The Hillary Institute of International Leadership today announced its 2009 Hillary Laureate, Jeremy Leggett, award-winning social entrepreneur, author, Executive Chairman of leading European solar energy company Solarcentury and a founding director of the world’s first private equity fund for renewables, run by Bank Sarasin (Switzerland). “Jeremy emerged from a rigorous, global nomination process looking at mid-career leaders in our current 2008-2012 focus area, climate change solutions”  said the Institute’s international board (Hillary Summit) Convenor, David Caygill.

 ‘Our governors are delighted to honour someone of Jeremy’s clearly exceptional leadership calibre as our first annual Laureate”.

Leggett will lead the Institute’s second annual symposium being held in Christchurch, New Zealand on World Environment Day, June 5^th, and an equivalent event in his home-city of London later this year.

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