Rob Hornby: “Business can act as a levelling force and advance people based on merit.”

Rob Hornby is Co-CEO of financial advisory and global consulting firm, AlixPartners, and has held senior leadership positions in a number of top companies. 

In this episode, Rob reflects on the pivotal role his father’s belief in him and a grant-funded university place played in shaping his career. He discusses education as a powerful gateway to social mobility and explores the responsibility businesses have to create meaningful opportunities for those seeking to progress.

Rob also shares his perspective on how artificial intelligence could reshape the landscape of opportunity and what that might mean for the future of social mobility.

Your host is Tunde Banjoko OBE, founder of Making The Leap.