The desire to halt climate change has never been more pronounced. Private capital must lead the way.

Join a very timely fire-side chat with renowned venture capitalist, sustainability-focused entrepreneur & philanthropist Ibrahim AlHusseini, an early investor in Tesla and CleanChoice Energy who is Founder of FullCycle, alongside leading ESG Strategist Jessica Alsford, who is Head of Global Sustainability Research at Morgan Stanley.

Jessica is a top research analyst & futurist, who will share valuable insight into how this moment is motivating some of the world’s biggest and most sophisticated investors to analyze, allocate and engage on climate with a ESG lens like never before.

Ibrahim recently led FullCycle to establish the first-ever, public-private partnership to support engagement in anticipation of the 2019 Climate Action Summit, where they announced a commitment of $100 million toward climate-restoring technologies by 2021.

Get excited to learn, share and be inspired by these true leaders in the space of reversing the effects of climate change and accelerating the impact of private capital to save our planet!

Ibrahim AlHusseini is a renowned venture capitalist, sustainability-focused entrepreneur, and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience in operations, sales, and finance. He’s dedicated much of his career to helping angel investors find clean technology and natural resource related investments in an effort to advance social change around the globe, while producing significant returns for investors. As founder of FullCycle, Ibrahim is focused on reversing the effects of climate change by accelerating the deployment of climate-restoring technologies.

Through this work, Ibrahim has developed an unparalleled network of industry leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs across the sustainability space. He has raised half a billion dollars of capital to back dozens of companies and was an early investor in Tesla Motors, Infenera, Bloom Energy, and Proteus Energy, as well as Aspiration Inc., WePower, Cadence Health, Thrive Market, and CleanChoice Energy, among others.

Throughout his career, Ibrahim has started and sold numerous businesses. He is the founder and managing partner of The Husseini Group LLC, a firm dedicated to facilitating, financing, and guiding ventures that embrace social enhancement and ecological sustainability. Additionally, he co-founded Natural Solutions Inc., a pioneer in the field of marketing of natural industrial cleaning products, PakIT Inc.,a leading designer, developer, and supplier of cellulose fiber molding equipment to the packaging industry, Meca Communications, a company that designed and implemented private-label instant messaging strategies, and EcoPerks, a startup with a loyalty program for environmentally conscious consumers.

Raised in Saudi Arabia by parents who are Palestinian refugees, Ibrahim moved to the United States for college in the early 1990's, graduating from the University of Washington, where he launched his first multi-million-dollar business out of his dorm room. Ibrahim currently sits on the boards of more than half a dozen organizations that focus on the positive development of our environment and humanity, including The Culture Project and The Global Partnership for Women and Girls.

Jessica Alsford is a Managing Director and Head of the Global Sustainability Research team at Morgan Stanley. In the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Extel Surveys, Jessica and her team have been consistently ranked Top 3 for individual SRI analyst and sell-side SRI firm respectively. Jessica joined Morgan Stanley in 2005, and previously co-headed the European Business Services Equity Research team. She holds an MA degree in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University and is a CFA charterholder.

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