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E29 Jim Beattie - CTO by day, International DJ by night
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1:00:28This week I have the genuine pleasure of being joined by Jim Beattie, CTO of Transreport. Jim is a highly experienced and respected technology leader, having multiple successful exits from various companies such as JustEat and Timeout. Jim (accompanied by his faithfull Bulldog companion, Douglas) talks me through his career story and how he went fr…
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E28. David Kavanagh - Honing The CTO Toolkit
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39:26David is the CTO for Tillo, an innovative embedded rewards and incentives platform that connects customers with rewards and incentives from 2000+ global brands. In this episode, David shares his journey through tech and how he arrived at the CTO position. We discuss the toolkit needed and the skills he developed to become a successful technology le…
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Vesna is the Head of People & Culture for Fincore, an innovative FinTech organisation. In this episode, we hear Vesna's inspiring story about her journey of coming to the UK and establishing a career path for herself, working her way into the leadership role she holds today. She shares her approach to shaping the people culture within Fincore which…
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E27. James Carey - A true vintage of the tech world
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50:43This week, I speak with James Carey, CTO of Bordeaux Index, an innovative company changing the Landscape of the world’s of fine wine and spirits through LiveTrade. James talks us through his journey into tech leadership and how he approaches building a successful culture in his division.By Guy Bevington
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E26. Meri Williams - Caring Leadership and Making Paint Drips
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50:43Meri is the CTO for PLEO, an innovative FinTech company, and has years of experience as a Technology Leader, NED and Advisor. In this episode, Meri talks to us about shaping an engineering culture and fostering a workplace where diversity and inclusion can truly thrive.By Guy Bevington
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E25. Dan Maunder - Reflecting on the Journey
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1:11:10Dan is VP of Technology for Cera Healthcare, a leading HealthTech business building a platform around home healthcare. Dan has had a highly impressive career to date in tech assuming C-suite and leadership roles for a number of big brands the likes of Experian, CreditKarma and Gostudent. In this episode, Dan talks us through his career path and cho…
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This week, I am joined by the superb Sofia Luzindre, VP of People & Culture at Orgvue. Orgvue is an innovative workforce planning SaaS platform, now over 200 people since the business founded. In this episode, we hear about Sofia's approach to fostering culture within the business and how she has created an environment for people to excel.…
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This week I am joined by Alice Regan, Head of Talent for IQUW Group, a leading speciality insurer and reinsurer and A-Rated Lloyd’s Syndicate. In this episode, Alice and I discuss establishing and maintaining the right culture as you continue scale, and her role from a talent and people perspective in helping shape things.…
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Mike is CTO of loveholidays, one of the fastest growing technology retail companies in the world today. In this episode, Mike shares his incredible personal career story and talks us through the mind-boggling scale of the platforms that underpin this extradinary travel tech business.By Guy Bevington
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This week, I am joined by Christina Tan, Managing Consultant for Burendo, a consultancy leading the way in digital transformation. In this episode, we discuss Burendo's unique culture in relation to other consulting firms out there and how they operate.By Guy Bevington
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Cheryl is a highly experienced Technology and People leader, having assumed C-suite and leadership positions for a number of bluechip, multi-national organisations. In this episode, Cheryl reflects on her leadership style and some of the most important factors when it comes to shaping culture.By Guy Bevington
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E23. Nina Argentieri - A Mindset For Success
