Bronwyn King
Physician & Founder | Ending Preventable Tobacco Deaths
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Dr. Bronwyn King is a physician and social entrepreneur on a mission to save a billion lives from tobacco, the world's leading preventable cause of premature death.
As founder of Tobacco Free Portfolios, she has worked with global financial institutions to remove tobacco investments, redirecting over $2 trillion in assets. Bronwyn's TEDx talks have inspired audiences worldwide to rethink their relationship with the tobacco industry.
Her keynotes offer a powerful call-to-action, empowering organizations to align their values, investments, and policies with public health.
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Tobacco causes more than seven million deaths every year -- and many of us are far more complicit in the problem than we realize. In a bold talk, oncologist Dr. Bronwyn King tells the story of how she uncovered the deep ties between the tobacco industry and the entire global finance sector, which invests our money in cigarette companies through big banks, insurers and pension funds. Learn how Dr. King has ignited a worldwide movement to create tobacco-free investments and how each of us can play a role in ending this epidemic.
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