Dr Bronwyn King (Order of Australia) is an oncologist who made the realisation that her pension fund was investing tobacco. While fighting cancer in the ward, she was financing tobacco with her pension fund. Tobacco Free Portfolios was born to change the fight and stop her pension fund from investing in tobacco.
The Tobacco industry is big business. Usually listed as top 5 stocks on major stock exchanges around the world. Bronwyn and her team have made huge strides over the last decade. Their Tobacco Free Financial Pledge now has $10 Trillion total assets under management.
Her 2017 TEDx talk on tobacco-free finance has been viewed more than three million times.
In 2019, Bronwyn was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to community health, particularly through advocacy for institutional investment strategies". She was also named 2019 Melburnian of the Year by the Lord Mayor.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9B7VdtieAk
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