Olivia Whitlam: 'You have to be willing to fail in order to find the answer'

Stuart Stone
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Olivia Whitlam: 'You have to be willing to fail in order to find the answer'

From Olympic hero to net zero, former rower Olivia Whitlam - now Siemens head of sustainability - reveals why the freshest green ideas will come from people who aren't in the green space

After rowing at both the Beijing and London Olympics, environmental science graduate Olivia Whitlam joined tech giant Siemens in 2013 where her initial focus was on strategy and processes for community...

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