I first met  Alex [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-hannant-201b7bb/)when he gave a  TED talk  about social enterprise. I was like, ‘WTF is he on about?’, but there was no doubt he knew his topic and was so passionate about it. Back then he was transforming the struggling Hikurangi Trust into the  Akina Foundation. Akina went on to host the  Social Enterprise World Forum in Christchurch  in 2017, where 1600 people came together from across the globe. Alex is now in Brisbane at the  Yunus Centre , where he holds a professorship for being such a smart bugger.