S1: Economy, Business & Climate Change: GE2019 - a podcast by Abimbola Johnson and Ayo Afolabi

Set up by two friends, Abimbola Johnson (known as OJ) and Ayo Afolabi. The Manifesto Read has gathered groups of experts to have round table discussions about the areas of the big three's manifestos that correspond with their areas of industry.

This Episode’s Panel:

Alice Ritchie:

Climate change lead for the Country Land and Business Association, working with farmers and landowners across England and Wales to create sustainable food production systems and lobbying the government on their behalf. She moved to the UK in 2018 after working for the New Zealand government on net-zero legislation and emissions trading, and is an NZ-qualified barrister and solicitor, specialising in environmental law. Alice is currently midway through an MSc in global food security from the University of Edinburgh.

Afiya Titus

Founder and MD of Lime Hut a contemporary Caribbean street food brand with a focus on health and wellbeing. The business recently featured in Forbes magazine. Afiya graduated from UCL and subsequently qualified as a chartered accountant at Deloitte where she worked in the Energy & Resources department. Her portfolio included billion dollar revenue FTSE 100 clients and she also managed subsidiary engagements across Europe & Africa. She worked across oil, gas, mining, utilities and renewable energy sectors. Her finance and accounting background is still utilised as she hosts periodic workshops and seminars to support small female-led businesses take control of their finances.

Alexander Allen

Starting as a geologist, Alex worked for several exploration companies across a range of commodities and countries. He gained an MSci in Geology from Bristol. He then went on to study an MSc at Imperial College in Metals and Energy Finance in 2014. He joined Hannam & Partners as a mining analyst, focussing on the small and mid-cap mining space in emerging markets including Africa, Central Asia and South America. He moved into the Capital Markets team at Hannam & Partners and now focusses on M&A and ECM execution as well as corporate broking across mining and oil & gas.

Sam Bright

Solicitor, Coal Lead at Client Earth in their Energy Programme. Rising Star at the British Legal Awards, he started his career at Clifford Chance where he specialised in EU competition and state aid law. He read law at Oxford University and undertook an LLM in Public International Law and Human Rights from UCLHe has also completed a postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law at KCL

Timi Dorgu

Started at L’Oréal, the global cosmetics giant, leading large sales teams. He was their youngest ever regional sales manager and won a Black British Business Award for his innovative work. He then went on to double the turnover of a new brand in the luxury beauty sector as National Sales & Marketing manager. He currently helps corporate businesses increase their diversity, working at Rare Recruitment. Alongside this, Timi is an award-winning jewellery entrepreneur with a diamonds business based in Hatton Garden and is starting a new venture in 2020. He and his wife also invest in property together.

Matthew Birch

UK and European patent attorney in the Engineering & Tech team at Carpmaels & Ransford LLP. He has a particular interest in the medical and renewable energy sectors. Matthew's work involves drafting and prosecuting patent applications for companies ranging from UK startups to large multinationals. He regularly represents his clients in attacking and defending patents at the European Patent Office in Munich, Berlin and The Hague. He also advises on infringement of intellectual property rights and freedom to operate, as well as handling registered and unregistered design rights and providing litigation support to the Dispute Resolution team at Carpmaels. Matthew entered the intellectual property profession in 2009 & after graduating from the University of Bristol with a first class MSci degree in Physics, specialising in condensed matter physics and nanotechnology.

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