Join the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development at London Business School for a leadership dialogue co-hosted by Amit Mehra and Professor Rajesh Chandy, with featured institutional guests Leslie Maasdorp, Chief Executive Officer of British International Investment (BII) and Vindi Banga, Partner at CD&R, Chair Haleon Plc, Chair of UK Government Investments & Chair Imperial…
The Wheeler Institute for Business and Development with support from Africa Business Club at the London Business School, welcomes Joe Studwell, Author and Development Economist at Africa Urban Lab and Overseas Development Institute, for a conversation about his book, How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier, longlisted for the 2026…
Opening Doors at the Last Mile Talent, determination, and drive exist everywhere, but opportunity does not. Team4Tech was built to close that gap by working through community-based organizations to open doors for learners who are too often the last to be reached. What started as a social impact program inside Intel has since grown into…
In an inspirational session hosted by the Wheeler Institute with the support of the LBS Social Impact Club, Safeena Husain shared the blueprint behind one of India’s most expansive educational movements. Speaking with Rajesh Chandy, Professor of Marketing, Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship and Co-Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute at London Business…
At a recent Summit Series event, hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital in collaboration with the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, Sir Ronald Cohen, widely regarded as the “father of Impact Investing” and author of IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change, discussed the transformation underway in global capital markets and…
On Friday 20th March 2026 at 13.00 GMT the Wheeler Institute hosted a virtual seminar organised by the Private Sector Development Research Network. “Between Trust and Trade: on Informal Credit Networks in India” was led by Alp Sungu, Assistant Professor in the Operations, Information & Decisions Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and…
The Wheeler Institute was delighted to welcome The Climate and Energy Transition Finance Initiative (CETFI), in partnership with London Stock Exchange to the London Business School on Wednesday 25th September, to discuss new approaches to climate finance and leadership from the Global South, starting with India. The latest event in the Wheeler Institute Climate Initiative included public release…
Hosted by London Business School’s Africa Business Club and supported by the Wheeler Institute, the 22nd Africa Business Summit focussed on “Africa on the Move: A 2030 Plan Towards Sustainable Business Policies.” It aimed to explore Africa’s readiness to achieve critical 2030 goals, particularly around infrastructural investment, financial access and reform, health sector opportunities, and…
How do you separate fact from fiction? Can we spot a lie in a sea of information? The Wheeler Institute recently welcomed Alex Edmans (Professor of Finance at London Business School, renowned TED talk speaker and author of Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit) to discuss his latest title, May…
The second session of the Tax Bootcamp 2024, held at London Business School and supported by the Wheeler Institute, moved the conversation away from AI towards taxation and climate action. It was structured around presentations from two speakers, each representing diverse perspectives on climate action from both Europe and the United States on taxation for…
