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the csuite podcast covers topics such as Sustainability, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Financial Inclusion, HR, Innovation, Marketing Communications, Mental Health & Wellbeing and Social Mobility. Featuring senior executives discussing latest trends, campaigns and issues, sharing best practice case studies. If you'd like to get involved, please get in touch using the contact form at http://www.csuitepodcast.com To carry on the conversation on social media, use #csuitepodcast.

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    Show 244 - Money20/20 Asia - Part 2 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 46:35


    The second of our two episodes recorded at Money20/20 Asia 2025, that we produced in partnership with audax, a comprehensive plug and play banking solution powering banks to launch scalable and compliant digital business models at speed. Graham Barrett was joined by a number of the speakers on audax's booth. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Money20/20 2/ Billie Setiawan​, Head of Data Management & Analytics Div, PT. Bank Negara Indonesia TBK 3/ John Medina, Chief Operating Officer, Philippine Bank of Communications 4/ Vandy Leng, VP & Head of Digital Banking, Hattha Bank 5/ Zokhir Rasulov, CDO, ABA Bank 6/ Adisorn Hatairatana, Head of Consumer Credit Risk Model, Krungsri Bank

    Show 243 - Money20/20 Asia - Part 1 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 46:59


    The first of two episodes from Money20/20 Asia, recorded in partnership with audax, a comprehensive plug and play banking solution powering banks to launch scalable and compliant digital business models at speed. Graham Barrett was joined by a number of the speakers on audax's booth. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Kelvin Tan, CEO, audax 2/ Rottapron Ekabutr, EVP, Head of Consumer Digital Solution, Krungsri Bank 3/ Lito Villanueva, Chief Innovations & Inclusion Officer and Executive Vice President, RCBC 4/ Shailesh Baidwan, Maya Group President and Maya Bank Co-Founder, Maya 5/ Dr Yew Choong Chew, Chief Data and AI Officer, Ambank Group

    Show 242 - Pay It Forward - Subscription Models

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 27:21


    The first in a new series of the c-suite podcast that we're producing in partnership with payabl. and their ‘Pay It Forward' podcast. This series aims to shine the spotlight on the ever-changing world of payments with insights from merchants and leading industry experts. In this episode we focus on subscription models and the challenges that exist in managing recurring payments on a global basis. Graham Barrett was joined online by Sandra Alzetta VP, Global Head of Commerce and Customer Service at Spotify, Dave Birch, author and thought leader in digital identity and digital money and finally, Breno Oliveira, Product Lead at payabl.

    Show 241 - Pay360 London 2025 - Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 26:33


    The fourth and final episode that we recorded at Pay360, a conference and expo that brought the global payments conversation to London. Our guests were: 1/ Mike Elliff, Chief Revenue Officer and EMEA CEO, Chargebacks911 2/ Konstantin Vasilenko, Chief Business Development Officer and Co-Founder, Paybis 3/ David Bibby, Senior Manager, International Product Strategy, Discover Financial Services 4/ Robert Turner-Kerr, Relationship Manager, Digital Transactional Banking, iFast

    Show 240 - Pay360 London 2025 - Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 29:18


    The third of four episodes that we recorded at Pay360, a conference and expo that brought the global payments conversation to London. Our guests were: 1/ Angelina Kuznetsova, Senior Managing Director, Arma Partners 2/ Dewald Nolte, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Entersekt 3/ Guy Noble, CEO, Guavapay UK 4/ Abhi Julaniya, Partner and Global Lead for Payments, Simon-Kucher

    Show 239 - Pay360 London 2025 - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 40:12


    The second of a series of episodes that we recorded at Pay360 London 2025. We produced this episode in partnership with BPC, a payments processor that builds digital ecosystems that enable seamless payment experiences. Our guests were: 1/ Adam Moulson, Chief Commercial Officer, Griffin Bank 2/ Melanie Ockerse, VP Account Management EMEA, Entersekt 3/ Peter Harmston, Partner, Head of Payments Consulting, KPMG 4/ Ian Povey, CIO Payments Technology, NatWest 5/ Melinda Roylett, Managing Director, Merchant Services, Lloyds Banking Group 6/ David Abbott, VP Card Payments & strategic Accounts, Tuum

    Show 238 - Pay360 London 2025 - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 35:39


