Leaders & Philanthropists

Our regular series interviewing top figures changing the game in luxury, culture and sustainability, including owners, CEOs, philanthropists, foundations and fund principals.

Six Senses CEO Neil Jacobs On Residential Wellness

Six Senses CEO Neil Jacobs On Residential Wellness

Neil Jacobs is CEO of the iconic hotel and residencies group, Six Senses. Here, he speaks to Samantha Welsh about the brand’s wellness model LUX: How far are your wellness beliefs rooted in your personal values and lived experience? Neil Jacobs: It started after...

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Ryder Cup’s Guy Kinnings On The Future Of Golf

Ryder Cup’s Guy Kinnings On The Future Of Golf

Guy Kinnings is the Deputy CEO for Ryder Cup and the Director & Chief Commercial Officer at PGA European Tour. Here he speaks to Samantha Welsh about the growing enthusiasm for the sport from the next generation and the organisation’s focus on making golf...

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Kelly Russell Catella on sustainable urban planning

Kelly Russell Catella on sustainable urban planning

For International Women’s Day we are spotlighting Kelly Russell Catella, Head of Sustainability and Communication at COIMA, a major Italian real estate fund manager. COIMA has total investments of 5.5 billion euros with a declared focus on large scale...

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Dr Oxana Mulholland On Women Leading Technology

Dr Oxana Mulholland On Women Leading Technology

Dr Oxana Mulholland is the Investment Director at the London Technology Club, a space for investors and tech professionals to network and exchange ideas within the industry. Here, Dr Mulholland speaks to LUX’s Leaders and Philanthropists Editor, Samantha Welsh...

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Philanthropist: Alice Audouin On Art And Sustainability

Philanthropist: Alice Audouin On Art And Sustainability

The Paris-based polymath has spent nearly 20 years enabling an ecosystem in which art and environmental concerns meet in meaningful and magical ways. Alice Audouin tells LUX about supporting a new generation of artists who invite us to consider nature via work of...

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Sakshi Chhabra Mittal on Food Science

Sakshi Chhabra Mittal on Food Science

Sakshi Chhabra Mittal is the founder and CEO of FoodHak, a startup revolutionising the food industry by combining science, tech and traditional Ayurvedic principles to make healthier meals more accessible to all. Here Sakshi, speaks to Samantha Welsh about starting an...

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Professor Connel Fullenkamp On The Value Of Nature

Professor Connel Fullenkamp On The Value Of Nature

Can we put a price tag on nature? Valuing the carbon services of plants and animals is essential to bridging the gap between finance and conservation, says Professor Connel Fullenkamp, the leading academic working at the intersection of science and economics. Here,...

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Dr Friederike Otto On Extreme Weather And Climate

Dr Friederike Otto On Extreme Weather And Climate

Flooding in South Africa, wildfires in California, heatwaves in India: each new extreme weather event seems the inevitable conclusion of ecological breakdown. But how exactly are climate and weather linked? Leading attribution scientist Dr Friederike Otto explains to...

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EY’s Steve Varley On A Sustainable Future

EY’s Steve Varley On A Sustainable Future

EY’s Global Vice Chair on Sustainability, Steve Varley, speaks to LUX’s Leaders and Philanthropists Editor, Samantha Welsh, about EY’s approach to sustainable investing, the future of sustainability and the steps that need to be taken to fight the...

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Chris Gorell Barnes on investing sustainably in the oceans

Chris Gorell Barnes on investing sustainably in the oceans

Is it possible to make money out of our oceans while preserving and even enhancing them? Chris Gorell Barnes thinks so. The Co-founder of Ocean 14 Capital and Blue Marine Foundation speaks to LUX Editor-in-Chief, Darius Sanai about the possibilities in the blue...

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Jean-Michel Cousteau: Choose Life

Jean-Michel Cousteau: Choose Life

Darius Sanai speaks to Jean-Michel Cousteau, the French ocean explorer, film maker, educationalist, philanthropist and founder of the Ocean Futures Society, about how he is connecting with people globally to make a difference; and about his celebrated father, Jacques...

