Dr. Mariana Bozesan, Co-Founder at AQAL AG & President at AQAL Foundation, joined a conversation with Honorary POP Ocean Mentor, Ana Hanhausen and other POP youth leaders focused on integral investing as a tool to achieve more sustainable, just and inclusive societies, as part of “POP Climate Leadership Conversations: A Tribute to Our Chief Mentor” on August 11, 2021.

When asked about the meaning of leadership, Dr. Bozesan spoke about how leadership is the manifestation of human activity in every area, as it evolves with our evolution, our culture, and our understanding of ourselves and the world. She spoke about the importance of conscious and integral investing as a way to promote better practices and a more sustainable future, as the current system harms the planet and the most vulnerable populations. Furthermore, she emphasized the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals and implementing them within planetary boundaries. She highlighted the importance of all the SDGs as a whole and remarked why they cannot be picked and chosen according to our interests as they are all necessary for a sustainable future.

About the guest:

Dr. Mariana Bozesan is the author of the Club of Rome report, Integral Investing: From Profit to Prosperity. She is an award-winning integral investor and serial entrepreneur focusing on exponentially growing technologies to accelerate the implementation of the UN SDGs within Planetary Boundaries. She was named Europe’s Female Angel Investor of 2019 by BAND, the German Business Angel Network, and BAE, Business Angels Europe, and Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 by EBAN, the European Business Angel Network. Mariana was awarded full membership in the international Club of Rome and is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. She was National Advisory Board Member for the G8/G20 Social Impact Investment Task Force and serves as a strategic advisor on safe AI, ethical & integral finance, and sustainability to various funds, NGOs, social businesses, and governmental organizations. She is also a futurist, researcher, author, environmentalist, and human rights activist. Moreover, she is a prominent keynote speaker and an inspiring lecturer on the future of investing, business, finance, and economics at prestigious organizations including Stanford University, Oxford University, TEDx, and RIO+20. The trained computer scientist is also a successful serial entrepreneur, a widely published academic writer, and the author of several books.