    The first of a series of episodes that we recorded at Pay360 London 2025. We produced this episode in partnership with BPC, a payments processor that builds digital ecosystems that enable seamless payment experiences. Our guests were: 1/ Peter Theunis, SVP Sales, BPC 2/ Dan Wilson, Head of Payments Strategy & Partnerships, Nationwide 3/ Saira Khan, Head of Innovation & Partnerships, First Direct Bank 4/ Paul Horlock, Chief Payments Officer, Santander 5/ Sulabh Agarwal, Global Payments Lead, Accenture 6/ Carl Raven, Head of Issuer Enablers, Visa

    Show 237 - Merchant Payments Ecosystem, MPE Berlin 2025 - Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 58:08


    The third and final episode that we recorded at MPE Berlin 2025, Europe's largest merchant payments conference. We produced the show in partnership with Ecommpay, a global acquirer, payment gateway and orchestrator that offers fully customisable payments solutions to its clients. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Fabian Mansfeld, Chief Acceptance Strategy Officer, European Payment Initiative 2/ Sandra Mianda, Founder, Paypr.work 3/ Antony Jordan, Head of Payments and KYC, ODDSET Sportwetten GmbH 4/ Galit Shani-Michel, VP Payments, Forter 5/ Kestas Saulis, Head of Payments, Nord Security 6/ Aadit Gandhi, Vice President, Apis Partners 7/ Aravinda Korala, CEO, KAL 8/ Arda Cagaptay, Consultant - Merchant Wallets 2.0

    Show 236 - Merchant Payments Ecosystem, MPE Berlin 2025 - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 43:35


    The second of our episodes recorded at MPE Berlin 2025, Europe's largest merchant payments conference. We produced the show in partnership with Ecommpay, a global acquirer, payment gateway and orchestrator that offers fully customisable payments solutions to its clients. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Stefan Weyl, Senior Payment Manager, TeamViewer Germany GmbH 2/ Ana Reiley, Head of Acceptance Solutions - Europe Value Added Services, Visa 3/ Bas van Donselaar, Co-Head of PaymentGenes Consultancy, PaymentGenes 4/ Anne-Marie Dentz, Vice President Merchants, Mastercard 5/ Jüri Laur, Director of Product, Bolt 6/ Pragya Jauhari, Senior Product Manager, Booking.com 7/ Simas Simanauskas, Chief Business Officer, ConnectPay

    Show 235 - Merchant Payments Ecosystem, MPE Berlin 2025 - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 43:23


    The first of our episodes recorded at MPE Berlin 2025, Europe's largest merchant payments conference. We produced the show in partnership with Ecommpay, a global acquirer, payment gateway and orchestrator that offers fully customisable payments solutions to its clients. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Moshe Winegarten, Chief Revenue Officer, Ecommpay 2/ Riccardo Argenta, Global Payment Senior Lead Manager, Back Market 3/ Andre Moeller, Payments Manager, Volkswagen Group Charging 4/ Zahava Dalin Kaptzan, Product Marketing Manager, Riskified 5/ Ruslan Volynets, CFO, Booknet 6/ Faheem Bakshi, VP Payments, Kinguin 7/ Matteo Gamba, Head of Product - Global Payments & Fraud, Wayfair

    Show 234 - Inside Voice: Internal Communications and Engagement Live 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 26:54


    This special episode our Inside Voice series was recorded at Communicate's Internal Communications and Engagement Live at The Brewery, London. The conference explored the evolving landscape, where best practices, innovative tools and forward-thinking strategies are shaping the future of workplace engagement. Russell Goldsmith caught up with a number of the speakers from the event. His guests were: 1/ Anne Kerr, VP, Corporate Communications, Travelport spoke about ‘How to Move the Needle on Employee Engagement and Deliver Commercial Results', which was about their Guinness World Record breaking campaign to visit all new seven wonders of the world in just seven days, using only public transport. 2/ Andy Jones, Group Internal Communications Manager, PIB and Debbie West, regular 'Inside Voice' host and Senior Account Director, Audere spoke about ‘Crafting connection through the power of podcasting', which discussed the launch of PIB's internal podcast 3/ Pia de Malherbe, Chief Brand Officer, 10 Days London gave us a preview of her talk on 'Onboarding, engagement and career development for Generation Alpha' 4/ Katy Mogra, Customer Success Manager, at Oak Engage shared how Halfords Autocentres connect deskless employees, streamline communication processes and boost workforce engagement.

