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Executive Interviews

Sustainability Endures: Q&A With Former SVP Of Sustainability Research And Policy At Calvert Investments Bennett Freeman

Bennett Freeman, associate fellow of Chatham House and former SVP of Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments, speaks to Global Finance about environmental, social, and governance efforts worldwide.

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Tapping Into Fintech: Q&A With Tap Payments Kuwait Managing Director And Senior VP Of Tap Payments Global Faisal AlHaroun

Faisal AlHaroun is managing director of Tap Payments Kuwait and senior vice president of Tap Payments Global. He speaks to Global Finance about the evolution of fintech and its customers in the MENA region.

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Updating America’s Archaic Payment System: Q&A With Vanderbilt Law School Professor Yesha Yadav

Global Finance: You say the US dollar payment system is falling behind other countries. Are we talking about a lag in...

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Reconstruction Then And Now: Q&A With Former Ukraine National Bank Governor Valeria Gontareva

Valeria Gontareva, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine 2014–2017, knows a few things about rebuilding in the wake of conflict. She talks about how Ukraine’s economy can be restored.

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Sky-High Sanctions: Q&A With Clifford Chance’s Emily Wicker

Emily Wicker, partner at Clifford Chance, speaks withGlobal Financeabout how sanctions against Russia are affecting the air transport sector worldwide.

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Saudi Arabian Market Blossoms For Outside Investors: Q&A With SABB CEO Tony Cripps

Global Finance: You became CEO of SABB about a year ago, what was your first challenge? Tony Cripps: It was...

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Setting Up Sanctions: Q&A With Hagar Chemali

Hagar Chemali, an expert in terrorism financing, has worked at the US Treasury, the National Security Council and the UN. She speaks about sanctions—what works, what doesn’t—and Russia.

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Beyond The Mailroom: Q&A With Pitney Bowes’ President Of Global Financial Services Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson, president of Global Financial Services at Pitney Bowes, speaks about global small business lending and the goals for PB’s Chartered Bank and Financial Services division.

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Optimizing AI: Q&A With J.P. Morgan AI Research Head Manuela Maria Veloso

Manuela Maria Veloso, head of J.P. Morgan AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, speaks to Global Finance about AI development and use.

Features

Asia-America Relations: Q&A With Standard Chartered Bank’s Steven Cranwell

Global Finance speaks with Steven Cranwell, CEO of the Americas at Standard Chartered Bank, about the outlook for Southeast Asia, the Americas and pan-Pacific trade.

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Adapting In Record Time: Q&A With TomTom Vice President Fergus King

Fergus King is vice president of global supply chain for consumer products at TomTom, a mapping and geolocation-technology specialist. He offers an insider’s view of the semiconductor shortage, explaining why small brands get short shrift and reshoring doesn’t work.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The Great Resignation: Q&A With Conference Board’s Gad Levanon

Gad Levanon, Conference Board labor-markets economist, talks about changes for employers and the outlook for jobs, wages and productivity as economies recover from the pandemic.