INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast
Conversations with leading emerging markets movers and shakers on their personal journeys and insights into the countries in which they operate.
Episodes
26 episodes
Athletic + career excellence and VC in the Balkans - Pedja Predin, Fifth Quarter Ventures
Pedja is an INSEAD 14J and GP at Fifth Quarter Ventures, the first VC firm solely focused on Southeastern Europe. Pedja was on the Serbian National Water Polo team, and post-INSEAD scaled Gelato (a print-on-demand startup) into a unicorn my lea...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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28:35
Building Latin America's largest fintech - Livia Chanes, CEO Nubank Brazil
Nubank (NYSE: NU) is Latin America's largest fintech company and the world's largest neobank with over 100 million users and a valuation of over $70 billion. Livia is an INSEAD 09D and prior to Nubank directed tech and business ana...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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29:21
Is India the next China? with Kevin Carter, EMQQ Global
Kevin Carter, founder and chief investment officer of EMQQ Global, joined us to disucss his journey in the investment world, initiated by his transformative reading of "A Random Walk Down Wall Street," which led to him working alongside economi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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58:25
Adventure capitalist quantitative investing - Asha Mehta, Global Delta Capital
In this episode of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast, we speak with Asha Mehta, Managing Partner at Global Delta Capital, about her impactful career in finance, focusing on emerging and frontier markets through a lens of sustainability and re...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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47:44
Global citizenship with Andrew Henderson, Nomad Capitalist
Andrew Henderson is the Founder and CEO of Nomad Capitalist, the world's leading offshore consulting firm dedicated to helping clients make informed decisions on the best countries to invest, start a business and live in. Andrew has hel...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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47:22
Nearshoring to Mexico - Jorge Gonzalez Henrichsen, The Nearshore Company
In this episode, Jorge Gonzalez Henrichsen joins us to share his unique path from investment banking and an MBA at NYU Stern to acquiring and then running company at the forefront of the nearshoring movement. He dives deep into both the geopoli...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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41:06
Transforming brands and lives across cultures - Emily Chang, CEO McCann WorldGroup China
In this episode of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast, we were joined by Emily Chang, a powerhouse in the world of international marketing and business strategy. Currently CEO of VML West (and CEO of McCann Worldgroup in China at the t...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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37:00
$8.5B emerging market asset management - Nick Rohatyn, The Rohatyn Group
Nicolas Rohatyn serves as Chief Executive Officer of The Rohatyn Group. TRG is a team of 190+ emerging market specialists in 18 countries dedicated to pursuing investment opportunities in these economies by focusing on areas of structural...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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36:09
Making UHNW hospitality thrive through COVID and beyond - Yeshi Phuntso, Àni Private Resorts
In this episode, we spoke with Yeshi Phuntso, CEO of Àni Private Resorts about how his strategic focus on community engagement and employee empowerment has created a thriving brand. Àni is the world’s first private resort collectio...
