Inside the ICE House

Gregory Zuckerman, author of A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine, spent the past 22 months diving deep into the companies and personalities developing a defense to the pandemic. Greg returns to the podcast to share the vibrant story of perseverance, inspiration, and triumph that culminated in the creation of not one but several shots to end a modern plague. He also updates listeners on the subject of his last book, RenTec’s Jim Simons.  Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Ross Trenary is CFO of LevelTen Energy, a leading provider of transaction infrastructure for the renewable energy economy. In October, ICE joined in the company’s Series C funding to broaden its reach into new markets. From punk rock to finance, Ross explains how complexity and chaos are connected & why it’s important to be your authentic self. He discusses the trends affecting energy markets, in the role a CFO plays in shaping a company’s growth, & how sustainable finance is reshaping how we power our lives.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Jack Hartung, CFO of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), explains how Chipotle leverages its mission of providing fresh food with integrity to create value on the balance sheet. The result? Exceeding the expectations of its employees, partners, and customers. Jack and CEO Brian Niccol have the company poised to win in the digital economy through investment in innovations, from Chipotlanes to robots. Jack also talks about the state of the restaurant industry and using a brand to cultivate a better world.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Mark Carney, the former Bank of England Governor and now the UN’s point man on climate change, gives us an after-action report on Glasgow, unpacking how global leaders in the public and private sectors are planning — and now ponying up resources, to the tune of $130 trillion — to fund ambitious climate goals. The one-time Harvard hockey goalie and now Vice Chair of Brookfield Asset Management has pulled himself from net for a power play to score the goal of net zero emissions targets by 2050. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

From climate change to cyber threats, the energy grid faces many threats — keeping the electrons flowing requires exhaustive planning and excellent execution. For decades, the energy industry has turned to Tom Fanning, Chairman & CEO of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), for his leadership to ensure we get our power from a reliable, safe, and secure grid. Tom discusses how his career path gave him the tools to protect key infrastructure, while transitioning Southern Company to a greener future.     Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Innovators may dream what is possible, but to turn those dreams into reality requires the often-overlooked complex networks of hardware that surround us. Terrence Curtin, CEO of TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL), has devoted his career to making the connections that drive the world. He explains how TE Connectivity’s engineers partner with thousands of companies to bring disruptive technology to scale by producing the connectors and sensors that innovation needs to become part of our everyday lives.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

An episode unlike any we’ve done: Eduardo “Duca” Cassol and Roberta Becker Montibeller are Brazilian engineers and problem solvers who’ve chronicled the last four years of their lives for a quarter million regular followers on YouTube. Their addictive show is called Odd Life Crafting, centering on their obsessive restoration and refit of a steel sailboat called, oddly, Odd. We make a connection with their simple, passionate, and adventurous lives as a brief journey to the idea that anything is possible.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Nicholas Fink, CEO of Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE: FBHS), is in the business of making our homes beautiful, operational, and safe. Nick takes us on his journey from the spirits industry to where he calls home now: our homes. He discusses the major trends shaping the residential market, including plumbing, cabinetry, outdoors & security. We dwell on how Fortune Brands’ portfolio the leading residential brands help homeowners exercise their passions, ideas, and vision for their personal space.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Companies must be able to pivot and adapt to whatever their clients and the broader business environment throw their way. Since a CEO can’t call timeout in the middle of a quarter, the longtime boss of Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC), Dennis Glass, knows that success is born in planning, well before execution. Dennis explains how careful preparation has been his secret weapon in building an effective management team and how he’s built and led a Fortune 500 company through crisis and growth.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Katie Koch, Goldman Sachs’ Co-Head of Fundamental Equity, has launched two ETFs with her team to help identify the winners in the climate transition and the newest tech companies that are reshaping our world: the Goldman Sachs Future Planet Equity ETF (NYSE ARCA: GSFP) and the Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF (NYSE ARCA: GTEK). Katie shares how her background prepared her for a life in finance and how diversity — in all its forms — can lead to differentiated returns for investors.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house