    Show 233 - Building inclusive workplaces for 2025: Insights from Randstad's Latest Workmonitor report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 43:06


    The latest episode of the c-suite podcast was produced in partnership with Randstad, the world's largest HR services company. We dive into Workmonitor 2025, Randstad's flagship research that captures the voice of talent through insights from over 26,000 individuals across 35 global markets. The report is available to download at randstad.co.uk/workmonitor/ Russell Goldsmith was joined in our London studio by • Vicky Short, CEO of Randstad UK • David Vincent, Managing Director of Randstad Enterprise EMEA • Josh Willacy, Senior Lead, EDI, Randstad UK, Ireland and Enterprise EMEA • Francesca Profeta, CCWP, Research analyst at the Staffing Industry Analysts Our guests discussed the findings of the report and explored how organisations can bridge the gap between evolving talent, expectations and employer strategies.

    Show 232 - Inside Voice: The Future of Leadership - Factors Shaping the C-Suite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 28:14


    This episode of our ‘Inside Voice' series was produced in partnership with N2Growth, a global leadership advisory and executive search firm. Debbie West was joined online from Vancouver by N2Growth's CEO, Kelli Vukelic, a transformative leader who has been making waves in executive management, strategy and organisational innovation. Debbie and Kelli talk about the changing world of executive leadership and the impact of those changes on communications and HR leaders in organisations. For more information on N2Growth, visit n2growth.com

    Show 231 - Charity Spotlight: How to create a more equal world of work for young women

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 31:33


    In the latest episode of the c-suite podcast's ‘Charity Spotlight' series, we focus on Young Women's Trust, a charity supporting women aged 18 to 30 in low or no pay jobs, that is at the forefront of tackling gender inequality in the workplace. Our guests were: • Claire Reindorp, CEO of Young Women's Trust • Claire Burton, Head of Social Impact at Deloitte • Philippa Rawlinson, Trainee solicitor at Preston Redman – Philippa (Pippa) is someone who has benefited personally from the work of the trust and was keen to share her story with us. Hosted by Debbie West, the episode delved into critical challenges faced by young women and proposed actionable solutions. To find out more about Young Women's Trust, visit - https://www.youngwomenstrust.org/

    Show 230 - Unicorn Leaders - Dave Grow, CEO, Lucid Software

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 29:11


    In the 43rd episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Salt Lake City, Utah by Dave Grow, CEO of Lucid Software. Founded in 2010, Lucid Software is a leader in visual collaboration tools, providing products including Lucidchart and Lucidspark that are used by some of the world's top businesses. The company raised over $103 million across various funding rounds and reached unicorn status in 2021. To find out more about Lucid Software, visit https://lucid.co/

    Show 229 - Inside Voice: Communicating Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 46:23


    In the latest episode of Inside Voice, the series that explores topics that matter inside workplaces, Debbie West brings a panel together to talk about the role of internal communications and employee experience in organisational change. Her guests were: 1/ Jason Bloomfield, Global Head of People Change and Experience Design, Ericsson 2/ Adrienne Cohen, Change, Culture and Employee Experience Specialist 3/ Nadine Dixon, Internal and Change Communications Specialist in Financial Services

    Show 228 - Unicorn Leaders - Tony Jamous, Co-Founder and CEO, Oyster

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 21:51


    In the 42nd episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Cyprus by Tony Jamous, the co-founder and CEO of Oyster. Founded in 2020, Oyster is a global employment platform that aims to remove the barriers to remote work and distributed hiring. The company has raised over $280 million across various funding rounds and reached unicorn status in less than two years from launch. To find out more about Oyster, visit oysterhr.com

    Show 227 - Money20/20 USA 2024 – Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 30:18


    Our final episode from Money20/20 USA 2024, this one produced in partnership with LSEG Risk Intelligence, who provide a range of solutions to help organisations effectively navigate risks and reduce fraud. The event took place at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Daniel Flowe, Head of Digital Identity, LSEG Risk Intelligence 2/ Mary Kay Bowman, EVP, GM of Payments and Financial Services, BILL 3/ Juliana Berger, Director of Product Management, Intuit 4/ Arnoldo Reyes, GM & Head of MoneyGram Business, MoneyGram

