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Climate scientists swap fieldwork for finance By Iain Withers, Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for conservation campaigners WWF. Now she's an analyst for Lombard Odier, charged with improving the $350 billion Swiss bank's green credentials. "It's really important that finance recruits from science," said Velez, one of a growing number of campaigners and scientists wh...

Apr 15, 2021 London – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for conservation campaigners WWF. Now she’s an analyst for Lombard Odier, charged with improving the $350 billion Swiss bank’s green credentials. “It’s really important that finance recruits from science,” said Velez, one of a growing number of campaigners and scientists who have switched to banking, which she hopes can play a role in “greening the pol...

The Real World's Julie Gentry Shares the Sweet Way Her Husband Supported Her Reality TV Return People 6 days ago © Danielle Levitt/MTV The Real World Homecoming: New York, the six-episode reunion show featuring the original cast of the groundbreaking reality TV series, is streaming now on Paramount+ Since her appearance on the first season of The Real World at age 19 in 1992, Julie (Oliver) Gentry has remained largely out of the public eye. So returning to the New York City loft and televisions around the world for six episodes of The former aspiring dancer, now 48, married restaurant o...

Gam boosts UK wholesale team with client director from Winton Capital Sebastian Maciocia is the latest addition to Gam’s restructured distribution team Gam Investments has appointed a client director to strengthen its UK wholesale team. Sebastian Maciocia joined the firm on Monday from his previous role as senior vice president at Winton Capital where he launched the company’s business unit focused on the distribution of Ucits strategies to UK financial institutions and intermediaries. He has more than 13 years’ experience in sales and distribution within the UK asset management indust...

Sarah Townsend The contractor has been selected by the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to build a 105,000 sq ft facility as part of the Salford Royal hospital, and will start construction next month. Salford City Council approved plans for the six-storey James Potter Building – previously known as the Acute Receiving Centre – in December 2019. The six-storey centre is intended to support Salford Royal’s role as the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester. It will feature a resuscitation area, five emergency theatres, inpatient beds, diagnostic imaging and a helipad. Once complete,...