Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

Marjet Andriesse is a seasoned leader, with more than 25 years’ experience in driving customer satisfaction, sales and revenue growth, leading companies through transition as well as organizational management across Europe and Asia.With experience in technology and professional services (tech, telco, recruitment, and logistics), working in start-up, challenger and market-leader environments, Marjet has a successful track-record of delivering growth, turnaround, and leading teams through change effectively, Marjet is a Dutch national who brings a unique perspective to businesses, combining corporate knowledge, international experience, strong interpersonal skills and operational/strategic acumen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ankur Sinha is the Chief Technology Officer at Remitly overseeing all engineering and technology functions at the company since Feb 2022. He is driving the future technical direction of Remitly as the company progresses towards its vision of transforming the lives of immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial services on the planet.  Prior to Remitly, Ankur was an Engineering Director at Google from 2019 to 2022, driving commerce capabilities for Google Cloud. He was key in scaling google cloud towards enterprise adoption and recognized for cloud-wide technical impact. He also mentored CapitalG funded startups, and sponsored growth/inclusion and customer empathy programs.  Ankur also led multiple organizations at Microsoft from 2007 to 2019, with broad stints in Xbox and Commerce/Dynamics. He last held a Senior Director role building Dynamics 365 for Commerce, and spent many years building commerce platform components for all of Microsoft products/services. Prior to commerce, he spent 8 years in Xbox, serving consumer gaming and entertainment via Xbox Live.  Ankur’s a first generation immigrant himself, born in India, and immigrated to the USA in 2008 as part of his Microsoft stint.  He’s also been a co-founder and CTO of India startup, RA Systems. Ankur holds a B.S. in Information Technology from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University. Ankur Sinha’s top leadership tip is to remind leaders to explore, evolve and enjoy the journey (both for themselves and their people), and to celebrate the small, consistent wins as you chase your dreams! Don’t go at it alone, take your teams with you and lead with contagious compassion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Craig Mahoney BEd, MA, PhD, TTC, CPsychol, AFBPsS, FBASES, FRSA, FIoDProfessor Craig Mahoney is an academic with over 30 years’ experience in UK higher education. A chartered psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Professor Mahoney has been an internationally recognised performance psychologist for over three decades. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He has been a CEO in three roles over the past 15 years including nearly nine years as Principal and Vice-Chancellor at the University of the West of Scotland, which was named Scottish University of the Year in 2022. He was previously CEO at the Higher Education Academy, a UK national agency overseeing the enhancement of learning and teaching in universities.A dynamic public advocate of higher education, Craig is a research active academic with a strong interest in performance enhancement, differentiated student-centred pedagogy, research informed teaching, e-learning; technology to support teaching, widespread use of open educational resources, teaching excellence and global engagement. He is a passionate supporter of equality, diversity and inclusion and has developed and supported many programmes, initiatives and change plans to eradicate discrimination and enable fairness for all.Professor Mahoney has a wide range of experience at Board level with previous Board positions including Deputy Chair of North Tyne NHS Trust, Board member of Tyne Met FE Corporation Board, UK Quality Assurance Agency, Glasgow City of Sciences, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, Converge Challenge, a Trustee on the Carnegie Trust for Universities of Scotland, Convener of Universities Scotland Efficiency & Climate Emergency Committee and still active as a Board member of SportScotland and Chair of the Board for British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS). When not working in higher education or advocating for EDI, Professor Mahoney divides his time between his family, his passion for sport and for supporting the development of others. Professor Mahoney’s top leadership tip is to never forget where you came from and ensure you remain grounded. No one is irreplaceable so don’t take yourself too seriously and think that your impact will last forever. Build sustainable influence not short-term change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Graham and Jonathan as they discuss how you can enhance your high performance through aspects of health, well-being and brain health. These are topics that both feel so passionate about and are early adopters so have experimented with. You can hear about the macro view on: eat move sleep breathe focus and prosper. This month's session is on what you eat and your exercise regime. You can hear about longevity and the importance of the 'blue zones' where Graham has lived in a number of them around the world (Okinawa) with the importance of a sense of purpose exercise and social interaction. You may be interested in extreme endurance events like the double mountain marathons and ironman competition, which both hosts have completed, and what they learnt about managing inflammation. You will receive details about diet, illness, sickness, the 'stoic philosophy' and the importance that, between stimulus and response, you always have a choice. Happiness is about exercising CHOICE. You will receive recommendations about some of the hosts' favourite books on health and well-being and you can look forward to the next month where in part two they look into sleeping breathing mindfulness and yoga. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lameen Abdul-Malik, Nobel Peace Prize (2005), Futurist Thinker, Coffeepreneur“Service to others is the rent you pay for your life here on earth” anonLameen has set himself a goal to impact one million people’s lives positively over the next 5 years and is subsequently spearheading efforts to support that ethos. One of which, is to launch 100 IDEAs cafe (a platform to source ideas to impact our world positively focusing on health, sustainability, technology and the youth). Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with his colleagues during his tenure at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2005 for which he worked for over 14 years, he focused on transferring the peaceful use of nuclear science and technology to meet its development goals in Africa. He considers his greatest achievements at the IAEA in using US$200,000 of the prize money from the peace prize, to help establish Zambia’s first cancer hospital, which opened in 2007 and treats about 1,500 cancer patients annually. In 2018, he developed a regional strategy to help Africa focus on three priorities in human health, food and agriculture and radiation safety in using nuclear science and technology to address its development challenges. More recently, from January to October 2021, he was headhunted to be Director of Think at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute, where he oversaw the launch of a unique global infectious diseases index that tracks up to 60 pathogens daily, initiated a research agenda in line with the SDGs to highlight topical issues and launched the healthcare, sustainability and AI/Robotics roadmap, as well as guided the selection and curation of ideas aimed at alleviating global societal challenges.He is also very passionate about coffee, for which he has been writing for over 14 years under his personal blog www.fromcoffeewithlove.com and has been featured on CNNs website for Drinking Coffee in October 2020. In June 2019 he was invited by the International Coffee Organisation to participate in a EU Coffee Symposium on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, where he interacted with industry giants like Starbucks, Illy and Nestle to discuss the coffee value chain and he documented his experience in an article on how Africa can benefit from the coffee value chain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lieutenant General (Retired) Sir Simon Mayall KBE, CB Much of General Mayall’s 40 year military career has been marked by a focus on the Middle East, and his experience and understanding of the region is long-standing and deep. In 1985, having learned colloquial Arabic, he was seconded to the Sultan’s Armed Forces, commanding an Omani tank squadron. He was the Operations Officer for the 1st (UK) Armoured Division in Operation DESERT STORM, the liberation of Kuwait. Before commanding his Regiment, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, he went to Balliol College, and then St Antony’s College, Oxford, where he wrote a book on Turkish security policy. He subsequently completed an MA at King’s College, where his thesis was on Jihad philosophy and the ‘Civil War’ within Islam. He is also an avid student of Crusading history.As Commander of 1st Mechanised Brigade, he was deployed to Kosovo in 2002, and in 2006-2007 he was Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps (Iraq), based in Baghdad, during the period of the fight against AQ-I, the Sunni ‘Awakening’ and the ‘Surge’. The following year he was appointed Assistant Chief of the General Staff and then, in 2009, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) with policy responsibility for global operations, particularly in Afghanistan. With the election of the Coalition Government of 2010, he was appointed as the first Defence Senior Adviser Middle East (DSAME), responsible for re-energising the UK’s security relationships with partners in the Gulf, the Near East and North Africa. This period coincided with the complexities of the ‘Arab Spring’, the overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya, the Syrian ‘civil war’ and the rise of ‘Islamic State’. In 2014, after the fall of Mosul to ISIS, he became the Prime Minister’s Security Envoy to Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government. He was instrumental in establishing the new Royal Navy base in Bahrain.General Mayall retired from the Army in July 2015, and was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London. He is a Senior Adviser with Greenhill, Coutts Bank, and Viaro Energy, and the Director of Sandcrest Consulting. He is a regular contributor on Middle East and Defence and Security issues on television, radio and in the press, and he lectures on related subjects to many academic and business fora. His book, ‘Soldier in the Sand – a Personal History of the Modern Middle East’, was published in late 2020. He was knighted in 2014, and has also received the US Legion of Merit for services in Iraq. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Harry is Barrister and Queen's Counsel with a wide-ranging and substantial commercial practice in many fields, including energy and natural resources, public international law, cross-border disputes, civil fraud, finance, insurance/reinsurance and international arbitration.Named in The Lawyer ‘Hot 100’ List for 2021, nominated as Silk (QC) of the Year for International Arbitration in the Legal 500 Awards 2020, tier 1 ranked international arbitrator, and regularly appointed in high-value international arbitrations. Also instructed as Leading Counsel by states, major global corporations and other investors and companies in very high-value disputes.Harry Matovu is a Master of the Bench, Inner Temple, and recognised in the Powerlist 2021 as one of the most influential Black professionals in the UK.https://www.brickcourt.co.uk/our-people/profile/harry-matovu-qc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Róbert Vass is the president and founder of GLOBSEC, a leading nongovernmental organization in Europe dealing with international security, sustainability, and economic issues. Its mission is to make Europe and the world a safer, more prosperous and sustainable place by providing policy advise and putting together right people on an independent platform. GLOBSEC is organizing one of the largest international conferences in Europe with a focus on international security, economy, and other global social and economic issues, hosting annually over 1500 political, business, media and thought leaders from over 80 countries. Róbert has started his journey as a student of international relations at the University of Matej Bel in Slovakia. At that time, group of students established GLOBSEC conference to put Slovakia on the world’s diplomatic map. Róbert currently manages an international team of more than 80 people composed of 12 different nationalities with the headquarters in Bratislava and a satellite offices in Brussels, Vienna and Warsaw and plans to open office in Washington DC. The idea behind GLOBSEC comes also from Róbert’s view of Slovakia’s position in Europe. He wanted to prove that the ambition to make the world better is not limited by the size of the country you come from, or the place where you are, but by the power of ideas and determination to put them into practice. You do not have to be in London, Brussels nor Washington to shape the world. You can contribute to a global policy debate and make a global impact even from a small city or a small country as well. GLOBSEC has a strong value-based DNA that believes in democracy, free societies, rule of law and international cooperation. Such perception comes from the strong experience of a country that went through some tough eras of totalitarian regimes in the past.Although they have started just a little student project, nowadays they have created a recognizable global brand with hundreds of media coverage. Robert’s view on leadership is in sharing his vision with the rest of the team and showing them trust and offering high responsible roles within the organisation where they can enforce expertise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.