LSE Focal Point Podcast

Join us for another inspiring episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Max Cartellieri! Mr Cartellieri is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of AlphaSights, a global leader in knowledge search. Before founding AlphaSights, he was the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Ciao, a consumer price comparison website that was eventually sold to Microsoft. Max met his Co-Founder at AlphaSights when studying at Stanford Business School, and he previously studied at the LSE.  Recorded in October 2020.

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Kamal Ahmed! Mr Ahmed was the Former Editorial Director at BBC News. Prior to his role at BBC News, he was the Business Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and the Executive Editor of the Observer. Kamal is currently the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of the News Movement, a news start-up that aims to deliver trustworthy information to a mass audience on social media. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Terri Duhon! Ms Duhon is the Non-Executive Chair of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. She also balances other roles as an Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School, Oxford, and is a member on the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee. Earlier, Terri began her career at JP Morgan and worked as a derivatives trader after graduating from MIT with a degree in mathematics. She is a motivational speaker with the organisation Speakers for Schools. Recorded in November 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Christian Ulbrich! Mr Ulbrich is the CEO and President of Jones Lang LaSalle otherwise known as JLL. Christian joined JLL in 2005 as managing director for Germany. In 2009, he became CEO for the EMEA region, becoming Global CEO in 2016. Before this, Christian spent seven years as CEO of the Hamburg-based HIH group of companies, following 10 years in senior roles with German and international banks. Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Kevin Hewitt! Mr Hewitt is the EMEA Chairman of FTI Consulting. Before becoming Chairman at FTI, Kevin was the head of FTI’s EMEA Corporate Finance Practice and prior to joining FTI, Mr Hewitt spent 25 years working in EY’s restructuring practice, having made partner in 1998. Recorded in November 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Dominic Ashcroft! Mr Ashcroft is the Co-Head of EMEA Leveraged Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs alongside Luke Gillam. Mr Ashcroft started his career at Goldman Sachs in 2002 as an analyst in the UK Advisory team. In 2003, he moved to the High Yield Capital Markets desk and became a VP in 2008 and was named managing director in 2011. Recorded in February 2021.

One of my personal favourites! Join us for a special episode at Focal Point where today we interview Scott Bok! Mr Bok is the CEO and Chairman of Independent Advisory firm, Greenhill & Co. Prior to working at Greenhill & Co, Scott was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in the mergers, acquisitions and restructuring department and before that started out practicing mergers and acquisitions and securities law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Recorded in February 2021.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Yuri Khodjamirian! Mr Khodjamirian is a Fund Management professional and investor with ten years experience in UK and international equity markets. Yuri was responsible for building and co-managing a top-performing Fund while at Majedie Asset Management, a premier independent investment management boutique in London. He is the recipient of Financial News’s 40 under 40 Rising Star award. He is currently launching his own fund Mountain Pass Capital and also writes the blog https://www.snippet.finance. This is a curation of short, easy to digest snippets on investing, finance and macroeconomics written by an experienced fund manager. It is a great resource to improve your knowledge of investing and raise your commercial awareness. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Chris Grigg! Mr Grigg was the CEO of British Land for 11 years, one of the largest property development and investment companies in the UK with a portfolio of commercial property worth over £10Bn. Prior to joining British Land, Chris joined Goldman Sachs in 1985, rising to partner and left in 2005 to become Treasurer of Barclays Bank and briefly the CEO of Barclays Commercial Bank. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Ralph Schlosstein! Mr Schlosstein is the Co-CEO of Evercore. Before joining Evercore in 2009, Mr. Schlosstein was the Chief Executive Officer of HighView Investment Group and was the President of BlackRock for almost twenty years, the largest asset management firm in the world which he co-founded. Mr Schlosstein also worked for Lehman Brothers in Investment Banking and was also the Associate Director of The White House Domestic Policy Staff where he was responsible for advising President Carter on issues such as urban policy and economic development. Recorded in December 2020.