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New Thinking: Leaders podcast brings you extended one-to-one interviews with key leaders pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and advancing their fields. Host Zorianna Kit speaks to top CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, artists, and other visionary experts shaping our future. Discover the secrets of their success and how they challenge the status quo while influencing culture and building businesses. Be inspired as you get up close and personal with these leaders and discover what makes them tick.

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David Abrahamovitch

David Abrahamovitch

2022-11-0231:17

David Abrahamovitch is the founder & CEO of Grind – the leading sustainable coffee company founded in Shoreditch, which has expanded to ten central London locations since 2011 – and now also has a partnership with Soho House, Los Angeles.He shares the reality of starting his own business at 25 and discusses the biggest challenges he faced setting up a brand that needed to compete with the market leaders. With a clear vision of what it should look like, David describes the business’ growth over the past ten years, highlighting the changes they have gone through, like targeted audience or positioning, as well as the exciting parts of being an entrepreneur.As a premium brand among already popular chains, David praises Grind for “having the right ethos” of being sustainable, sourcing the grains ethically or using home compostable pods, and explains these practices are a requirement at a time of climate crisis.
Jane Velez-Mitchell

Jane Velez-Mitchell

2022-10-1159:11

Jane Velez-Mitchell is the founder and content editor of UnChainedTV – a free streaming tv network covering vegan lifestyle, animal rights, plant-based cooking, health, and climate change.Jane talks about how veganism is rooted in her childhood and touches upon the harm caused by Western governments supporting the meat and dairy industries nowadays. By criticizing mainstream media for propagating unsustainable lifestyles and deliberately making people sick, Jane presents her station’s program, which highlights the benefits of an animal cruelty-free life. However, she mentions the challenges of being a non-commercial provider – recalling how creating their own streaming app, where they could offer the content for free, helped with dropping audiences on other streaming platforms. In response to the all-embracing brainwashing through commercials, Jane comments on how these are causing people to become addicted to meat – a major reason for the current global environmental crisis – the industrialisation of animals.
Allie Burns

Allie Burns

2022-09-0241:21

Allie Burns is CEO of Village Capital. Founded in 2009, the venture capital firm seeks to fight imbalances in funding startups. It supports entrepreneurs cutting through markets such as healthcare, education, and climate change, and has worked directly with more than 1,100 entrepreneurs in 28 countries. In this in-depth conversation, Allie shares her storied journey to becoming the company’s CEO, which started not in business but in journalism, when she was striving for a career as a sports reporter; discusses how the firm’s affiliated fund, VilCap Investments, has invested in 110 startups that have gone on to raise more than $4 billion in follow-on capital; and delves into the firm’s so-called “2030 goals”, which include the ambitious target of “activating and influencing” $50 billion of capital while “supporting 50,000 entrepreneurs who are building solutions in line with sustainable development”.
Alan Greenberg

Alan Greenberg

2022-08-0130:25

Alan Greenberg is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Unlearn/Relearn – a company that redefines the transition from education to work. They organise events to introduce employers to potential employees and educational institutions. With an innovative approach using VR technology and improving critical thinking, they aim to re-image current reality and bring governments, institutions and corporations together. In this in-depth conversation, Alan explains why the cosmopolitan environment of the Middle East is a perfect location for his business due to the existing need to stabilise the transition from education to employment, tackling challenges such as mindset or mental health; shares his view on the positives of Web 3.0 based on decentralisation, blockchain technology and digital identity, which is revolutionary for education or Health Tech systems, as well as provides privacy and security; and describes the concept of “Education Radio”, an individual channel dedicated only to education, which facilitates challenges of individual learning.
Markus Pflitsch

Markus Pflitsch

2022-06-3046:10

Markus Pflitsch is a co-founder and CEO of Terra Quantum AG - a Zurich-based deep tech company founded in 2019 that develops revolutionary quantum applications to shape the technology of the future. The company raised $75 million in Series A funding (including an extension), which marked one of the largest funding rounds achieved in the quantum tech space. Markus has expertise in scientific and financial sectors, making him an experienced CERN Quantum Physicist, senior financial executive, and deep tech entrepreneur. In this in-depth conversation, Markus delves into how quantum physics gave rise to quantum computing and quantum machines; shares his opinion on building a successful company, especially when it comes to the relation with investors and clients; and describes the level of competition within a growing ecosystem of startups.
Dr. Charlie Easmon

