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Global dealmakers have grown accustomed to managing simultaneously the approaches of US, EU, Chinese and British anti-trust regulators. Now, a new global anti-trust policeman may emerge in Delhi. By Brunswick’s David Blackburn.

How the EU regulates AI in healthcare could have implications far beyond the continent. Brunswick’s Francesca Scassellati Sforzolini reports.

A panel of Brunswick experts discusses the rewards and risks of drinking with colleagues.

Few would know better than Tim Adams, President and CEO of the Institute of International Finance, whose members span 60 countries and include the most recognizable names in the industry. His answer: Technology.

“I think anyone who sits on a Board or executive team now has a deeper understanding about the need for strong, strategic communications leadership,” says Ralph Lauren’s Chief Global Impact and Communications Officer.

Michael Polsky built the first half of his career on fossil fuels. Can he help the US get off them? By Stephen Power.

In Galapagos, former corporate executive Ambre Tanty-Lamothe is making it her mission to grow biodiversity in the boardroom. By Carlton Wilkinson.

The Oxford Character Project Executive Director Dr. Ed Brooks talks to Brunswick’s Natasha Burroughs about raising the bar for leadership and business culture.

Food and socializing opportunities in the workplace are increasingly on the minds of employees as they return to the office, a Compass survey finds. By Brunswick’s Tim Danaher.

Magician, puzzle maker and author David Kwong talks to Brunswick’s Preston Golson and Carlton Wilkinson about the magic of revealing the tricks of the trade.

Falguni Nayar created a multibillion-dollar beauty e-commerce market in India through her own brand and online platform. She talks to Brunswick’s Pavan Lall.

Incoming executives are expected to come armed with them, yet 100-day plans are dated and arbitrary. Brunswick Partner Bill Pendergast offers an alternative.

Every month, 150 million people use the communications platform Discord. Leading its Trust and Safety team is John Redgrave, who spoke with Brunswick’s Ash Spiegelberg, a Partner and Global Co-Head of the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms sector group, about the challenges—both human and technical—of that work.

The alchemy of creating virtual communities has been at the heart of Amber Atherton’s career as an entrepreneur, investor and author. By Kirsty Cameron.

Female rights and opportunities may have been a long time coming in the Kingdom, but now they are coming at remarkable speed. By Youmna Naufal.

Moody’s CEO Rob Fauber says that we’re living in a new era of risk. By Brunswick’s Craig Mullaney and Bill Pendergast.

A letter from the Editor.

When it comes to how, when and why we work, McKinsey’s Chief People Officer is the voice of the future. By Michael France and Noam Safier.

Tech founders, CEOs, and investors managing almost $1 trillion came to Dallas for two days of thought-provoking—and some off-the-record—conversations. Brunswick's Ash Spiegelberg spoke with the person who brought them together, Imran Khan.

Under CEO Scott Baxter, innovation is driving the ascent of Lee and Wrangler. By Senior Partner Jayne Rosefield.

As the climate crisis deepens, Stanford Medicine is leveraging science and smart working practices to counter the threat to health. By Ben Hirschler and Jennifer Sukawaty.

Meet Laxman Narasimhan, father, husband, son—and now CEO of Starbucks. By Nikhil Deogun.

Genevieve Bell, founding Director of the Australian National University’s School of Cybernetics, talks to Brunswick’s Alice Gibb.

Brunswick Insight’s Zayd Mabruk reports.

Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy and the fight for a national mental health movement.

Tao Wang, Chief China Economist for UBS Investment Bank, shares insights from her new book with Brunswick’s Andy Browne and Seth Faison.

Young entrepreneur Pawan Chandana left India’s state space agency to found his own rocket startup, a move that transformed the country’s space race. By Khozem Merchant and Sauradeep Chakraborty.

By one count, there are more than 260 arbitration institutes worldwide. None is more trusted or popular in the Asia-Pacific region than the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Brunswick speaks with its CEO, Gloria Lim.

Dr. Andrea Maier chooses Singapore as a base of operation for groundbreaking work in healthy longevity research and clinical practice. By Brunswick’s Sunitha Chalam.

Few know Singapore’s story as intimately as does Lim Siong Guan, whose 37-year career in government included senior roles at most every key ministry or institution.

Singapore’s hawker centers stand apart for quality, variety, price and popularity. By Jay Koh and Gloria Hoh.

By Sir Alan Parker.

A former journalist and Director of Communications for the World Bank, Peter Stephens reflects on the beauty of a city much misunderstood in the West.

Caesar Indra is President of Traveloka, Southeast Asia’s largest online travel platform. He spoke with Brunswick’s Ayesha Khan about new trends—and travelers—shaping the region.