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29:06Nina is the Head of Technology for Portfolio Management at Northstandard, a highly successful and respected Protection and Indemnity Club, specialising in the Marine Insurance space. Since a merger last year between the two companies of North and The Standard Club, NorthStandard are now one of the largest P&I clubs in the international group. The m…
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Miriam Stapoor is the Director of People and Chief of Staff at CapGemini. Miriam was part of Quorsus, a Financial Services start-up that was acquired by Capgemini and in this episode we discuss her experience helping form the people culture in both smaller scale-ups and larger organisations. A must listen episode!…
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Join me this week as I speak with Alys Martin, People Director with What3Words. Alys talks us through What3Words mission, unique employee value proposition and her approach to shaping culture in an exciting tech business. A must listen episode!By Guy Bevington
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E22. Andrew Radcliffe - Building Culture That Scales
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45:31This week I am joined by the fantastic Andrew Radcliffe, CEO for Spyrosoft. Andrew and I discuss the inspiring success story of Spyrosoft, a Software Development Services organisation founded in 2016 and is now over 1500 people strong. We reflect on Andrew's journey and he shares his thoughts on what is important in shaping a company culture to all…
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This week I speak to the highly experienced and inspirational Dan Gwalter. Dan has played vital technology and transformation leadership roles throughout his career for many blue-chip companies. And more recently, he has launched his own Leadership Consultancy business called 'No-Nonsense Leadership'. In this episode, Dan and I discuss his approach…
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E20. Allen Green - The Different Strings To The CTO's Bow
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40:44Allen is CTO of Leesman, an exciting company building a platform to measure the experience of employees in their places of work. This week, I discuss with Allen his route into the position of CTO and how his experiences along the way have shaped his Leadership style. We also discussed the often overlooked topic of security and what are the ramifica…
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E19. Alex Morris-Tarry - Shaping A Product In A Technology Incubator
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42:51Alex is the CIO of Neuron, an incubation start-up within Willis Towers Watson, developing of a new digital trading platform for commercial insurers and brokers. In this episode, Alex gives us fascinating insight into his journey leading the way in building and shaping this product from conception to implementation.…
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E18. Martin Mayer - Emotional Intelligence In Leadership
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42:57Martin is the Head of Engineering for Cisiv, an innovative platform enabling Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies to collect and manage safety and efficacy studies in the real world. This week, Martin and I discuss his style and approach to managing his division and just what makes him such an inspirational leader.…
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E17. Alex Davidson and Ant Newman - Where's AI Heading?
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51:00In this weeks episode I'm delighted to be joined by two very good friends in Alex Davidson and Ant Newman. We discussed the impact the AI will have in the workplace and the trends we are currently seeing now but also speculate about what's to come.By Guy Bevington
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E16. Greg Horton - Aligning Technology With The Business
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39:58Greg is the Chief Technology Office for Fairstone Group, one of the fastest growing financial services organisations in the UK and Ireland with run-rate fee income in excess of £135 million. The group operates from over 55 locations, made up of over 1200 operational staff and regulated advisers. The company oversees £15 Billion in funds under manag…
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E15. Tia Cheang - Implementing a Data-driven culture
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46:03Tia is the Director of IT Data and Information Services (UK & EMEA) for Gallagher. In this episode we discuss Tia's approach to implementing a data-driven culture in an established global insurer.By Guy Bevington
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E14. Mike Samra - The Path Less Trodden...