    Show 226 - Money20/20 USA 2024 – Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 26:43


    Our fourth episode from Money20/20 USA 2024, produced in partnership with Atomic, a leading embedded financial connectivity platform. The event took place at the Venetian in Las Vegas.. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Rich Clow, Managing Director, Head of Innovation & Strategy, Global Payment Solutions, Bank of America 2/ Natalie Talpas, EVP, Group Manager Sr. Digital & Payments, PNC 3/ Mike Jorgensen, Head of Emerging Solutions and Embedded Payments, US Bank 4/ Dee Choubey, CEO, MoneyLion

    Show 225 - Money20/20 USA 2024 – Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 35:55


    Our third episode from Money20/20 USA 2024, this one produced in partnership with LSEG Risk Intelligence, who provide a range of solutions to help organisations effectively navigate risks and reduce fraud. The event took place at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Dalbir Sahota, Director, Trusted Payments, LSEG Risk Intelligence 2/ Kimberly Kacal, Head of Payments North America, Accenture 3/ Michael Kaplan, Chief Revenue Officer, PayNearMe 4/ Anusha Ramanujam, Global Head of Payment Partnerships & Product Enablement, Square 5/ Chris LaConte, Chief Strategy Officer, Self Financial

    Show 224 - Money20/20 USA 2024 – Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 34:42


    Our second episode from Money20/20 USA 2024, this one produced in partnership with LSEG Risk Intelligence, who provide a range of solutions to help organisations effectively navigate risks and reduce fraud. The event took place at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Ramesh Menon, Group Head of Product Management, Digital Identity & Fraud, LSEG Risk Intelligence 2/ Annie Drew, Chief Risk &Compliance Officer, WEX 3/ Mike Storiale, SVP, Innovation & Payments, Synchrony 4/ Michael Haney, Head of Product Strategy & Outbound Product Management, Galileo Financial Technologies 5/ Rick Cunningham, SVP of Business Development and Strategy, Bread Financial

    Show 223 - Money20/20 USA 2024 – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 31:45


    Our first episode from Money20/20 USA 2024, produced in partnership with Atomic, a leading embedded financial connectivity platform. The event took place at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Jordan Wright, Co-Founder & CEO, Atomic 2/ Jane Barratt, Chief Advocacy Officer, MX 3/ Shri Santhanam, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Software, Platforms, and Artificial Intelligence, Experian 4/ Tom Bianco, General Manager, Newline by Fifth Third 5/ Anthony Burton, SVP, Head of Open Banking, Truist

    Show 222 - Unicorn Leaders - Emma Hagan, UK CEO, ClearBank

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 25:16


    In the 41st episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online by Emma Hagan, the newly appointed UK CEO of ClearBank. Founded in 2015, ClearBank provides both clearing bank services and an embedded banking API to financial institutions. We actually featured ClearBank on this series back in October 2020 and so Emma gives us an update on what's changed in those four years, what her new role means for her and the business, the funding the company has had to date, international expansion, internal comms and culture, AI, and finally, why she thinks there is a lack of female leaders in this space. To find out more about ClearBank, visit https://clear.bank/

    Show 221 - Creating inclusive workplaces for employees with bipolar

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 40:45


    In the latest episode of the c-suite podcast's charity spotlight series, we featured Bipolar UK, a charity that provides peer support services to empower people affected by bipolar to live well. Debbie West was joined by an expert panel to explore issues that affect the workplace, looking at how misconceptions about mental health are affecting people with bipolar and what businesses can do to provide better support. Our guests were: 1/ Simon Kitchen, CEO, Bipolar UK 2/ Emma Gibbons, Vulnerability Lead, PayPlan 3/ Katherine O'Mahony, a project manager in healthcare and has lived experience of bipolar

    Show 220 - Unicorn Leaders - Jeff Radke, CEO and Co-Founder, Accelerant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 35:47


    In the 40th episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Puerto Rico by Jeff Radke, CEO and Co-Founder of Accelerant, a rapidly growing data-driven risk exchange that connects specialty underwriters with risk capital providers. Founded in 2018, Accelerant reached unicorn status in 2022 with a valuation of $2.1 billion after having raised in excess of $190 million.

