![]() ![]() I would also like to take a moment to express my gratitude and my awe for receiving this alumni award. And selfishly, I hope that many of you will look to start your impactful careers with the United Nations generally and the UN Capital Development Fund in particular. I also hope that after hearing my remarks, you will experience a sense of optimism and confidence in your ability to support transformative change in our time. My hope is that all of you will respond to this call, in one way or another. The scale and complexity of the world’s challenges requires the inventiveness, the savvy, and the moral compass that all of you possess. And all of you display exemplary leadership in carrying it forward.Īs for all of the students in attendance today, I would like to extend an important message, one that you have probably heard repeatedly: This world needs you-all of you. It is not an easy task but it is a worthy one. So, I thank all of you for displaying the resilience that is required to enact this paradigm shift. It takes many conversations that result in collaboration, which leads to planning, which ends in execution and results. ![]() Of course, one announcement or one declaration is far from enough. For the last few years, we have all heard the conversation around the paradigm shift from shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism. Let me also extend my appreciation to all of you in attendance, notably the stakeholders who are driven by the desire to make capital work for humanity and not the other way around. I want to extend a particular note of thanks to Tony Sheldon, not only for this opportunity but for being such a wonderful colleague of mine over the years. Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen-as we typically say to start UN convenings to acknowledge the various time zones-good morning, good afternoon and good evening.įirst and foremost, let me extend a note of thanks to the Yale School of Management’s Program on Social Enterprise for this extraordinary opportunity to address all of you today. ![]()
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