The Global Discussion

Cassius Rayner has over 20 years of experience in video production across various sectors, from documentaries, drama, music videos, corporate videos, branding and NGOs. Since 2014 Cassius has dedicated his art, craft and skills to using mobile phones to capture stories. He works overseas, telling important stories in hostile situations that only a mobile phone could capture, always exploring and pushing the boundaries of mobile lenses and using light. He has won several international awards for short films, documentaries and a music video winning Best Director at the Tokyo Film Festival. Cassius is featured by various media, podcasts and magazines on his work producing video content using mobile phones and has built up a reputation as an expert in this field. He has worked in the USA, Chile, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Europe and Hong Kong. Since 2017 Cassius has received 12 international film awards for his films. His work takes Cassius worldwide, making documentaries and teaching filmmaking.  Films and documentaries by Cassius include The Missing, London Falls Silent, Walking in our shoes, The Invisible Monster, Black Lives Matter, Black Women Rising, Street Art and Dead Eye. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Billy Dees is a Multimedia Specialist with a professional audio and radio production, video editing, and content marketing history. Billy creates audio for radio broadcasts, podcast productions, commercials, and flash briefings. His other endeavours at Perfect Media Productions, LLC include assisting people in creating various media in web and social media video, video editing, and voice-overs. Billy also serves in the marketing department of CommQuest Services, Inc., predominately as a multimedia specialist. He takes great pride in helping an organisation focused on mental health and recovery services, which makes the work incredibly satisfying. He is passionate about the human condition, the existence and fragility of all life, and our place in the universe.  Billy's podcast is "The Billy Dees Podcast." His subjects include news, societal issues, and human interest. One of Billy's passionate recurring subject lines is the scientific understanding of our world and the analysis of human behaviour. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Mirjana Prokic is the Founder and CEO of hangAIR Global. Mirjana is an Award Winner, Thought Leader, University Guest Lecturer, and former Global CMO. hangAIR is a pioneering health tech brand combining hardware (patented) with a supporting wellness SaaS ecosystem (app) to help 3 billion people worldwide with modern life's mental and physical strain. A Smart Rocking Incliner with a subscription model for use at home, in medical, sport, business and tourism environments to reduce mental and physical strains (sleep deprivation, stress and anxiety, back pain) by promoting effective rest breaks, lowering stress-related errors and improving focus, productivity and overall wellbeing. From executive burnout to helping a world breathe, sleep and reset anywhere and anytime. Mirjana is a former 'burnout workaholic' who successfully reset her life to follow an entrepreneurial dream to improve people's lives. Formerly, Mirjana is an award-winning Global Chief Marketing Officer and Business Turnaround Expert with years of outstanding performance successfully managing Global and Regional B2B and B2C sales and marketing ecosystems for diverse companies and industries: specialist chemicals, premium consumer brands, commercial/industrial goods and marketing agencies.  Mirjana is a trustee of the Global Angels Foundation, a charity transforming disadvantaged communities worldwide, and a guest lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Steve Pugh is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with values based on empowering people and creating positive and creative cultures. In 2011 he invented a world-first financial fund which unlocked £300+ million of work for UK companies, building and safeguarding thousands of jobs. In 2018 Steve wrote his first book, and in 2021 he launched a business, Roadmap MBA bringing accessible and free business education and training to the world.  The Roadmap MBA mission is to make business education and training accessible for five billion people. Steve believes that it shouldn't matter where you grow up or your financial background to decide if you can access information to help you build a better life for yourself. Steve and the team understand that good business education can help almost everyone, and they are building something which gives the complete roadmap to grow a business or career as an alternative to a traditional MBA, based on real-world skills designed for people with passion, not a privilege. For businesses, this is the opportunity to train a team with high-quality, low-cost training accessible from anywhere. The Roadmap MBA can also support CSR and ESG credentials through community programmes. Steve and the team at Roadmap MBA are on a mission to help people around the world build a better life for themselves, creating an accessible platform for all communities to thrive and celebrate together. They currently have users in over 50 countries and are growing.  Steve holds a Master of Engineering (MEng) Hons, Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Mechanical Engineering Tribology, Lubricant performance in aircraft landing gear pin joints from The University of Sheffield. He has been published twice in respected journals and presented at international conferences worldwide. During his time at the university, he also won a special award for developing new teaching and communication methods for children with Cerebral Palsy.  In addition, Steve has an International MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Sunderland. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Orla Kelly is a successful book publisher who has grown a business to offer a comprehensive range of publishing services to authors from all walks of life. Orla began as an author and has never forgotten what it is like to be an author, the vulnerability, feeling of exposure, doubts, and fear of judgement. These elements help Orla remain grounded and focused on delivering the best bespoke publishing service for all her clients. Orla understands that writing a book takes time, talent and perseverance, and she loves the book publishing industry, helping to make the hopes and dreams of her clients come alive by publishing a book that reflects who they are and what they want to achieve. Orla has published for authors from all walks of life and backgrounds, supporting them in telling their stories authentically and publishing the kind of books they are delighted to share with the world. She knows that an author's hard work requires special attention, whether an eBook, print book, or audiobook. Her publishing business genuinely cares about the author and the book creation process. It is evident to anyone meeting Orla that she is passionate about her work and is there every step of the way for her clients. As an author and publisher, she likes to do things differently, offering a warm, personal, bespoke professional service for each client who works with Orla Kelly Publishing.  Many of Orla's clients have won international awards for their books and become bestselling authors. Since their book launch, some clients have become keynote speakers; others have set up courses and mastermind groups, and others have been featured widely in the media.   About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Frank Prendergast is an actor who studied modern realist acting techniques with Tom Kibbe, who studied under Strasberg, Adler and Meisner. His professional acting credits include films such as Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship and Peter Foott's The Young Offenders, as well as many television series such as Red Rock, Vikings and Penny Dreadful.   In addition to acting, Frank has over two decades of experience helping businesses with their online presence. He is the owner of the most-talked-about moustache in the personal branding world and is one-half of the award-winning digital marketing team Frank and Marci.   Frank is self-professed proof that you don't have to be super polished (or even clean-shaven) to have a personal brand that grabs people's attention and gets them talking. He promotes that "you just have to be you", – which is more complicated than it sounds in the online space.  A few years ago, Frank started worrying about the insanely high number of solopreneurs who are great at what they do but drop the ball when it comes to representing their personal brands online. It creates a huge missed opportunity for business growth. So he got to work, helping personal brands "rise above the blah" to show the world how brilliant they are. Since then, he has helped hundreds of people get excited about creating content and has seen the payoff for their personal brands. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website.  To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Juwayria (Jia) Elhassan is the Founder and CEO of The Social Ikigai. She is an online marketing business specialist and social media content strategist who helps entrepreneurs, coaches, and small businesses elevate their online presence through focused branding, strategic digital marketing, social media, and establishing solid online business foundations.  Jia's show, Decoded with Jia Elhassan, focuses on mastering professional social audio shows and how to grow your brand with industry experts.    Topics include: - Growing community. - Becoming a pro host/moderator. - How to establish a strong brand and online presence. - Leveraging social audio for your personal brand. - How experts run successful spaces in their industry sector.   Jia is a host, speaker, and team member of The Conversationalists, a group of top audio hosts from four major social audio sites: Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, LinkedIn Audio, and Wisdom.  The show aims to create quality shows to encourage debate, entertain, and educate. Each week a different pair of hosts craft a conversation, and the team will debate, laugh, disagree, and chat about the questions and theme of the episode.  The #Conversationalists founder is Jason Zackowski, brand owner and Dog Dad of Bunsen and Beaker.  Jia holds BSC with Honours in Clinical Nutrition MBA. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website.  To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3QdMqfzyvca6EVlEJ80I4n Google - https://podcasts.google.com/search/TheGlobalDiscussion Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-global-discussion/id1668702566 Video: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@theglobaldiscussion Website - https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Global_Discuss LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/theglobaldiscussion Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theglobaldiscussion Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheGlobalDiscussion

Angus Blair is the CEO of Signet, Investment Banker, Asset Manager, Investment Analyst and Professor. Angus is passionate about institutionalising Corporate Governance and ESG. Founder of Signet LLC: Definitive & creative thinking on the investment, business, economics & risk of the Middle East & North Africa; over 20 years of analysing, researching, writing and developing businesses in and for the MENA region (after covering global markets).  Angus is an award-winning investment analyst: No 1 Institutional Investor, Global Finance's Global Emerging Markets Superstar, and double Extel-rated team. Advising businesses in the MENA region on risk analysis, due diligence, & working on policy development across and investment into the MENA region. Angus led the team to list the 1st Egypt GDR for CIB, & the first fund to allow foreigners to invest in Saudi Arabia, the US$250m SAIF Fund, amongst other key ECM deals which kick-started foreign investment into the MENA region's capital markets.  He helped pioneer international capital market transactions and economic & corporate research on the MENA region's stock markets, economies, and political risk. Angus has developed large emerging markets businesses in London from scratch (southern EU and MENA region). Previously, a stock market strategist in London for Barings and ABN AMRO. Signet LLC utilises experience to advise and help corporates/institutions/governments with decision-making, investing, risk and policy creation in the MENA region. Angus invests in new start-ups & small enterprises. He is a mentor and a regular speaker at events: corporate & public, as well as the media, on developments across, and forecasts for, the MENA region.  He is committed to deepening business and cultural links between the UK & Europe with the MENA region, improved corporate governance & start-ups. Angus is appointed to the Egyptian British Business Council and regularly speaks on this topic, including in discussions on CNBC with Hadley Gamble, Anchor and Senior International Correspondent. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website.  To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3QdMqfzyvca6EVlEJ80I4n Google - https://podcasts.google.com/search/TheGlobalDiscussion Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-global-discussion/id1668702566 Video: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@theglobaldiscussion Website - https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Global_Discuss LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/theglobaldiscussion Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theglobaldiscussion Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheGlobalDiscussion

Elaina Ryan is CEO of Children's Books Ireland, a national organisation whose mission is to make books a part of every child's life. Elaina has a children's publishing background and an MLitt in Publishing from the University of Stirling. She is the former Managing Editor of Little Island books, where she worked closely with Ireland's inaugural Laureate na nÓg, Siobhán Parkinson. She is Co-Artistic Director, with Niamh Sharkey, of Towers and Tales, the Lismore Story Festival in County Waterford.  Children’s Books Ireland is the national charity and arts organisation that champions every child’s right to develop a love of reading. Through their many activities and events, the organisation aims to engage young people with books, foster a greater understanding of the importance of books for young people and act as a core resource for those with an interest in books for children in Ireland. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website.  To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3QdMqfzyvca6EVlEJ80I4n Google - https://podcasts.google.com/search/TheGlobalDiscussion Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-global-discussion/id1668702566 Video: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@theglobaldiscussion Website - https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Global_Discuss LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/theglobaldiscussion Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theglobaldiscussion Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheGlobalDiscussion

Timothy Hughes co-founded DLA ignite not to be just another marketing agency and not to transform only sales by using social. Tim and his team transform whole organisations, including Sales, Marketing, Human Resources, Internal Communications, and Customer Service, all with social. Before setting up his company, Tim held senior positions at Oracle, and Capgemini, in addition to being a Global Instructor at ThePowerMBA and working as part of the Rutgers Business School Executive Education program.  Since the launch of Tim's first book in 2016, he has been a creator and influencer using LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube networks as part of the creator economy. Tim features in lists including Thinkers360 and Onalytica for being one of the top thought leaders, creators and influencers worldwide in the subjects of social selling, digital selling, virtual selling, modern selling, sales, marketing, digital marketing, leadership and management.  In his newly revised second edition of Social Selling, Tim shares how to reach and engage with the modern buyer. Social Selling outlines how to implement a social selling strategy and drive revenue, competitive advantage and market share through social networks. Social Selling is a practical, step-by-step blueprint for creating digital communities and building and turning relationships into sales online. Featuring checklists, tips and examples providing practical guidance, it covers important subjects such as how to network purposely and build social media trust in a mistrustful time and how to develop real influence and authority in your subject area. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website.  To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3QdMqfzyvca6EVlEJ80I4n Google - https://podcasts.google.com/search/TheGlobalDiscussion Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-global-discussion/id1668702566 Video: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@theglobaldiscussion Website - https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Global_Discuss LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/theglobaldiscussion Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theglobaldiscussion Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheGlobalDiscussion