These are challenging times for businesses around the world, especially in Europe. Not only there are growing environmental, regulatory and social hurdles to overcome, but there is also an erosion of trust in business.
Why is this happening and what does business need to do to address it?
In a thought-provoking and hard-hitting assessment, Colin Mayer, Professor of Management Studies at the Said Business School at Oxford University, will describe the underlying reasons and practical solutions for it.
The presentation has important lessons for business leaders and investors as to how to navigate the challenges, and enhance their financial performance and competitiveness in the process.
This webinar qualifies for up to 1 PL credit. CFA Society Switzerland members can record PL credit for their participation using the online tracking tool (CFA Institute login required).
Prof. Colin Mayer, CBE, FBA
CBE, FBA
Prof. Colin Mayer, CBE, FBA
Colin Mayer is Emeritus Professor of Management Studies at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford and Visiting Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the European Corporate Governance Institute, an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and St Anne’s College, Oxford, and he has an Honorary Doctorate from Copenhagen Business School. He was the first professor at the Said Business School in 1994, Dean of the School between 2006 and 2011, and the founding professor of the Oxford Rethinking Performance initiative. He was co-chair of the Scottish Government Business Purpose Commission, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Playhouse, the UK Government Natural Capital Committee, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and the International Advisory Board of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. He was chairman of the economics consultancy, Oxera Ltd. between 1986 and 2010, and a founding director of the energy modelling company, Aurora Energy Research Ltd between 2013 and 2020. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours. Between 2017 and 2021, he led the British Academy enquiry into “the Future of the Corporation” and his most recent book Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them was published by Oxford University Press in 2024.