Kumi Naidoo energy sector. During the World Economic Forum in 2013, while Kumi Naidoo was rubbing shoulders with the world's wealthiest elites, Greenpeace activists were blocking a Shell gas station just outside the Swiss mountain resort demanding that the oil giant drops its ambitions to drill for oil in the Arctic. Naidoo regularly attends United Nations climate negotiations and advocates for increased ambitions from governments to cap emissions and vigorously move towards an energy sector based on renewables meant to help humanity avoid catastrophic climate change. In 2015 Naidoo announced that he would be leaving the post of International Executive Director in
Euvin Naidoo June 2013, Euvin Naidoo convened and led his annual 'Masterclass' lecture on 'Doing Business in Africa' at the Wits Business School- the session was honored by the support of South Africa's Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, who delivered the closing keynote address. In 2003, Naidoo co-authored the Harvard Business School case, 'Nelson Mandela, Turnaround Leader', with Prof. Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Kanter and Naidoo's research and collaboration went on to form the material for the South African chapter in the BusinessWeek and "New York Times" business best-seller, 'Confidence' which focuses on the DNA and management lessons of turnarounds- moving complex businesses