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Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with John McNally, CEO, Ineos Olefins & Polymers UK
September 10, 2018As one of the CEO’s of Ineos, John heads up the Scottish business of an organisation that produces around 60 million tonnes per annum of petrochemical products from 181 sites in 22 countries across the world. The company employs 18,500 people, most of whom, like John, have spent all their lives in the chemical and oil industries, and has a turnover of $60 billion.
In this interview, John talks about what is important when rebuilding trust after it has been lost.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Brendan Sarsfield, CEO of the Peabody Group
August 21, 2018As CEO of the Peabody Group, Brendan heads up an organisation that draws on 150 years of history to provide good quality affordable homes, working with communities and promoting well-being to more than 111,000 residents and 17,000 care and support customers in London and the south east, putting the most vulnerable in society first. Following a merger with Family Mosaic in 2017, the group has £6bn in assets and has a turnover of £600m.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Dave Shemmans, CEO of Ricardo plc
July 27, 2018Dave Shemmans is the CEO of Ricardo plc, the global engineering and project management organisation focused on technology, innovation and sustainability. Dave is also a Non-Executive Director of Sutton and East Surrey Water. In this interview, Dave highlights the critical importance of trust in underpinning all of the company values, and in supporting Ricardo to continue its engineering and technical excellence in an ethical and sustainable way.
Read more ›Brand Gareth: Thank you Gareth Southgate for being a new leadership role model
July 15, 201820190401-140Forget losing a world cup semi-final. Remember the emergence of a new leadership role model in Gareth Southgate. Forget the beautiful game. Remember the beautiful man. Remember Brand Gareth. For in these times when we desperately need leadership that relies upon the power of trust, rather than leadership that trusts in power, who should step forward but….. a leader who relies upon the power of trust! Let us examine Brand Gareth against the nine habits of trust.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Tristia Harrison, CEO of TalkTalk
July 10, 201820190401-120Tristia has been the Chief Executive Officer at TalkTalk Telecom Group plc since May 2017, having been an Executive Director at the company since June 2014. TalkTalk aims to be the leading value for money connectivity provider and trusted value champion in the UK telecoms market. TalkTalk’s annual turnover to 31 March 2018 was £1,658m. In this interview, Tristia talks about the importance of trust in the entrepreneurial, challenger business environment in which TalkTalk operates.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Michael Ward, Managing Director of Harrods
June 25, 2018As Managing Director of Harrods, Michael Ward has one of the most prominent roles in luxury retail. Since joining the business in 2005, he has enabled Harrods to become the successful business it is today with eight straight years of soaring profits. The world-famous London department store broke its sales record in January this year smashing the £2 billion annual sales mark for the first time.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Brett Simpson, former CEO of Low & Bonar
June 12, 2018Brett Simpson was Group CEO and Executive Director of Low & Bonar plc and is currently CEO designate for Fenner plc. Low & Bonar (now part of Freudenberg Performance Materials) produce advanced, high-performance materials from polymer-based yarns and fibres. Fenner plc (now part of Michelin) is a leading British-based manufacturer of industrial belting and other polymer-based products. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Gordon Sutherland, CEO of Tunstall Healthcare
June 5, 2018Gordon Sutherland is the CEO of Tunstall Healthcare, a UK-based company that is a leading global provider of telecare/telehealth software solutions. This technology supports people who want ‘stay at home’ independence secure in the knowledge that help is on hand at the touch of button.
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