

LSE Focal Point Podcast
LSESU Business and Investment Group
The Focal Point Podcast, founded in 2020 by Daniel Tamary MacLeod with special mention to Seongyun Hong, is the official podcast of the LSESU Business and Investment Group. Weekly episodes featuring industry-changing leaders from across the professional landscape are uploaded to provide exclusive insights and enhance commercial awareness. To find more and summaries of our episodes, visit our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lse-focal-point!
Episodes
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Feb 23, 2021 • 22min
Hermann Hauser KBE - Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners
Join us for another exciting episode with Hermann Hauser. Mr Hauser is an entrepreneur, having started Acorn Computers and assisted in spinning out technology giant ARM as well as founding and co-founding Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network. Hermann later co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners which invests and supports high-growth technology companies around the world!
Recorded in September 2020.

Feb 16, 2021 • 25min
Robert Thomson - UK Managing Partner at Roland Berger
Join us for another exciting episode with Robert Thomson! Mr Thomson is the Managing Partner at strategy consulting firm Roland Berger. Robert focuses on the aerospace and defence industry, consulting clients on strategy, M&A and operational improvement. Interestingly, Robert has also worked as an Investment Fund Manager as well and is the founder of Objective Asset Management, a specialist investment company!
Recorded in September 2020.

Feb 9, 2021 • 19min
Sir Charles Bean - Former Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England
Join us for another exciting episode with Sir Charles Bean! Sir Bean served as the Chief Economist at the Bank of England from 2000 to 2008 and continued his career as the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England from 2008 to 2014. Having helped forecast and guide the bank through such historic times, Sir Charles was later knighted and is currently a professor of Economics at our very own LSE!
Recorded in September 2020.

Jan 26, 2021 • 20min
John Markland - Partner at Dechert LLP
Join us for another exciting episode with John Markland! Mr Markland is a partner in Dechert’s London office. John is co-head of the firm’s global leveraged finance practice. According to The Legal 500 he is "a true and rare rock star of leveraged finance". John has more than twenty seven years of legal practice in the City of London and prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Markland was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis for over 12 years where he founded and led the European debt finance practice.
Recorded in September 2020.

Jan 19, 2021 • 21min
Keith Breslauer - Founder and Managing Partner of Patron Capital
Join us for another exciting episode with Keith Breslauer! Mr Breslauer is the Founder and Managing Partner of Patron Capital which is a European private equity real estate fund with €3.4 billion across five funds. Keith is also an active supporter of many charities including acting as Trustee for the Royal Marines and even has a climbing cave installed in Patron's London office!
Recorded in September 2020.

Jan 12, 2021 • 24min
Howard Marks - Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management
Join us for an exciting episode with Howard Marks! Mr Marks the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, which manages just over 120 billion dollars in assets. Howard is admired in the investment community for his memos which detail his investment strategies and insight into the economy and are posted publicly on the Oaktree website. Warren Buffet says of him, "When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read. I always learn something, and that goes double for his book.".
Recorded in August 2020.

Jan 5, 2021 • 26min
Dr David Kelly - Chief Global Strategist of JP Morgan Asset Management
Join us for an exciting episode with Dr. David Kelly! Dr. Kelly is the Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Market Insights Strategy Team for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. With over 20 years of experience, David joins us to provide an insightful perspective on the economy and current market trends.
Recorded in August 2020.