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38:22
Climate Tech Innovation with Jamil Wyne, founder of Climate Tech Bootcamp
Jamil Wyne is an INSEAD 18J and advisor, investor, professor and author focusing on climate, entrepreneurship, technology and economic development around the world, including a strong concentration on climate change. Worked with World Bank, IFC...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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40:46
Mass transit as a last mile logistics solution for SE Asian cities - Onno Pfeiffer, co-founder of Diolko
Onno Pfeiffer is an INSEAD GEMBA 19 and is the co-founder of Diolko.Diolko's sustainable last mile delivery solution leverages underutilized city infrastructure to improve quality of life for everyone by reducing both greenhouse gas emi...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:53
Regenerative Agriculture in Pakistan with Taimur Malik of Drawdown Farm
Taimur Malik, Co-Founder and Ideator of Drawdown Farm joined us to speak about regenerative agriculture's role in addressing the world's polycrises and the amazing results he's...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:26:09
VC in India with Brendan Rogers of 2am VC (formerly Wag!'s co-founder)
Brendan Rogers is the Co-Founder of 2am VC, an early-stage India Fund. Previously, Brendan co-founded Wag! (NASDAQ) PET, the largest pet platform in the US.Before Wag!, Brendan c...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:55
Fair FX transfers for emerging market currencies with Mike Robertson and Adrian Brown, founders of AbbeyCross
AbbeyCross is a business-to-business FX trading and compliance marketplace for emerging market (EM) currencies. Available to banks and payment providers, it brings deeper EM currency liquidity, previously unavailable price transparency and mark...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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26:14
From consulting in China to founding a CFO automation startup in Mexico with Javier Cunat, co-founder of Diligo
Javier Cunat is a TIEMBA 2014 and COO/Director of Diligo, which offers advisory and CFO services for startups in Spain and Mexico. In this episode we explore his 14 years in China and subsequent move to found a startup in Mexico. Subscr...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:41
Founder of Asia's largest proptech company, creator of 3 unicorns, Georg Chmiel
Georg Chmiel is an INSEAD 96D and the Co-Founder / Chair of Juwai-IQI Holdings, the largest proptech group in South East Asia with more than 30,000 sales agents. He is also responsible for creating 3 unicorns. His previous experience inc...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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39:17
Innovating Latin American food and ag sectors with Emilie Abrams of Yield Lab
Emilie Abrams is an INSEAD 21J and Principal at The Yield Lab Mexico.The Yield Lab is a VC fund formed in 2014 to address a lack of capital and support for early stage agriculture technology companies. It invests in seed stage to growth...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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30:41
Crypto's applications in Emerging Markets with Lloyd Brown, Head of Emerging Markets at Easy Crypto
Easy Crypto is New Zealand's largest cryptocurrency retailer transacting over $1b in sales, and has now expanded to Australia and South Africa as well.Lloyd Brown is Head of Emerging Markets at Easy Crypto and has decades of business ex...
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35:06
Sustainable business opportunities in Southeast Asia with Lisa Genasci (ADM Capital) and Marc Schmidt (BCG)
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41:43
From starting a clothing store to raising $500M PE funds in Africa with Antoine Delaporte
Antoine Delaporte is an INSEAD alumnus who after working as a Manager at Bain in London and Paris launched 3 clothing businesses in Madagascar, which he grew to 2500 employees. He then sold the these businesses and entered the world of PE...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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40:50
VC in Southeast Asia with Sanjay Zimmerman of White Star Capital
White Star Capital is a global multi-stage venture capital investment firm with offices in New York, London, Montreal, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They focus on Series A and beyond, helping their portfolio scale internationally. Inv...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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20:50
Investing in Bali with Matthieu Chauveau of Tropic Invest
Matthieu is an INSEAD 19D who has launched 4 businesses in Bali since graduating. We talked about his business plans, fundraising successes and commitments to sustainability and inclusive development. Visit Tropic Invest at
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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28:31
What will healthcare look like post COVID? With Sejal Mistry and Chris L Hardesty
Sejal Mistry, Regional Director of Southeast Asia at ACCESS Health International , and Chris L. Hardesty, Partner at Pureland Venture and Director of the Health and Life Sciences practice at KPMG joined Suhina Singh for a conversation on what h...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:30
Emerging Market Search Funds with Andrew Locke, co-founder of Ambit Partners
Ambit Partners is a search fund investor that enabling entrepreneurship through acquisition across traditional and developing markets, including Africa, South America and Asia.In this episode, Ambit co-founder and Partner, Andrew Locke,...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:49
Building 1 million businesses by 2030 - Vikram Bharati, founder of Draper Startup House for Entrepreneurs
Vikram Bharati is the founder of the Draper Startup House, which is on a mission to invest in ONE MILLION entrepreneurs by the end of 2030.Draper Startup Houses are business innovation hubs with a backpacking environment and access to v...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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40:24