Channel Chat Podcast
Marc Sumner - CEO @ Robertson Sumner Ltd | Channel Chat
Welcome to the Channel Chat podcast β home of the podcast which has now proudly become the voice of the IT channel π
Since the Podcast's inception in 2019, the Channel Chat studio has hosted some of the IT channel's biggest names β with regular host, Marc Sumner, asking the questions that many others are afraid to! π€
Numbers wise, we now reach over 15,000 listeners per episode in over 32 countries and have hosted 6 live events.
Click subscribe to keep on top of all our latest content π
Since the Podcast's inception in 2019, the Channel Chat studio has hosted some of the IT channel's biggest names β with regular host, Marc Sumner, asking the questions that many others are afraid to! π€
Numbers wise, we now reach over 15,000 listeners per episode in over 32 countries and have hosted 6 live events.
Click subscribe to keep on top of all our latest content π
Episodes
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Dec 16, 2025 β’ 32min
#260 Olya Scekaturova: If you're comfortable, there's no growth left.
Dec 8, 2025 β’ 34min
#259 Laura Wilkinson: We're going to see an explosion of AI tools.
Dec 1, 2025 β’ 37min
#258 Spencer Starkey: Managed services isn't the future - it's here, and growing thousands of percent.
Nov 25, 2025 β’ 50min
#257 Adam Cathcart: AI can transform your business⦠or destroy your brand overnight if you get it wrong.
Nov 18, 2025 β’ 36min
#256 Anthony Young: Cyber threats are doubling every 12 months β we have to evolve or die.
Nov 10, 2025 β’ 45min
#255 Andy Readman: If you don't start with a problem, every AI tool becomes a gimmick.
Oct 31, 2025 β’ 52min
#254 Tom Hockton: 75% of our revenue comes through the channel.
In this Channel Chat episode, Marc Sumner sits down with Tom Hockton, VP of BMC Helix UK & Ireland, to talk career growth, leadership, and channel strategy. Tom shares how he went from studying languages and working at Shanghai Radio to leading one of the most channel-driven enterprise software businesses in the UK.
Oct 27, 2025 β’ 43min
#253 Lewis Pope: It's not about prevention β it's about resilience.
In this episode, Marc Sumner sits down with Lewis Pope, one of the Head Nerds at Enable, to explore the evolving world of cybersecurity, Reseller and MSP challenges, and what it really means to build cyber resilience in 2025 and beyond.
Oct 13, 2025 β’ 40min
#252 Paul Hamilton: Scaling a business without a single investor is possible
In this episode, Marc Sumner sits down with Paul Hamilton, Founder & CEO of Halo, one of the UK's fastest-growing software companies β and the second most valuable privately-owned software company in the country.
Oct 6, 2025 β’ 25min
#251 Julian Brownlow Davies: Threat actors don't wait for board approval to use AI
In this episode of Channel Chat, host Marc Sumner sits down with Julian Brown-O-Davies, Global VP of Security Services at Bugcrowd, for an in-depth conversation on cyber innovation, leadership, and the evolving world of offensive security.