International arrivals fell 99.9% during the pandemic’s peak. Jeannie Lim of the Singapore Tourism Board discusses how the country’s tourism industry survived—and actually emerged stronger.

Capital and companies are pouring into Southeast Asia. That means more attention for the region—and more competition. Sunitha Chalam, Head of Brunswick’s Singapore office, reports.

The playground of tech startup investors, Indonesia’s fast-growing economy is no myth.

What began as a “crazy idea,” according to the people behind it, is today Singapore’s most successful homegrown musical—one that tells the story of the country’s founding and its founder. Brunswick’s Ben Fry reports.

His passion for business—and Thailand—underpin the resilience and success of Bill Heinecke’s Minor International, writes Michael Kearns.

Two European experts on trade with Vietnam talk to Brunswick’s Thai Le about the country’s potential.

Upcoming elections mark a potential inflection point in the positive trends of ASEAN’s biggest economy, says Brunswick Senior Advisor Edward Lee.

The traditional culture of indirectness and nuance offers the best path to preserving ASEAN’s unity and neutrality, the keys to its value in the global market, says Brunswick’s George Yeo.

Tiny Singapore boasts an outsized presence and performance across a huge range of areas.

Governments and private enterprise must work together to solve the “trilemma” of a just energy transition, says Brunswick’s Maxim Petrov.

Former corporate lawyer Tan Ying Hsien, now the first Singaporean Master of Wine, speaks with Brunswick’s Will Carnwath about his journey and the culture of wine.

For Singapore-based Netflix Vice President Dean Garfield, local stories are the entertainment industry’s window to global resonance. He talks to Brunswick’s Sunitha Chalam and Yan Tong Goh.

A President at Thailand-based SCG, formerly the Siam Cement Group, spoke with Brunswick about leadership, sustainability commitments and key trends set to shape Southeast Asia.

Four languages, one "economic miracle."

Long-ago sacrifices still frame contemporary commitment to Singapore and Southeast Asia. By Will Carnwath, co-founder of Brunswick’s Singapore office.

Etiquette says keep them still; research says let them loose.

Bombs and bullets destroyed millions of windows in Ukraine. A nonprofit has developed a way to install new ones in 15 minutes, for only $15. Brunswick speaks with founder Harry Blakiston Houston.

A talk with Mike Buckley, CEO of an app for blind and low-vision people. By his friend and former colleague, Mark Palmer.

At the intersection of technology, research and clinical care stands Verily’s Amy Abernethy. By Tanisha Carino and Jennifer Sukawaty.

Smart negotiators and leaders often say little, in favor of listening, says Dan Lyons, author of "The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut." He talks to Brunswick’s Kavi Reddy.

Now a UK citizen, Nigerian gay activist Bisi Alimi draws on his experiences to battle inequality on all fronts—and he has a message for business.

In a new book, Dr. Eric Cervini spotlights early gay-rights pioneer Frank Kameny, a long-overlooked figure who helped launch a global movement. Wyatt Yankus reports.

A new book by the former United Airlines CEO pays tribute to the carrier’s workforce.

Science-based targets revolutionized business action on climate. They’re poised to do the same for nature. Leaders from three businesses in the vanguard of this dizzyingly complex—and critical—work talk about shaping the new standards.

McDonald’s is one of the largest restaurant chains in the world, operating in over 100 countries. Chief Sustainability Officer Jenny McColloch discusses how a business of that scale is addressing biodiversity loss and the emerging global food crisis.

PepsiCo’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President Jim Andrew talks to Brunswick’s Brendan Riley and Lucy Parker about the company’s actions and commitments to regenerative agriculture.

Why is a bank on the frontlines of the fight to save the rhino from extinction? Brunswick’s Graeme Coetzee and Kevin Helliker report.

America’s largest landowner tries to balance carbon, cattle and people. By Mark Robichaux.

In an excerpt from Jon Miller and Lucy Parker’s book The Activist Leader, the CEO of Nestlé explains why leading the transition to regenerative agriculture this decade is key to reaching net zero, and the long-term resilience of his company.

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, one of the architects of the Global Biodiversity Framework, tells Brunswick we need a “whole-society approach” to reversing biodiversity loss.

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, President and co-founder of the Amazon-focused “think and do tank” the Igarapé Institute, is an authoritative voice on climate security and biodiversity.

A leader of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, Swetha Stotra Bhashyam says business around the world needs to listen to young people and respond.

A climate change COP in Egypt, a biodiversity COP in Montreal—confusing, yes? But their results work in tandem, pushing the world toward significant UN goals. Brunswick’s Phil Drew and Joseph Doyle explain.

Revaluing nature can create both positive environmental impact and financial returns, writes Schroders CEO Peter Harrison.

At the Paris Peace Forum, four experts discuss the challenges and expectations for business in confronting the world’s nature crisis, led by Brunswick’s Lucy Parker.

