{"id":1260,"date":"2022-08-27T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T13:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1260"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:50:25","slug":"fii-institute-pursues-a-better-future-for-humanity-with-season-two-of-thinkpod-podcast","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/press\/fii-institute-pursues-a-better-future-for-humanity-with-season-two-of-thinkpod-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"FII Institute\u00a0Pursues a Better Future for Humanity\u00a0with\u00a0Season Two\u00a0of\u00a0THINKpod\u00a0Podcast\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>26<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>August<\/em><em>&nbsp;2022, Riyadh<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;The&nbsp;Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute&nbsp;has announced the launch of&nbsp;the&nbsp;second season of&nbsp;its&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/thinkpod\/\">THINKpod<\/a>, bringing together a diverse range of guests&nbsp;from around the world,&nbsp;including&nbsp;senior executives from leading corporations, NGOs, academic institutions, leaders from major intergovernmental&nbsp;organizations,&nbsp;and celebrities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by&nbsp;renowned TV anchor and presenter,&nbsp;Mark Barton,&nbsp;the podcast series&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a&nbsp;platform&nbsp;for&nbsp;exploring&nbsp;the&nbsp;Institute\u2019s&nbsp;theme of&nbsp;\u2018Impact on Humanity\u2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;An active and impactful channel between&nbsp;its&nbsp;listenership&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;podcast\u2019s&nbsp;notable&nbsp;guests,&nbsp;it aimsto find&nbsp;solutions to the world\u2019s biggest challenges through discussion and dialogue, for a brighter, more inclusive, and sustainable future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second season of&nbsp;THINKpod&nbsp;will&nbsp;feature&nbsp;18&nbsp;prominent&nbsp;guests&nbsp;including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Senator Matteo Renzi OMRI, Former President of Italy<\/li><li>Sir Simon&nbsp;Mayall, International Senior Adviser, Coutts<\/li><li>Sir David Harding, Founder and CEO, Winton Capital<\/li><li>Akash Shah, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer, BNY Mellon<\/li><li>Bob Wilt, CEO,&nbsp;Ma\u2019aden<\/li><li>Dario Giuliani, Founder,&nbsp;Briterbridges<\/li><li>Julia&nbsp;Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange<\/li><li>&nbsp;Rishi Kapoor, Co-CEO,&nbsp;Investcorp<\/li><li>Anna More, Partner, McKinsey &amp; Company<\/li><li>Sian Sutherland, Co-Founder, Plastic Planet<\/li><li>&nbsp;Chris&nbsp;Spedding, Manager, BASIC<\/li><li>&nbsp;Somi&nbsp;Arian, Founder, Smart Cookie Media<\/li><li>Uwem&nbsp;Uwemakpan, VP, Fund Operations, Ingressive Capital<\/li><li>David Palmer, Blockchain Lead Vodafone Business IOT, Vodafone<\/li><li>Abdullah Abdulrahman&nbsp;Alkanhl, Group Chief Strategy Officer, STC<\/li><li>Leyla&nbsp;Acaroglu, Founder, Disrupt Design<\/li><li>Roxana&nbsp;Mohammadian-Molina, Board Member, UK Saudi Council&nbsp;<\/li><li>Anthony Berkley, Director of ACT and Head of Investments, FII Institute<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date,&nbsp;the&nbsp;FII Institute\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/thinkpod\/\">podcast<\/a>&nbsp;has hosted some of the world\u2019s most impactful practitioners and executives. The second season of&nbsp;THINKpod&nbsp;will only add to this legacy,&nbsp;bringing listenersvaluable and insightful discussions with global&nbsp;experts&nbsp;who are working to find solutions for some of the world\u2019s most pressing issues and challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the seasons\u2019 first episode,&nbsp;Senator Matteo Renzi, Former Prime Minister of Italy,&nbsp;provided&nbsp;his&nbsp;insights on&nbsp;the effects&nbsp;global politics and government&nbsp;have on the next&nbsp;generation,&nbsp;commentingthat \u201cthe real great value of a politician is not to stay in power, but to try to deeply change their country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its inception, the FII Institute has launched several initiatives to&nbsp;catalyse impact on humanity&nbsp;and create a more sustainable future.&nbsp;THINKpod&nbsp;will showcase a wide range of topics, from Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, to Education, Healthcare, Sustainability, Food Security, Virtual Reality, Blockchain, Crypto, to Investments and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTES TO EDITORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When:&nbsp;The podcast airs&nbsp;15:00 &#8211; 16:00 (KSA time) on Thursday&nbsp;1September&nbsp;\u2013 Saturday 10&nbsp;September&nbsp;2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link&nbsp;to activate subscription:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/FIIKSA\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/FIIKSA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About FII Institute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FII Institute is a global non-profit organisation&nbsp;with an investment arm&nbsp;and one agenda:&nbsp;Impact&nbsp;on&nbsp;Humanity.&nbsp;&nbsp;Launched in 2019, the Institute has&nbsp;published various reports, hosted many&nbsp;international platforms, and&nbsp;launched several initiatives&nbsp;and projects&nbsp;to create&nbsp;a&nbsp;more sustainable future for humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the FII Institute is committed to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles, fostering&nbsp;the brightest minds and transforming&nbsp;ideas into real-world solutions in five focus areas: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Education, Healthcare and Sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENDS<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26&nbsp;August&nbsp;2022, Riyadh&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;The&nbsp;Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute&nbsp;has announced the launch of&nbsp;the&nbsp;second season of&nbsp;its&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;THINKpod, bringing together a diverse range of guests&nbsp;from around the world,&nbsp;including&nbsp;senior executives from leading corporations, NGOs, academic institutions, leaders from major intergovernmental&nbsp;organizations,&nbsp;and celebrities. Hosted by&nbsp;renowned TV anchor and presenter,&nbsp;Mark Barton,&nbsp;the podcast series&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a&nbsp;platform&nbsp;for&nbsp;exploring&nbsp;the&nbsp;Institute\u2019s&nbsp;theme of&nbsp;\u2018Impact on Humanity\u2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;An active and impactful channel between&nbsp;its&nbsp;listenership&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;podcast\u2019s&nbsp;notable&nbsp;guests,&nbsp;it aimsto find&nbsp;solutions to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fii-institute.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}