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ORRAA’s Karen Sack On Deep Sea Investment

ORRAA’s Karen Sack On Deep Sea Investment

80% of the earth’s biomass is concentrated in the oceans. But how do we put a value on the deep sea? As the concept of natural capital — putting a price tag on the services nature provides — enters the mainstream, ocean expert and activist Karen Sack tells LUX...

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Philanthropy: Nathalie Guiot, The Culture Booster

Philanthropy: Nathalie Guiot, The Culture Booster

The Brussels-based French founder of Fondation Thalie is from one of France’s biggest retail families. Nathalie Guiot speaks to LUX about the need for an all-round vision in facilitating arts and culture to support sustainability and biodiversity – and why you...

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Ronna Chao On Novetex’s Leadership

Ronna Chao On Novetex’s Leadership

Ronna Chao is Chairman of Novetex Textiles Limited, CEO of Novel Investment Partners Limited, Director of Novelpark Investments Limited, and has taken on various advisory and leading roles in foundations.  Here she speaks to Samantha Welsh about leadership,...

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LUX Insider: International Gallerist Pearl Lam

LUX Insider: International Gallerist Pearl Lam

Art-world doyenne and owner of Pearl Lam Galleries on the foodie culture of her hometown of Hong Kong, why NFTs are hot and how there’s always more room for Asian artists on the global stage My favourite museum in the region There are so many incredible museums: Mori...

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Melissa Garvey On Saving The Oceans

Melissa Garvey On Saving The Oceans

Non profit environmental organisation, The Nature Conservancy, has over 400 scientists working and impacts conservation in over 75 countries and territories. With the UN Ocean Conference currently taking place in Lisbon, Melissa Garvey, Global Director, Ocean...

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Beam Suntory’s Kim Marotta On Sustainable Spirits

Beam Suntory’s Kim Marotta On Sustainable Spirits

Kim Marotta is head of sustainability at Beam Suntory, the drinks behemoth behind Jim Beam, Courvoisier and Sipsmith with annual revenues of more than $4bn. She speaks to Ella Johnson about what the sector can do to help preserve water and agricultural resources, and...

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GreenBiz’s Heather Clancy On Corporate Climate Action

GreenBiz’s Heather Clancy On Corporate Climate Action

Is there a one size fits all when it comes to corporate climate action? No matter how big a business is, says Heather Clancy, one thing is for certain: inaction is no longer an option. Clancy is Vice President and Editorial Director of GreenBiz, the media company...

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Unilever’s Rebecca Marmot On The Sustainable Everyday

Unilever’s Rebecca Marmot On The Sustainable Everyday

Rebecca Marmot is Chief Sustainability Officer at Unilever, the consumer giant whose portfolio spans everything from Dove soap to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Under Marmot’s leadership, Unilever has made significant interventions in sustainability milestones like the...

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A tasting of Dalla Valle wines with the owners

A tasting of Dalla Valle wines with the owners

We taste some of the most admired vintages of Napa Valley, through the decades, with two generations of the owning family of the Dalla Valle estate, Naoko and Maya Naoko and Maya Dalla Valle make some of the most magical wines in the world. From their vineyards in...

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Patrick Sun on Promoting LGBTQ+ Art in Asia

Patrick Sun on Promoting LGBTQ+ Art in Asia

Patrick Sun is pushing forward a movement very close to his heart through his foundation Sunpride, which seeks to give equal opportunities to LGBTQ+ artists in Asia. Here, Sun speaks to Samantha Welsh about what his foundation has done for him personally and the wider...

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ZeroAvia’s Val Miftakhov on Zero-Emission Aviation

ZeroAvia’s Val Miftakhov on Zero-Emission Aviation

When the pandemic grounded air travel in 2019, it also brought grounding of a different kind: a chance to reflect on the aviation addiction which now constitutes 2 percent of all global carbon emissions. Far from settling into the flight-shaming craze, however,...

