How to be a CEO

Aug 11 2024 97 ep. 23 mins 6
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The Evening Standard invites you to join us in conversation with some of the most influential people in the world’s best city for business.

‘How to be a CEO’ gives you exclusive access to leading business people who will give you their tips on how to get to the top and stay there.

Networking is the key to creating a successful start-up, and once you’re up and running it’s essential to keeping your SME afloat.

Join us fornightly on Monday mornings for a brand new episode.

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Motorway CEO Tom Leathes on the journey to Unicorn status

Aug 11 2024 23 mins  
Tom Leathes is CEO of Motorway, the car buying and selling company that launched in 2017 and secured Unicorn status just four years later, after it was valued at over $1billion.The brand itself has grown rapidly in the UK since it launched, with effective TV and radio marketing campaigns promoting a different way of selling your car.In this episode Tom explains his journey to succe

Salesforce CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi on investing in AI

Jun 23 2024 22 mins  
Zahra Bahrololoumi is CEO of Salesforce UK & Ireland, dubbed the world's number one customer relationship management software company. The company has committed $4 billion towards AI innovation and growth in the United Kingdom over five years, and it’s building the company’s first AI Centre based in London.Zahra herself has been named one of the best-known female leade

IBM UK & Ireland CEO Nicola Hodson on the AI revolution in business

Jun 09 2024 20 mins  
Nicola Hodson is UK & Ireland CEO of multinational corporation IBM. It is the largest industrial research organisation in the world, and has been making headlines for its computer technology for decades. Today though, the company is firmly in the midst of the AI revolution and Nicola has been put in charge of continuing to push forward their artificial intelligence offering.&nb

Red Carnation Hotels CEO Jonathan Raggett on the evolving hospitality sector

May 26 2024 20 mins  
Jonathan Raggett is CEO of Red Carnation Hotels, an international hotel group designed to offer guests a luxurious, bespoke experience. It has accommodation in places including the UK, Switzerland and South Africa. In this episode, Jonathan explains his ‘back to the floor’ scheme for managers, and reveals how the business is adapting to new challenges around sustainability, mai

UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls on boosting the sector in 2024

May 12 2024 18 mins  
Kate Nicholls is the CEO of UKHospitality: the lead trade body for the hospitality industry in the UK. It represents more than 750 companies operating around 100,000 venues, in a sector that employs 3.5 million people. In this episode Kate discusses how the sector's still recovering from Covid-19, why a VAT cut is the single best way to boost hospitality right now, and why she hate

SME Season: Axa UK & Ireland's Tara Foley on why people are starting small businesses today

Apr 28 2024 12 mins  
In this edition of How to be a CEO we’re talking to the boss of AXA UK and Ireland, Tara Foley. She took up the position last year, so there’s lots to talk about there, including what her plans for her first year are. We'll also be looking at their recent survey, looking at who is starting up small businesses right now, and what challenges they're facing.We’ll also be looking

SME Season: Sorting personal money while starting a business

Apr 14 2024 22 mins  
On this edition of How to be a CEO, we’re talking to Octopus Money CEO Ruth Handcock to get tips on sorting out your finances when you’re trying to start a business. In this episode, we're talking about:Why people think they’re bad with money, but many aren’t any worse than othersWhy the cost of living crisis “feels like it’s got worse” for many people How to sor

The Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau: how to succeed after the show

Mar 31 2024 21 mins  
Continuing our SME season, looking at successful start-ups, we speak with 2011 The Apprentice winner Tom Pellereau, whose business is thriving, 13 years later.Tom’s beauty innovation business Stylideas has made millions since launching in 2012, in part thanks to Lord Alan Sugar’s support and investment.In this episode we talk about:What Tom would have done if he didn’t make i

SME Season: Pip Hare Ocean Racing and How to Stay Calm Under Pressure

Mar 17 2024 31 mins  
We're continuing our SME season on How to be a CEO with solo round the world sailor Pip Hare. In this episode:Pip's 30 year journey to become a round the globe sailorWhat is “flow state” and how did it help her accomplish her dream?The problems trying to make her way in the sailing world as a young womanThe “knackered old boat” she had to use to sail solo around the worldWh

SME Season: So your start-up's a success... now what?

Mar 03 2024 20 mins  
Continuing our season looking at the SME market, we're looking at what happens when you're start-up is a hit? What do you do next?  Joining the show is Making Moves founder and CEO Tobi Crosbie. His office space rental company is about to celebrate its tenth anniversary, having come through the pandemic-induced era of home working. In this episode we talk about: Why