Dr. Charlie Easmon

2022-06-1501:03:10

Dr. Charlie Easmon is a medical director and founder of Global Health Action Strategies & Solutions. They aim to provide a 2nd opinion on global disasters, analysing and reviewing the commercial, media, political, environmental, and inter-agency challenges, allowing efficient proposal creation, saving time, money, and most importantly - lives. Charlie has also built his own private medical business, Your Excellent Health Service, which serves over 12% of the FT100 amongst their many other clients. In this in-depth conversation, Charlie delves into his career journey, from deciding he wanted to be a doctor at the age of 5 to the realities of the job; discusses the importance of paying attention to not just physical health but also mental and spiritual health and why positive projection is so vital within the role of a doctor; and shares his ambitions to set up a global health agency - with an aim to tackle poverty and poor quality of life worldwide.
Jay Goldman

Jay Goldman

2022-06-0150:44

Jay Goldman is the co-founder and chief executive of Sensei Labs. Founded in 2015, Sensei Labs enables organisations and their services partners to build more intelligent workplace solutions. Their Conductor platform, used by Fortune 500 companies worldwide, is the only enterprise-grade platform that provides project collaborative work, data, and knowledge management in an easy-to-use way. Co-author of The New York Times bestseller The Decoded Company, Jay regularly speaks with companies across the globe about the Future of Work and has spoken at TEDx, NASA, Harvard Business School, Google, and Twitter World Headquarters. In this in-depth conversation, Jay reflects on his career journey so far, embracing all opportunities he’s been given to reach the position he’s in now; delves into co-writing his book to both inform people on how technology can create an environment for talent, but to also attract people to work for them at Klick; and shares the story of Sensei Labs, and their mission to build smarter workplace solutions.
Tevin Tobun

Tevin Tobun

2022-05-1247:33

Tevin Tobun is the CEO of GV Group. Founded in 2001, GV Group is the UK’s leading independently owned food logistics specialist with a global footprint spanning the UK, South America, and Africa. They focus on operations within the education, social, healthcare, retail, and business and industry sectors. Tevin is also chair of the non-profit organisation Inspirational You and Life Patron of the Springboard Charity. He has set up his own scholarship scheme, the GV Scholarship, which helps young talents from disadvantaged backgrounds get into university through financial support and mentorship. In this in-depth conversation, Tevin talks us through his career journey so far and why he always had the focus of helping the next generation achieve their goals; he delves into the Tobun Foundation, a charity supporting the educational needs of young underprivileged people across the UK, and the work they do to give the next generation enough tools and support to make the best decisions; and shares his future plans to expand and globalise the business and play a role in developing countries.
Bram Van Der Hoek

Bram Van Der Hoek

2022-04-2131:12

Bram Van Der Hoek is the chief executive of Sircle Collection. Founded in 2011 by award-winning industry expert Liran Wizman, the company has grown to be a collection of creative hospitality brands and properties across Europe’s most inspiring neighbourhoods. With a passion for producing exciting experiences for guests, they currently have three hotel brands across 13 locations, four restaurants, one design concept store, three landmark properties and a private members' club. Bram is responsible for the collection’s overall global strategy and maintaining the group’s unique values and company culture. In this in-depth conversation, Bram reflects on starting out in his career journey and how the Sircle Collection began in Amsterdam; discusses how Covid impacted the company and the opportunities to grow that have come since; and shares their expansion plans and future goals to be more sustainable.
Rebekah Clement

Rebekah Clement

2022-04-1443:02

Rebekah Clement is sustainability director at Lloyd’s of London. Founded in 1688, Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace, which provides specialist insurance services to businesses in over 200 territories. Rebekah is responsible for leading and executing the company’s sustainability and ESG strategy. Her role also includes running Futureset, their action leadership platform, which helps stakeholders better understand, model, and protect against challenges. This in-depth conversation discusses why the response of Lloyd’s of London during a significant earthquake in New Zealand made Rebekah realise the importance of their work and what led her to join the company; delves into what exactly her job role involves and how they “encourage sustainable practices”; and shares the insurance industry's fundamental role in preventing future risks of climate change and working towards a “greener, cleaner future.”
Carolyn Pearson

