How To Make A Difference In The World - Yiannis Ioannou, London Business School

Yiannis Ioannou, Associate Professor at London Business School & Sustainability Advisor, shares his career story and career advice for young people. Yiannis’s main role involves researching and teaching how companies can help to solve the environmental challenges that we’re facing as a result of climate change. In this interview, he shares more about his work, why he’s motivated by it and how young people can positively contribute to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Some of the areas discussed in the video include:


- What his role as a professor involves 

- How he got interested in sustainability and why it’s so important 

- What he was like as a teenager

- Why he took the risk of moving abroad and why young people need to take risks

- How to make a difference in the world


The Circl Interview Series asks leaders of the UK’s most exciting businesses to share their career paths and advice with the next generation of talent. Check out our other interviews with professionals from organisations such as Facebook, Bulb and Alexander Hall.