Welcome to our COVID-19 Macroeconomics and Climate Change episode. Ayo and OJ have a talented panel lined up to dig into the UK and Global economic and environmental impact of COVID-19 related policies from the breadth of their work experience and specialists. They will delve into monetary and fiscal policy, trade, comparisons between the UK’s response and the approaches taken by international governments as well as a consideration of matters from the perspective of environmental impact and climate change

Funmi Oyeneyin:
Funmi has over 7+ years of experience working as In-House Counsel within investment/asset management and M&amp;A firms in London and New York (where she also qualified as a New York Attorney). She started her career at EY, in International Tax Services, where she qualified as Chartered Accountant. Over her career she has led multiple international transactions and projects, advising on multi-jurisdictional legal, strategic, and related tax matters.
Alongside this, Funmi started a journey to entrepreneurship, with a small luxury homewares business.

Carl Hazeley:
Carl Hazeley is the VP Content at Finimize, the world's largest and most engaged finance community, where he heads the firm's team of analysts who produce jargon-free and snackable financial insights for Finimize's more than 800,000 members globally. Carl has over six years of experience as an equity research analyst, previously at Goldman Sachs, where he led the firm's coverage of European Internet stocks including. After leaving Goldman Sachs in 2017, he launched Shoptalk Europe – part of Shoptalk, the world's largest retail and e-commerce conference – which was sold to Hyve Group in December 2019. Carl is also a Board Advisor at Community Growth Ventures. He graduated from UCL where he read Genetics.

Sam Bright
Sam is a lawyer at ClientEarth, a legal NGO using the power of the law to protect the planet. He leads ClientEarth’s legal campaign against highly polluting coal plants and mines across Europe and beyond, for which he was recently named a ‘Rising Star’ at the British Legal Awards. He has degrees from the University of Oxford and University College London, and before joining ClientEarth worked at a major international law firm.

Matthew Birch
Matthew is a UK and European patent attorney in the Engineering &amp; Tech team at Carpmaels &amp; Ransford LLP with over a decade of experience in intellectual property. He has a particular interest in the medical and renewable energy sectors. Matthew's work involves drafting and prosecuting patent applications for companies ranging from UK startups to large multinationals. He regularly represents his clients in attacking and defending patents in oral opposition and appeal hearings at the European Patent Office in Munich, Berlin and The Hague. He also advises on infringement of intellectual property rights and freedom to operate, as well as handling registered and unregistered design rights and providing litigation support to the Dispute Resolution team at Carpmaels. Matthew entered the intellectual property profession in 2009 after graduating from the University of Bristol with a first class MSci degree in Physics, specialising in condensed matter physics and nanotechnology. His MSci research sparked his interest in renewable energy and investigated the use of pulsed laser deposition in the synthesis of ZnO nanorods and the effect of the nanorods on the efficiency of inorganic solar cells. Matthew is an accomplished trumpeter and violinist and won national competitions as a solo performer during his teenage years. He is also a keen marathon runner and Ironman triathlete.

Alice Ritchie
Alice Ritchie is the climate change lead for the Country Land and Business Association, working with farmers and landowners across England and Wales to create sustainable food production systems and lobbying the government on their behalf. She moved to the UK in 2018 after working for the New Zealand government on net-zero legislation and emissions trading, and is an NZ-qualified barrister and solicitor, specialising in environmental law. A law degree doesn’t quite cut it in the science-heavy field of climate change, so Alice is currently midway through an MSc in global food security from the University of Edinburgh.

Joe Murphy
Joe is an Asset Manager at Temporis Capital which specialises in Renewable Energy, specifically Onshore Wind and Hydro. Before joining Temporis, he trained as Chartered Accountant at KPMG, starting in the Banking Audit department before moving to the Transaction Modelling team.


S2: Macroeconomics & Climate Change - COVID19

In the last episode of the series, Ayo and OJ have gathered experts to delve into the Coronavirus Act 2020 which was passed on March 25 2020. They discuss what effects it has had in their areas of work and how its provisions interact with the every day lives of citizens.

This Episode's Panel features:

Natasha Shotunde, a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. Her family law practice includes care proceedings, private children cases and injunctions to protect individuals from domestic abuse, forced marriage and female genital mutilation. She is passionate about human rights, eradicating violence against women and girls and safeguarding children. She is also concerned about access to justice for all, particularly for those who are vulnerable, and insuring that all parties can take part in proceedings.

Tom Coke-Smyth, a barrister at QEB Hollis Whiteman. His practice specialises in cases involving professionals and spans crime, professional discipline and inquests and inquiries. He is a Level 3 prosecutor on the CPS specialist panels in Serious Crime, Fraud and Counterterrorism, and regularly prosecutes disciplinary cases on behalf of the General Medical Council and General Dental Council. In inquests he has particular expertise in cases involving Article 2 of the ECHR and healthcare professionals, police or the military. Tom read history at Oxford, before serving as an army officer in the Parachute Regiment. He was called to the Bar in 2011

Suzie Staunton is barrister at Clyde &amp; Co specialising in employment and discrimination law. She was called to the bar in 2010 and practised at the independent bar for several years before going into private practice. She is now an Associate Barrister at Clyde &amp; Co. Her expertise in the area was recognised in both leading legal directories: Legal 500, and Chambers &amp; Partners. She was recently informed that she has been nominated for The Bar Council's "Outstanding Employed Barrister at a Law Firm" Award 2020.

Alasdair Henderson, a barrister at One Crown Office Row specialising in public law and human rights, employment and discrimination law, and clinical negligence. He is also a Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Before coming to the Bar, Alasdair previously worked for International Justice Mission in Kigali, Rwanda. He is kept busy at home by his three inquisitive daughters aged 6, 4 and 2.

Fiona Roberson practises, a criminal barrister specialising in cases involving young and vulnerable defendants and witnesses. She was called to the Bar in 2008 but has been involved with human rights and the law in Ghana, the Cayman Islands and the UK for the last 15 years.
She is particularly concerned with how the justice system impacts on the most vulnerable members of society - from the over criminalisation of youths and those with mental health issues to the impact of legal aid cuts forcing people to self represent against the might of the state.

Tom Lawal, a multiple award-winning Barrister practising from St Ives Chambers, Birmingham. He is an experienced and highly regarded private children and housing law Barrister with over 10 years of experience dealing with complex and wide-ranging issues arising out of his specialist areas. Tom is described in Chambers &amp; Partners as a “fantastic advocate”, who is a “joy to work with”. In addition, Tom is said to have the “likeability factor”, who has “great technical ability and excellent judgement”. Outside of his career as a Barrister, Tom works with various organisations and individuals to promote his passion of ensuring greater diversity within the legal profession.

Zainab Asunramu who worked at Amnesty International UK for over 5 years in various roles including a year as a Research Assistant for Amnesty's Online Violence against Women research.
She worked in Parliament as a Parliamentary Researcher for a former Labour MP. She is a graduate of the Labour Party's Inaugural Bernie Grant Leadership Programme. She works at Activate as a Movement Manager. Activate is an organisation whose mission is to champion female activists who are supporting their local communities to extend their power into politics by standing for elected roles (MPs, Mayors and Councillors). Zainab is the BAME Officer for her Constituency Labour Party and the Events and Networking Officer for ParliREACH which is Parliament's Workplace Equality Network for Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage.


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