Welcome to “Other Side Of The Business Card” with your host, corporate transformation entrepreneur and strategic consultant Haig Armaghanian. Having worked as the trusted advisor to some of the world's biggest businesses, Haig's mission with this show is to give you access to the mindset and thought processes from some of the world’s top leaders to discover what drives these innovative individuals. 

This week on the show Haig is joined by John Nicols, President and Chief Executive Officer of Codexis, Inc. Under his leadership John was able to position Codexis as a leader bringing protein-based innovations into a growing list of partnerships and industries.

John worked in various business leadership roles for more than 22 years at Albemarle Corporation, a maker of highly engineered specialty chemicals. There, John led the growth of the company’s largest, billion dollar plus global catalyst business, turned around a struggling half billion dollar fine chemicals business and expanded and globalised Albemarle’s flame retardants business. 

A native of New York City, John and his family have lived widely across the USA, and also enjoyed an exciting three year assignment in Tokyo, Japan in the late 1990’s. 

In this episode you will learn:

• John’s upbringing and educational influences
• How he led the growth of Albemarle Corporation
• The experiences living abroad that broadened his international skill
• What advice he would give to CEOs post pandemic
• A CEO's perspective on how to manage mental health
• What does the company Codexis do?

As you will hear on this show, Other Side Of The Business Card is a look behind the scenes of how high achievers create and run multi-million-pound companies, what strategies they use to scale businesses and what knowledge and insights allow them to create successes, across all areas of their lives, not just in the boardroom. 

Having worked across 40+ countries Haig’s philosophy is to build passionate partnerships, so expect a deeper level of conversation than you might normally hear from titans of industry, as he uncovers what makes top performers great.  

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