Living Leadership Episode 5: Sustainable Success
Curtis Ravenel
Senior Advisor to the co-chairs and Vice Chair, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ); Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Finance, ClimateWorks Foundation; Strategic Advisor, Watershed and Apollo Global Management; Board Member, Context Labs BV
Featuring Curtis Ravenel, a pioneer at the intersection of business and sustainability. Hosted by MBA candidates Sarah Adams and Priscilla Markin, this episode explores Curtis’s career journey, from planned goals and serendipitous opportunities to a venture in the brewpub business that honed his financial acumen. Curtis shares pivotal moments at Bloomberg where he embraced a leadership role in sustainability, turning sustainable practices into revenue-generating strategies. He also reflects on handling failure, the value of discipline, and the importance of loving what you do to achieve success.