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1:00:50Mike Samra is the CTO of The AA. This week, Mike and I discuss his unique and fascinating journey throughout tech leadership and his approach to aligning with the business and ensuring the tech function is demonstrating business value.By Guy Bevington
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E13. Yinka Okunade - Creating Value In the World Of InsurTech
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48:11I personally have known Yinka for over a decade and he is one of the true greats. He possesses the rare skillset to be not only extremely knowledgeable technically but has the ability to understand, prioritise and deliver on key business objectives. In this episode, we discuss Yinka's journey as a tech professional and how he has developed the vita…
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E12. Matt Whitworth - Demystifying The Energy Trading Markets
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29:52Matt is the CTO of Tallarium, an innovative market data and digital solutions provider that enables energy majors, trading houses, banks, utilities and funds in OTC energy markets to improve trading performance and manage risk more effectively. In this episode, Matt and I talk about his journey into Tech Leadership and his life lessons learned alon…
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E11. Ben Brown - Leading The Charge With Electric Vehicles
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39:55Ben is CTO of Onto, Europe's largest electric car subscription service. Having grown by 300% in 2022 and with over 6,000 cars (the largest UK electric car fleet!) - Onto is helping people make the switch to driving electric everyday. In this episode, I talk to Ben about how he has navigated the technical challenges involved with such an innovative …
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E10. Paolo Escobar - Creating High-Performance Production Environments
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1:06:12Paolo Escobar is Head of Engineering for Konfir, an exciting tech start-up streamlining the process for completing employment verifications. Their aim is to accelerate all corners of the modern UK economy; for those switching jobs, to those renting a property, or obtaining any type of credit. Paolo is a highly revered technology leader who has buil…
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E9. Josh Ma - Building Tools For Efficiency
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48:44Joshua Ma is the CTO and co-founder of Airplane.Dev, an exciting start up company founded in 2021 which is building a developer platform for internal tools. But prior to this Josh was the first hire/CTO at Benchling, a tech scale-up, and was instrumental in growing that engineering organization from inception to over 300 people, helping Benchling a…
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E8. Nick Dutton - Lessons from the C-Suite
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1:11:34Nick has an undoubtedly impressive career as a tech leader Having spent a number of years in the gaming space, he has played the role of CTO, COO and a CEO throughout the years. Nick skilfully navigated corporate mergers and as a leader tackled the challenge of the blending together both technology and people cultures of different organisations. In…
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E7. Fabrizio Moscon - Practices to Scale High Performance Engineering Divisions
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46:33Fabrizio is Chief of Engineering for 90 Percent Of Everything, an innovative tech business building solutions for the shipping and logistics sectors. Since starting the business, they have scaled to over 120 engineers, and currently have over 7 products products live across 50 divisions. In this episode, Fabrizio talks us through the practices he e…
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E6. Nick Carmont Zaragoza - Using Carbon Modelling and Climate Tech To Make a Difference
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44:11In 2021, Nick Co-founded Connect Earth, a London-based environmental data company that democratises easy access to sustainability data. Connect Earth is on a mission to empower people to make sustainable choices and bridge the gap between intent, knowledge and action. Nick talks us through why he is so passionate about conscious consumerism and his…
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E5. Andrew Barber - From Private Banking to Public Sector, Creating a Legacy
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42:14After 20 years as CTO with PCF Bank, Andrew talks us through his career to date. And as he embarks upon a new and exciting journey joining the Surrey and Sussex Police Force as Head of Applications and Devices, Andrew discusses with us his reasoning for the move and his motivations for the next step of his career as a technology leader.…
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E4. Toby O'Rourke - Creating High Performance Technology Divisions
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42:17Toby is CTO of FundApps, a tech company providing automated compliance monitoring services to financial institutions, including some of the world’s largest asset managers, hedge funds and investment banks. FundApps is used to monitor over $15 trillion in client assets every day. In this episode, Toby and I discuss how he has created a high performa…
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E3. Edgar Lopez-Rojas - Financial Crime Vaccines
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28:53Edgar is the founder and CTO of FinCrime Dynamics, an innovative tech business aiming to make a positive impact in the fight against financial crime by enabling financial institutions to improve their compliance controls through the use of "Financial Crime Vaccines". In this episode, Edgar and I talk about his journey through entrepreneurship as a …
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E2. Sam Boswell - The Future Of Renewables
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42:32Sam is a highly experience and revered technology leader and engineering professional. In this episode, Sam talks to us about his leadership style and the excellent work he is doing at Dare in the renewables space.By Guy Bevington
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E1. Shankar Vasudevan - From Fisherman's Wharf to Canary Wharf
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44:39Shankar is the co-founder of software Fintech scale up, SteelEye. After a successful exit, Shankar went on to become CTO for Clippd, an AI focussed technology business, enhancing performance through data in the world of Golf. Shankar shares with us his route through his career and how he arrived in tech leadership, it's been one hell of a journey!…
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