Dr William Cox is CEO of Yieldrive AG, a Fintech in Switzerland specializing in calculating ESG in Dollars & Cents. Cox has spent 20 years focusing on the financial impacts of ESG on companies. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics, a Postgraduate Diploma in Finance from Oxford and his MA, BA from Boston University.
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