    Show 219 - Building Trust: The power of internal communications

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 36:15


    Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the relationship between levels of trust in an organisation and good internal comms practice. Many in the communications world will be familiar with the findings of the Edelman Trust Barometer, for example, which has featured statistics showing declining trust for established sources like governments and traditional media, whilst the Institute of Internal Communications (IOIC) published their IC Index for 2024 and called it the trust issue. So, Debbie wanted to find out how internal communications professionals have been tackling the challenge to cultivate trust in organisations against this backdrop. Her guests were: 1/ Jane Cobell, Communications Manager, Johnson Matthey 2/ Andy Jones, Group Internal Communications Manager PIB Group 3/ Norma Jean Belenky, Head of Events, Podbean

    Show 218 - Unicorn Leaders - Hristo Borisov, CEO and Co-Founder, Payhawk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 28:50


    In the 39th episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Sofia in Bulgaria by Hristo Borisov, the CEO and Co-Founder of Payhawk, a leading spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout the UK, the US and Europe. Founded in 2018, the company achieved unicorn status in April 2022, when it became the first Bulgarian company to be valued at $1 billion.

    Show 217 - Compassionate Business Practice: Navigating family illness in the workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 48:56


    Produced in partnership with Haven House Children's Hospice, a charity caring for seriously ill children and their families, and released to coincide with Children's Hospice Week, Rachel Gatley hosts this episode that focuses on the concept of compassionate business practice, exploring whether the workplace has a responsibility to support employees who are experiencing challenging times with their family's health, and if so how. Our guests were: 1/ Ralph Coulbeck, CEO, Haven House 2/ Raphaella Corbishley, Lead Nurse, Haven House 3/ Malcolm Hitching, Partner, Macfarlanes 4/ Harry Hastings, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Ocean Holidays 5/ Chris Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, ARTes Specialty This episode forms part of the c-suite podcast's charity spotlight series.

    Show 216 - Money20/20 Europe 2024 – Part 4 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 35:17


    The fourth and final episode recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Michelle Beyo, CEO, Finavator 2/ Jill Docherty, Senior Vice President, Global Issuing Nuvei 3/ Mitch Trehan, Chief Compliance Officer, Allica Bank 4/ Bahadir Yilmaz, Chief Analytics Officer, ING 5/ Anne Willem De Vries, CEO and Co-founder, Silverflow 6/ Dima Kats, CEO, Clear Junction

    Show 215 - Money20/20 Europe 2024 – Part 3 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 35:18


    The third of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Xavier Collins, Vice President UK, Turo 2/ Russell Fisher, COO, Admiral Pioneer 3/ David Daiches, Co-Founder, INSHUR 4/ Magda Schmid-Debska, Head of Marketing and Communications, PXP 5/ Sam Seaton, CEO, Moneyhub 6/ Derek Joyce, CEO, XYB

    Show 214 - Money20/20 Europe 2024 – Part 2 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 37:26


    The second of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Monika Liikamaa, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Enfuce 2/ Yaacov Martin, CEO, Jifiti 3/ Jennifer Parker, CCO, Convera 4/ Nirav Patel, CEO, Andaria 5/ Charles Damen, Chief Product Officer, Token io 6/ Lynda Strutton, Chief Operating Officer, Tribe Payments

    Show 213 - Money20/20 Europe 2024 – Part 1 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 36:56


    The first of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode, which covers some of the key announcements from this year's event plus the latest news in cross border payments, embedded finance and lots more, were: 1/ Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Money20/20 2/ Alexandra Johnson, Chief Payments Officer, Nium 3/ Jakob Pethick, Chief Commercial Officer, YouLend 4/ Hana Rolles, UK CEO, Paynetics 5/ Andy Davies, Global Head of Payments, Endava 6/ Justin Poiroux, Co-Founder and CTO, Yellow Card App

    Show 212 - Unicorn Leaders - Jonathan Cherki, CEO, Contentsquare

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 31:35


    In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by Jonathan Cherki, CEO of Contentsquare, a leading digital experience analytics platform. Founded in 2012, the company achieved unicorn status in January 2020 and reached a valuation of $5.6 billion, following a raise of $600 million dollars in 2022.

