I left my 13-year career at Google to work in sustainability. It wasn't an easy choice, but my values had changed.

Bruno Bianchini, a former 40-year-old Head of Global Partnerships for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey at Google, made the difficult decision to leave his well-paying job to focus on sustainability and green finance in Cambodia. Growing up in the Italian countryside, sustainability was a part of his everyday life. After earning degrees in accounting, corporate finance, law, and business administration, Bianchini began his career at a consulting firm and then at Google, where he worked for over 13 years.

During his time at Google, he experienced a shift in his value system and became increasingly interested in sustainability. Bianchini pursued a master's degree in sustainable studies at Harvard online while still working at Google. He completed his thesis with a sabbatical from Google and then traveled to Cambodia to work on an ambitious project to reforest 100,000 hectares of flooded forest.

After four months in Cambodia, Bianchini returned to complete his transition from Google and is now working as an independent consultant for the project in Cambodia. He feels that leaving Google was not an easy decision, but it aligns with his values and allows him to capitalize on his background in business and finance.