the importance of reducing conflicts of interest, reforming compensation structures, and encouraging diversity of thought in boardrooms.

She calls for changes to support smaller pioneering fund managers who really believe in non-extractive models.

Melanie's thought-provoking ideas and practical models serve as a call to action for investors to step up and address the systemic challenges we face.

And her cat - our impromptu guest - agrees wholeheartedly!

Useful Links

• Connect with Melanie on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrieback
• Post Growth Entrepreneurship Course (FREE) Universiteit van Amsterdam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApINAX7XEqc
• Radically Open Security https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/
• "Post Growth" startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures https://nonprofit.ventures/

Melanie's picture by Tobias Groenland

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