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Dimitri Zenghelis on Investing in the Green Transition

Dimitri Zenghelis on Investing in the Green Transition

Dimitri Zenghelis, Chair of the Responsible Wealth Committee at CapGen, is one expert in the concept of a zero-carbon economy. A PPE Oxon alumnus, Zenghelis is a lauded academic, entrepreneur, and advisor on fiscal policy – and that’s before we get on to his work as a...

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Justin Travlos on Responsible Investment Strategies

Justin Travlos on Responsible Investment Strategies

Justin Travlos is Global Head of Responsible Investment at AXA IM Alts. His management of a diverse investment portfolio is governed by one underlying principle: all decisions are made in the context of understanding where risk is – from a sustainability...

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Prince Robert de Luxembourg on Art & Fine Wine

Prince Robert de Luxembourg on Art & Fine Wine

Prince Robert de Luxembourg is taking Domaine Clarence Dillon and Château Haut-Brion, one of Bordeaux’s most prestigious wine estates, into the future by creating new winemaking facilities, a fine wine shop and a visitor centre. LUX speaks with him about mixing the...

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Philanthropy: James Chen on providing vision for all

Philanthropy: James Chen on providing vision for all

‘Moonshot Philanthropist’ James Chen speaks to LUX about the importance of risking capital for a mission that matters James Chen is on a mission to tackle a major problem that most of humankind doesn’t even realise exists. There are more than two billion people...

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Sophie Neuendorf on New Wave Collecting

Sophie Neuendorf on New Wave Collecting

The pandemic has changed the art market forever. A new model of purchasing and enjoying art is amazing, and a new generation of collectors with different passions is coming to the fore, as our contributing editor and columnist Sophie Neuendorf outlines 2021 is proving...

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Professor Peter Newell on climate responsibility

Professor Peter Newell on climate responsibility

Academic Peter Newell made waves in the global media recently with a report describing how the wealthy have a disproportionate effect on climate change, and a duty to change their travel, business and leisure habits. As COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, he speaks to LUX...

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Philanthropy: Cultural Changemaker Surina Narula

Philanthropy: Cultural Changemaker Surina Narula

Based between London and Delhi, Surina Narula has founded philanthropic endeavours as diverse as Jaipur Literature Festival, the Consortium for Street Children, and the TVE Global Sustainability Film Awards, among others. The governing principle underlying them all? A...

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Philanthropy: Helga Piaget on educating the next generation

Philanthropy: Helga Piaget on educating the next generation

Helga Piaget is the founder of the Monaco-based non-profit organisation Passion Sea, which reaches out to schools around the world with educational and artistic initiatives around ocean conservation.  Here, Piaget speaks to LUX about pushing ocean conservation to the...

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Vitalie Taittinger on family business and philanthropy

Vitalie Taittinger on family business and philanthropy

Vitalie Taittinger took over her family’s champagne house in 2020. As well as controlling the creation of one of the world’s most celebrated drinks brands, she is actively involved in supporting emerging artists in France and elsewhere. She chats to...

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Philanthropy: Umberta Beretta on fund-raising for the arts

Philanthropy: Umberta Beretta on fund-raising for the arts

The role of philanthropy has never been more urgent, and is reflected in our ongoing online series. Here, Umberta Beretta outlines her work around women’s rights and art for the many Beretta was born into a family of prominent industrialists in northern Italy and is...

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Philanthropy: Manfredi Catella on sustainable development

Philanthropy: Manfredi Catella on sustainable development

Manfredi Catella is the CEO of COIMA, the real estate company behind Porta Nuova in Milan, one of the most important real estate developments in Europe. He is also president of the Riccardo Catella Foundation which aims to promote sustainable and responsible urban...

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LUX’s Editor-in-Chief Darius Sanai on media

LUX’s Editor-in-Chief Darius Sanai on media

Our Editor-in-Chief on the role of media and convergence in sustainability and luxury, from the editor’s letter in the summer 2021 issue A curious thing happened to the media during the first lockdown last year. The media became everything, and nothing. If you...

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