Brunswick CEO Neal Wolin was interviewed at the Paris Peace Forum by Pauliina Murphy, from the World Benchmarking Alliance.

Brunswick’s Phil Drew and Tarini Kumar talk to Morgan Gillespy, Executive Director of the Food and Land Use Coalition at the World Resources Institute, about an end-to-end systemic transition.

Jon Miller and Lucy Parker, co-authors and co-leads of Brunswick’s Business & Society practice, talk to Kevin Helliker about the new mindset of leadership.

Running Tide Founder and CEO Marty Odlin speaks with Brunswick.

Clearbot CEO Sidhant Gupta speaks with Brunswick.

Will Bateman, CEO of CCell, speaks with Brunswick’s Alex Burnett and Jack Stewart.

Planetary Tech transforms mine waste into a carbon-removal tool. Peter Chargin, a Vice President at the company, speaks with Brunswick.

Ørsted is the world’s largest developer of offshore wind power. Ingrid Reumert is a Senior Vice President with the company. She talks about designing wind farms with nature in mind to Brunswick Partner Wolfgang Blau and Ignace Beguin Billecocq, Oceans lead at the UN Climate Change High Level Champions.

At a time when so many stories about the oceans are dispiriting, Brunswick spoke with five companies, large and small, that inspire a sense of hope.

The New Nature Economy series, produced by the World Economic Forum, lays out the risks and opportunities for business. By Akanksha Khatri and Lucy Almond.

Not waiting for nature-positive standards, UK multinational GSK is taking action and a leadership role in the pharma and biotech sector. By Alastair Morton and Ellie Fallon.

The challenge is to reverse course, from causing nature loss to being “nature positive.” By Stacey Chow.

Satellite-based tracking of CO2 and methane emissions represent the dawn of a new era for business transparency, says Antoine Rostand, CEO of tracking platform Kayrros.

Preserving and restoring nature is a critical part of the climate solution. Brunswick asks two leaders of this effort to draw on their experience and highlight the role of business.

An introduction to the fourth edition of the Brunswick Social Value Review from the Editors in Chief.

While climate is a well-established concern, mass extinction and ecosystem collapse loom equally large—and businesses are beginning to respond.

Following his history-making turn as COVID vaccine development lead for Operation Warp Speed, Matthew Hepburn oversees pandemic preparedness at The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

After CERAWeek 2023—“the Super Bowl of Energy”—Brunswick caught up with the man at the heart of it.

UK lawmakers fear it, need it and know how to use it, our survey finds. By Bénédicte Earl.

As the European Commission gets set to review the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation, two issues demand particular attention: ensuring supplies of key medicines, especially antibiotics—and encouraging the innovation needed to maintain the therapeutic options available, which come from having new and different antibiotics. Francesca Scassellati Sforzolini, Healthcare & Life Sciences Lead, Europe, reports.

From a depth of experience that dates back to the hardscrabble 1940s, this prestige beauty industry legend surveys the world’s current travails and sees opportunity.

With the OECD from 2012 to 2022, Pascal Saint-Amans electrified tax policy discussions and crafted the global minimum corporate tax and other reforms that will have a profound effect on the global economy in coming years. Now a Brunswick Partner, he talks to Carlton Wilkinson.

Anti-aging research is accelerating, with profound implications for society. By Ben Hirschler.

Venture philanthropy expert and public health advocate Olga Rudneva talks to us about helping Ukraine’s wounded become living symbols of a new country. By Maria Figueroa Küpçü and Carlton Wilkinson.

In her part-time role as a business school professor, the Brunswick Senior Advisor and bestselling author is playing matchmaker between MBA students and industry. It’s an opportunity, often overlooked by both sides, that deserves attention particularly in this moment of massive tech layoffs, she tells Brunswick Partner Mike France.

Downturns aren’t new to Silicon Valley, or to Abhinav Tiwari. By Kirsty Cameron.

What caused the logjam? What eased it? What’s the economic outlook? Insight from Gene Seroka, Chief of America’s busiest port. By Stephanie Heise.

United’s former Executive Chairman and CEO talks to Brunswick’s Jayne Rosefield about managing the airline’s turnaround and hard-won lessons of leadership. From the Brunswick Review.

Brunswick founder Sir Alan Parker speaks with Executive Chairman and former CEO of Disney.

Private equity has long been cast as one of capitalism’s villains. But through its multibillion-dollar, myth-busting portfolio, Chicago-based Vistria Group is offering a different narrative. The Brunswick Review speaks with their co-CEOs.

His first startup launched at the dawn of this century, and Simon Rogerson has been launching others ever since, while also raising children, running triathlons and contemplating the purpose of business. By Susan Gilchrist.