How this Buddhist is transforming banking

There’s so much more to finance than just returns, says alternative finance expert Tiara Letourneau (Cambridge Judge Business School MFin 2014). She believes that, used wisely, financial systems can make the world a better place, on both an individual and a global level. Letourneau is now based in Seoul, South Korea, in a new role – strategist at the Green Climate Fund. It’s a global platform, accountable to the United Nations, set up by 194 governments to respond to climate change by investing in low-emission and climate-resilient development. The private sector is needed to invest in projects that will enable the switch to low-emissions technologies, says Letourneau. It’s a big challenge – one of the biggest. And to Letourneau, it’s yet another opportunity to use financial systems to make the world a better place.