Kieron Boyle is Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation, one of the world's oldest health philanthropies.
Kieron leads Impact on Urban Health — a pioneer in unlocking the potential for cities to be healthier. Impact on Urban Health works with businesses, governments and communities to demonstrate new ways of addressing urban health inequalities.
Kieron previously led the UK government's work on impact investment. In this role he formed the G8 taskforce on social impact investment, and led initiatives creating the Access Foundation, Government Outcomes Lab and Dementia Discovery Fund.
Prior to this he worked at No.10 Downing Street, the Department for Business, the Foreign Office and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group.
Kieron sits on the Boards of Big Society Capital, the Design Council and Catch22. He chairs LIPH — a global coalition of institutional investors working to improve people's health — as well as Nesta's Cultural Impact Development Fund. He a is member of the Mayor of London’s Childhood Obesity Taskforce and on the advisory council of the Impact Investing Institute.
In 2014 Kieron was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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Il y a quarante ans, environ 1 enfant sur 100 était obèse. Aujourd’hui, ils sont 6 pour cent, à l’échelle mondiale. Et au Royaume-Uni ? 20 pour cent.
Los entornos de los barrios pobres de la ciudad bombardean a los niños con oportunidades de comer alimentos que engordan.
"The evidence from behavioural science shows that childhood obesity is a normal response to abnormal environments."
