Business Informal Networking at the IoD

This time, we will be welcoming Chris Grantham, Circular Economy Portfolio Director at IDEO, to give a short talk on ‘Collaborative innovation and the circular economy’ followed by a Q&A session.

Our business networking events at the IoD give you the opportunity to meet and connect with recent Exeter graduates, as well as current students on placement in the City. The event is free to attend with refreshments included, and provides a great chance to catch up on the latest news and development from the University and the Business School.

How to book: To book a place please complete the online form.

If you have any questions please contact business-school-alumni@exeter.ac.uk

Chris Grantham biography:

Chris Grantham is circular economy portfolio director at IDEO, where he leads IDEO's consultancy business in the circular economy and works with organizations on systems change and breakthrough innovation. Chris has been closely involved in developing IDEO's partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to generate innovative solutions and new business models that move us toward a more circular economy (one in which products and materials are continuously reused, never discarded). His work has involved a number of design-led initiatives with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, including the development of The Circular Design Guide, which was launched at the World Economic Forum in 2017. The aim of the guide is to advance a generation of creatively confident, systems-orientated circular designers, as well as more resilient organizations capable of thriving in a circular economy.