Wednesday 25 January 2023
12:30
Lord Hastings
Can the world still achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
We are 8 years away from the 2030 ambition for the world to achieve the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including zero hunger, no poverty and gender equality. How likely is it that they will be achieved? And what happens if we don’t achieve them?
Lord Hastings is an Independent Peer in the House of Lords having worked across the public, private, and non-profit sectors, working within education, philanthropy, and business to support and develop communities around the world. He is Chairman of SOAS, University of London and the recent Chancellor of Regent’s University London. He remains the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen L. Covey Institute at the Huntsman Business School, University of Utah, USA. He is a Non-Executive Director at Saxton Bampfylde, and is Chair of the London Chamber of Commerce Black Business Association & a director/trustee of the new National Institute of Teaching. He is also a Vice President at UNICEF UK, an Ambassador for Tear Fund and Chair of the Council of ZANE (Zimbabwe Aid) and a trustee for the Africa Philanthropy Foundation. Lord Hastings is the former Head of Public Affairs at the BBC and was their first head of Corporate Social Responsibility. He also served as the Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG.
Independent Peer in the House of Lords
Lord Hastings is an Independent Peer in the House of Lords having worked across the public, private, and non-profit sectors, working within education, philanthropy, and business to support and develop communities around the world. He is Chairman of SOAS, University of London and the recent Chancellor of Regent’s University London. He remains the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen L. Covey Institute at the Huntsman Business School, University of Utah, USA. He is a Non-Executive Director at Saxton Bampfylde, and is Chair of the London Chamber of Commerce Black Business Association & a director/trustee of the new National Institute of Teaching. He is also a Vice President at UNICEF UK, an Ambassador for Tear Fund and Chair of the Council of ZANE (Zimbabwe Aid) and a trustee for the Africa Philanthropy Foundation. Lord Hastings is the former Head of Public Affairs at the BBC and was their first head of Corporate Social Responsibility. He also served as the Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG.
