Better Than We Found It

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 9 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Iñaki Herrero , Managing Director, North America at Enertis Applus+. Iñaki moved from Spain to the US over a decade ago with no team, no track record in the market, and no roadmap, and built the business into an 85-person US oper...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 8 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. This episode is a little different, we're joined by two executive leaders from the same organisation. Peter Toomey, Chief Development Officer, and Jeremy Wodakow, Chief Commercial Officer of Cypress Creek Energy, one of the most high-profile renewable...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 7 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today we're joined by Sandhya Murali, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Perch Energy, the largest community solar subscriber acquisition and management platform in the United States. Sandhya's career began in investment banking at Barclays i...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 6 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Anurag Kamal, CEO and co-founder of ElectricFish, a San Carlos-based startup solving the grid bottleneck that's holding back EV charging infrastructure. A mechanical engineer by training, Anurag spent the early part of his c...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 5 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Marco Terruzzin, Chief Revenue Officer at Energy Vault. Marco's career spans mechanical engineering, a PhD in energy economics, carbon credit trading in China under the Kyoto Protocol, and scaling Energy Vault from five empl...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 4 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today we're joined by Mark Liffmann, CEO and Co-Founder of Omnidian the company that created an entirely new category in the solar industry known as performance assurance. Mark's career is a masterclass in reading the market before anyone else: af...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 3 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today we're joined by EJ Wise, CEO and founder of Positive Energy an EV charging infrastructure company at the forefront of America's electrification movement. EJ's story is one of the most compelling career pivots you'll hear: seven suc...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 2 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today we're joined by David Reasenberg, Chief Commercial Officer at Heliene, one of North America's premium solar module manufacturers. David's path to the C-suite is unlike almost any other you'll hear from painting trash cans as part o...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 1 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today we're joined by Olga Shevorenkova, CEO of Loop Global, a top-five EV charging network in the United States. Olga's career path is remarkable: from a degree in Applied Mathematics in Moscow, through investment banking in clean tech across Eur...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 8 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today's guest is a leader who proves that the most powerful skill in the technical world isn't engineering, it's storytelling. Irfan Bharde is the SVP and Chief Commercial Officer at NovaSource Power, one of the world's largest O&M s...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 7 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Michael Chanin, founder and CEO of Cherry Street Energy, the largest non-utility renewable energy provider in Georgia. Michael's journey is one of conviction, meeting opportunities from studying human rights at the Universit...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 6 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Jody Snodgrass, CEO of TruGrid, a turnkey EPC for utility-scale solar and energy storage. Jody's career is anything but linear. He's been a founder who built and sold multiple companies, a top-tier consultant at Deloitt...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 5 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Marta Anadon, Head of US at Upway, a fast-growing circular economy startup making light electric mobility accessible through refurbished e-bikes. Marta's career journey spans civil engineering in Barcelona, power trading at...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 4 of Better Than We Found It - the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we're joined by Sohan Das, Vice President of Renewable Energy at EVS, Inc. a consulting engineering firm specializing in utility-scale solar, battery storage, and transmission infrastructure. Sohan's journey is one of purpose, resilience,...

Welcome to season 4, episode 3 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. In this episode, Josh is joined by Kellie Macpherson, Executive Vice President of Compliance and Security at Radian. With a career spanning grid reliability, renewables, and executive leadership, Kellie shares how her upbringing in a family deeply tied to t...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 2 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, Josh sits down with Chris Hodrick, CEO of Qcells USA Corp. Chris’s story is anything but typical. He spent over two decades as a U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer before leading $35 billion of construction projects at Amazon, taking the helm of...

Welcome to season 4, episode 1 of Better Than We Found It , the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we’re joined by Jon Parrella , Founder and CEO of TerraFlow Energy . In just one year, TerraFlow has become the world’s largest flow battery company, tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time: powering the colossal energy needs of data cent...

Welcome to season 3, episode 14 of Better Than We Found It , the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we’re joined by James Stander, founder of Sustainable Advantage, an ESG and sustainability consultancy supporting over 700 clients including 40 private equity firms across multiple sectors. James’s journey is anything but conventional. From a tough...

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 13 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. In this episode we’re joined by Harlin Singh, Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing at Citi Wealth. Harlin’s career path spans FX trading, microfinance, public policy, and now, guiding ultra-high-net-worth clients toward long-term, imp...

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 12 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we’re joined by Nicola Stopps, founder of Simply Sustainable, a leading sustainability and ESG consultancy. Nicola’s story is one of entrepreneurial grit, having built her firm from the ground up with just £1,500 and six months to make it work. In t...

Welcome to season 3, episode 11 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we’re joined by Edward Vaughan Dixon, Head of Sustainability for Private Markets at Aviva Investors. Ed’s career journey is nothing short of remarkable - starting in construction and carpentry before progressing to a leadership role in sustainabilit...

Welcome to season 3 episode 10 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we’re excited to welcome Rawaa Ammar, a pioneer in sustainable textiles and fashion. Originally from Lebanon and now based in Brussels, Rawaa is working to revolutionise an industry rooted in traditional practices by integrating circular technology a...

Welcome to season 3 episode 9 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. We’re thrilled to welcome Anand Punja to today’s episode. As Anand Punja, Chief Engagement and Partnerships Officer at Forest Stewardship Council, Anand has dedicated over a decade to advancing sustainable forest management. His work spans the intricate inte...

Welcome to season 3 episode 8 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. On today’s show, I’m excited to welcome Alexis Haass, a seasoned expert with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of business and climate action. From her impactful work at Adidas, where she led sustainability efforts, to her role as the first Chi...

Welcome to season 3 episode 7 of Better Than We Found It, the go-to podcast for sustainable leadership and purpose-driven business practices. Today, we’re delighted to welcome Andrew Griffiths, Director of Policy & Corporate Development at PlanetMark, a leading sustainability certification body. Andrew has had a fascinating career journey, building a wealth of experience that ultimately led hi...