    Show 211 - Redefining luxury hospitality at the Arabian Travel Market

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 28:00


    This episode was recorded at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, and was produced in partnership with Cinnamon Life as they showcased Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka – the new integrated resort that is set to transform the city of Colombo when it opens later this year. We spoke with: 1/ Mikael Svensson, CEO, Cinnamon Hotel and Resorts 2/ Suresh Rajendra, President, Leisure Group, John Keells Group 3/ Kamal Munasinghe , Area Vice President for Colombo City Hotels & General Manager – Cinnamon Grand, Cinnamon Hotel & Resorts

    Show 210 - Unicorn Leaders - David Obrand, CEO, Salesloft

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 28:39


    In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by David Obrand, the CEO of Salesloft, the AI powered revenue orchestration platform. Founded in 2011 by Kyle Porter and David Cummings, the company achieved unicorn status early in 2021. And then when Vista Equity Partners came on board as well, it raised the valuation of the business to $2 .3 billion.

    Show 209 - Navigating internal channels for effective communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 45:13


    Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the challenges of managing the flow of information inside organisations. They discuss how to enable effective communication processes while minimising noise and distraction. Our guests were: 1/ Keith Berman, Strategic Communications Leader 2/ Natalie Lambracos, Communications Manager, Protiviti 3/ Niamh O'Grady, Head of Marketing - UK, PageGroup

    Show 208 - Unicorn Leaders - Sami Inkinen, CEO and Co-Founder, Virta Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 42:40


    The first in a new season of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Denver, Colorado by Sami Inkinen, the CEO and co-founder of Virta Health, the leader in type two diabetes reversal and creator of a new standard in medical care for people living with type two diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Founded in 2014, the company achieved unicorn status in December 2020, and hit a $2 billion valuation in July 2023

    Show 207 - Shoptalk - Part 4 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 36:07


    Our fourth and final episode recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Kevin Miller, CMO, The Fresh Market 2/ Jennifer DiPasquale, President & Co-Founder, Women in Retail 3/ Sophie Marchessou, Chief Customer Officer, Mirakl 4/ Emma McFerran, CEO, Lyst 5/ Christopher Clark, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Grove Collaborative 6/ Arvind Gupta, President & CEO, Jesta I.S.

    Show 206 - Shoptalk - Part 3 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 46:45


    Our third of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Jake Stein, Head of Retail, Uber Direct 2/ Jasmeet Sabharwal, Senior Director, Marketing Strategy Bread Financial 3/ Kimberly Wallengren, VP Marketing, North America, Coach 4/ Riad Hijal, Head of Commerce and Solution Management, SAP 5/ Jesse Goldstine, General Manager, Retail, MoMA Design Store 6/ Gabi Saper, CEO & Co Founder, CMY Cubes 7/ Jenny McLean, Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead, Clarkston Consulting

    Show 205 - Shoptalk - Part 2 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 41:38


    Our second of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Jessica Calaway, Senior Manager, Market Research, Bread Financial 2/ Joe Laszlo, Vice President, Content, Shoptalk 3/ Andrea Moore, Chief Digital Officer, NEST New York 4/ Melissa Haque, Founder & Chief, Wild Dough 5/ Nikki Mendonça, Global Managing Director, Software & Platforms Practice, Accenture 6/ Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, Founder & CEO, BrainTrust 7/ Matt Dornfeld, Senior Director and Head of Global Partnerships, Feedonomics

    Show 204 - Shoptalk - Part 1 of 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 38:12


    Our first of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. Featuring: 1/ Sophie Wawro, Global President, Shoptalk 2/ Laert Skreli, VP, Head of Fintech BD, Bread Financial 3/ Scott Tannen, Founder & CEO, Boll and Branch 4/ Jasmine Enberg, Principal Analyst, Emarketer 5/ Larry Gray, Sr Mgr, Customer Experience, Kipling USA 6/ Lisa Jones, Founder & CEO, SHE-com

    Show 203 - SXSW - Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 36:03


    Our fifth and final episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Ian Beacraft, CEO, Signal And Cipher 2/ Khalil Vinson, Founder & CEO, Tech Fest Live 3/ Pat Wadors, Chief People Officer, UKG 4/ Melvin Wilson, Founder, Solve Innovation Group 5/ Cam Lawrence, CEO, Newlab 6/ Karl Skoog, CMO, Amuse

