Jeremy Balkin

Jeremy K. Balkin is an Australian author and banking executive, and the author of Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good. He was born in Sydney, Australia and lives in New York.
Work
The Huffington Post described Jeremy Balkin as the "Anti-Wolf of Wall Street" during a television interview at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
In October 2013, Balkin delivered a talk at TEDx in New York that has been credited with leading the important debate on banking culture
when he explained that "If we can change the culture in finance, we will change the world." The talk makes the case that finance can play a positive role in society.
In 2011, Balkin was reported as considering a run for the New South Wales Senate, but did not run. He had previously worked as a campaign worker for the campaign of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. He previously worked as an adviser at the Macquarie Family Office of Macquarie Bank, which manages money for families with over $100 million in assets.
 
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