Carolyn Pearson

2022-03-3127:27

Carolyn Pearson is chief executive of Maiden Voyage and director of Innovent Digital. Maiden Voyage is a leading travel security company through which Carolyn and her team provide inclusive travel security training to some of the world's biggest organisations, helping employees to travel the world safely whatever their personal characteristics and profiles. Carolyn launched another business, Innovent Digital, in 2021, which provides digital strategy and transformation consultancy services, helping organisations to revolutionise their digital customer experience. In this in-depth conversation, Carolyn recalls her own travelling experiences and how this led her to work in travel security; discusses Maiden Voyage and how they empower and protect travellers; and delves into launching Innovent Digital and the current projects they’re working on. 
Paul Perrone

Paul Perrone

2022-03-2547:14

Paul Perrone is the founder and chief executive officer of Perrone Robotics. Founded in 2003, the company develops, innovates, and pushes the boundaries of what’s possible within the autonomous driving industry. Paul has led Perrone Robotics as an early pioneer in the field with over 20 years of autonomous vehicle experience. He also invented the world’s first general-purpose robotics operating system for autonomous vehicles, ‘MAX,’ in 2006. In this in-depth conversation, Paul reflects on the key events that lead to him starting in the industry, including his first experience with self-driving cars; delves into the work of Perrone Robotics, “pushing the boundaries” of what’s possible in autonomous driving; and predicts what the future looks like for both himself and the company, to continue “delivering safe and reliable autonomous solutions for human kind.”
Robert Stryk and Scott Taylor are Global Private Diplomats. Robert is the founder of Stryk Global Diplomacy, founded in 2001, the global diplomacy and advisory firm assists sovereign states, businesses and individuals and helps clients identify business opportunities, manage risk, and navigate often-complex situations. Scott’s company, Taylor Global Strategies, offers diplomatic advisory services. Scott is a former Navy SEAL who represented Virginia as a Congressman between 2017 and 2019. The two companies have recently teamed up to work together. In this in-depth conversation, Robert and Scott delve into their individual career journeys so far and why they decided to “take their business to the next level by collaborating;” discuss their role and how they work to “create lines of communication, give information and build trust between key contacts;” and share stories of their career including why being out in the field can feel vulnerable at times.
Danny Gray

Danny Gray

2022-02-1638:32

Danny Gray is the founder and chief executive of JAAQ. Founded in 2021, the non-profit organisation allows people to access mental health experts through the power of conversation. Their mission is to focus on a variety of mental health topics, starting with depression, psychosis and body dysmorphic disorder, and to “change the world of mental health, one question at a time.” In 2018, Danny also founded War Paint For Men, a cosmetics brand designed specifically for a male audience to break down the stereotype around men’s makeup. In this in-depth conversation, Danny reflects on how his own struggles with body dysmorphic disorder inspired him to start his business journey and help others by sharing his story; delves into JAAQ, an interactive platform which allows open conversations about mental health, and his plans to branch out in the future; and shares the upcoming launch of a skincare range this year, and expanding to stock his makeup products in more retailers.
Christopher Yoshida

Christopher Yoshida

2022-02-1049:08

Chris Yoshida is president of Northern Data. Founded in 2017, the Frankfurt-based cloud computing provider helps disruptive computing services solve issues faster, better, and more economically. Unlike their competitors, they control the entire high-performance computing infrastructure chain, while also “bringing together the blockchain network and the demand for exponential growth in data processing.” Chris has held a number of executive and advisory positions at a variety of different companies, including The Carlyle Group, Bottlepay, and McLaren Technology - after starting out his career at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. In this in-depth conversation, Chris reflects on the lessons he has learnt throughout his career, and how these have led him to his position today; discusses how Northern Data have become “an infrastructure provider to the cloud;” and shares his ambition for the company to be a “rival to the big three” in the next five-to-ten years.
John Quinn