    Show 202 - SXSW - Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 39:56


    Our fourth episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Sandy Carter, COO, Unstoppable Domains 2/ Sabrina Sullivan, Foresight Fellow, Ford Motor Company 3/ Janice Omedake, exited tech CEO and Author of 'Mentorship Unlocked' 4/ Dan Cullen-Shute, Worldwide CEO & Founder, Creature London 5/ Jeffrey Edell, CEO & Chairman, MeWe

    Show 201 - SXSW - Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 44:02


    Our third episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Donald Knight, Chief People Officer, Greenhouse Software 2/ Jeanne Ahn, Director of Partnerships, Remote 3/ Bryetta Calloway, VP, Global Marketing & Comms MassChallenge 4/ Chris Appleton, Founder, Art Pharmacy 5/ Bobbie Racette, Founder & CEO, Virtual Gurus 6/ Robbie Cabral, Inventor, CEO, and Founder, Benjilock

    Show 200 - SXSW - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 30:56


    Our second episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Jeffrey Korzenik, Chief Economist, Fifth Third Bank 2/ Larry Miller, Chairman of the Jordan Brand Advisory Board, Nike 3/ Ken Oliver, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, Checkr

    Show 199 - SXSW - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 41:16


    Our first episode recorded at SXSW in Austin, Texas that we produced in partnership with Remote, the Global HR Platform. Featuring: 1/ Daniel Clancy, CEO, Twitch 2/ Marcelo Lebre, President and Co-Founder, Remote 3/ Temitope Sadiku Strategy, Transformation, Agile and Digital Revolution, Kraft Heinz 4/ Eloise Singer, Creative Director & CEO, Singer Studios 5/ Alex Wills, CXO, Disguise 6/ John Scott, Head of Learning Design and Strategy at MasterClass at Work

    Show 198 - Unlocking Engagement: The Power of Employee Podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 24:14


    Russell Goldsmith sits down with the c-suite podcast's newest presenter, Debbie West, Senior Account Director at our producers, Audere Communications. Debbie's background and expertise is in Internal Communications, and so in this episodes she talks about how podcasts can help to unlock employee engagement.

    Show 197 - Neurodiversity in the Workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 46:01


    Produced in partnership with Tourettes Action, the leading support and research charity for people with Tourette's syndrome, and their families. Graham Barrett hosts this episode that focuses on how employers can support people with Tourette's and create a truly inclusive and neurodiverse environment. Our guests were: - Ione Georgakis, Therapies and Advocacy Manager, Tourettes Action - Trish McGrath, Chief Executive Officer, Aberystwyth University Students' Union - Luke Manton, Founder, Manton Executives

    Show 196 - Exploring AI in Internal Communications

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 34:06


    In this episode, we focus on the growing use of AI in internal communications. Host Debbie West is joined by guests: 1/ Shalini Gupta, Senior Internal Communications Lead, UKIMEA, Arup 2/ Frank Dias, Internal Comms Manager, Framestore 3/ Melanie Wheeler, Head of Global Internal Communications, Sutherland

    Show 195 - Slush, Helsinki – Part 3 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 28:19


    The final episode recorded at Slush in Helsinki, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform, where we recorded a series of interviews from Remote's booth with a number of the speakers and attendees. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Vlada Musvydaite, CEO & Founder, Walk15 2/ Fredrik Hanell, Impact Ventures Director, EIT Urban Mobility 3/ Dr Finnur Pind, Co-founder & CEO, Treble Technologies 4/ Daniel Wikberg, CEO & Founder, Upsales 5/ Jakub Korczak, CFO, Proteon Pharmaceuticals

    Show 194 - Slush, Helsinki – Part 2 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 33:18


    The second of three episodes recorded at Slush in Helsinki, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform, where we recorded a series of interviews from Remote's booth with a number of the speakers and attendees. Our guests for this episode were: 1/ Erika Ottela, COO & Founder, eBrands 2/ Marita Markkula, VP Marketing & Communications, ICEYE 3/ Yashar Moradbakhti, CEO, Lingio 4/ Dmitrijus Borisenka, Co-Founder, Coingate 5/ Tero Sarkkinen, CEO, Basemark

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