John Quinn

2022-02-1057:11

John Quinn is founder and managing partner at Quinn Emanuel. Founded in 1986, they are the largest law firm in the world devoted solely to business litigation and arbitration. John has grown the firm such that it now operates in 29 offices on four continents, employing over 900 lawyers and generating more than $1.4 billion in revenue annually. John is regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in the world and has been described as a “master strategist” by American Lawyer. In this in-depth conversation, John reflects on the first steps he took in his career, and how this led him to start his own law firm; discusses growing Quinn Emanuel from a concept into a successful global firm; and shares his plans to expand what the firm can offer.
Randy Dewey

Randy Dewey

2022-02-0441:14

Randy Dewey is founder of LIFT Leadership. Founded in 2021, the company helps C-Suite executives and leaders who need to spike their leadership performance, solve business financial problems, and build actionable business strategy through tools, coaching, consulting and masterclasses. In a career spanning over three decades, he has held senior positions in ten companies, and sat on 13 boards in both the public and private sector. As an author, his Wall Street Journal best-selling book ‘When the Unthinkable Happens: How to Lead Your Team and Pivot Your Business for Growth and Opportunity’ explores his signature methodology and helps companies through challenging times and assists in growth. In this in-depth conversation, Randy reflects on starting LIFT Leadership, which aims to “lead, inspire, focus and transform” to move businesses to the next level; discusses what he believes makes a good leader, arguing that elements are innate but the skills can also be learnt; and shares how the work he’s doing can not only transform business development but also personal development.
Dean Forbes

Dean Forbes

2022-01-2845:38

Dean Forbes is CEO of Forterro, which owns 11 ERP software product businesses and employs 1,200 people. Forterro is a partner to more than 10,000 mid-market manufacturing companies across the UK, Europe and worldwide. Dean is also the co-founder and Chairman of the Forbes Family Group, an organisation which provides investment and development support to businesses, entrepreneurs and social programmes designed to ‘do good and do more.’ Dean boasts an extensive career in executive and senior leadership roles with software companies. Prior to Forterro, he was CEO of CoreHR. He led its transformative growth, expansion and sale to The Access Group. He also led the growth and sale of several other businesses: one was sold to software giant Oracle, and another to American Express. Dean has been named one of Britain’s ‘Top 50 Business Leaders’ according to Lloyds Bank and The Daily Telegraph. He’s also currently, and for the second year running, one of the 100 most influential Black people in the UK on the Powerlist, in partnership with J.P. Morgan. In this in-depth conversation, Dean reflects on how his motivation to succeed was formed through challenges growing up - learning about the importance of hard work and staying positive; discusses his role at Forterro Group - setting strategies and working with people, as he believes they are the “primary value in most businesses;” and shares his future plans, expanding Forterro and continuing to positively impact people’s lives with Forbes Family Group.
Jason Rogers

Jason Rogers

2022-01-2036:26

Jason Rogers is Vice President of Corporate Development, Partnerships and Strategy at Engine Gaming & Media. Engine is traded publicly on the Toronto Exchange and Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ‘GAME.’ They provide premium social sports and esports gaming experiences, as well as data analytics, marketing, and advertising solutions to support both its owned and operated direct-to-consumer properties and its clients and partners. Prior to joining Engine in 2020, Jason held positions at American Express as well as Disney Streaming Service, Live Like and TriBeCa Early Stage Partners while earning his MBA at Columbia Business School. In this in-depth conversation, Jason reflects on starting out in his career, with his passions about consumer technology and emerging media motivating him; discusses Engine with a focus on social interaction within gaming and media - “connecting people to engage in these experiences;” and reflects on why collaboration has proved vital throughout his career.
Jag Singh

Jag Singh

2022-01-1445:21

Jag Singh is partner and managing director at Angel Invest Ventures. An accomplished entrepreneur, Jag has built four companies from scratch so far, and has significant networks in the European startup, investor and mentor scenes. Previously, he spent four years as managing director of Techstars, the global platform for investment and innovation. Currently a partner and managing director at Angel Invest, he helps to make over 50 investments every year into European technology startups, coaches founders and gives them access to his network. In this in-depth conversation, Jag reflects on what motivated him to become an entrepreneur, “the ability to make short cuts” and how he started on his career journey; discusses his role at Angel Invest Ventures, investing his money, contacts and experience with founders to help the company develop and grow; and shares his advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, expressing how important it is to “never stop learning.”
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