Topic: Social Sciences
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24 February, 2023Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Wilkinson was CEO of AXA Global Healthcare, a leading healthcare company devoted to providing international private health insurance to customers all over the world. In addition to his role as CEO, Tom has been a Director on the boards of several other companies, including AXA Mansard Insurance in Nigeria and ICAS Southern Africa, the regional leading provider of behavioral risk management services. Since leaving university in 1996, Tom has worked for a variety of global firms, including IBM, Credit Suisse and AXA. His roles have meant that in addition to the UK, he has lived in Japan, Denmark, Switzerland, […]
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Nick Burrows
Experienced, international property expert in Disposals, Asset Management, Strategy & Leasing, who delivers consistently on stretching objectives, provides clear simple strategic advice, and a proven manager of large teams.
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Chris Scott
General Manager at Domino Recording Company, home to artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Wet Leg, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip and Jon Hopkins, amongst others. Chris has worked in the recorded music business for nearly 20 years, in addition to his work at Domino, he has also worked at Communion Music and Island Records and has worked with artists including, Mumford & Sons, Blink 182, Keane, PJ Harvey, DJ Shadow, Pearl Jam, The Fratellis, Bear’s Den, and many more.
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23 February, 2023Bobby Seagull
Bobby Seagull is a school maths teacher, author and broadcaster. Before moving into education, he was an investment banking trader at Lehman Brothers & Nomura, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant from PwC. He is an ambassador for the charity National Numeracy, a presenter for an Open University course on personal finance for young adults, a regular contributor to Radio Four’s Puzzle For Today and a columnist for the Financial Times. Bobby’s ongoing Doctoral research on Cambridge is on maths anxiety. He is the author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers and co-presenter of the podcast Maths Appeal. With his […]
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9 February, 2023
Rishi Saha
Rishi Saha is Director of Public Policy for Amazon. He joined from Facebook, where he was Head of Public Policy in the UK, with responsibility for digital economy, security and Brexit-related issues. He had previously served as the Dubai-based Regional Director within the WPP Group – the world’s largest communication and advertising company – covering India, the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Rishi spent much of his early career in politics and government. A parliamentary candidate in the 2005 General Election, he went onto work for David Cameron throughout his tenure as Leader of the Opposition. He then led digital […]
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9 February, 2022Andrea Wareham
Andrea Wareham is Chief People Officer for Pret A Manger, which creates freshly prepared food and organic coffee in its 450 shops in 11 countries across Europe, Asia and America. Pret has 8,000 employees. Andrea joined Pret twenty years ago and was appointed People Director in 2004. She is responsible for culture as well as recruiting, training, providing meaningful career opportunities, employee relations and pay and reward for Pret people internationally. A key focus for Andrea, alongside Pret’s Board, is ensuring Pret continues to live its values and retains its people focused culture. She previously worked for Arthur Andersen and […]
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20 December, 2021
Lieutenant Colonel Sulle Alhaji
Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sulle joined the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment in June 1978 and was posted to Germany (during the cold war) as part of NATO’s European defence. During this time, he was deployed to Northern Ireland on his first active duty in 1979. In 1982 he took part in the Falklands War where his unit captured Mt Longdon. Thereafter, in 1984 he served 6 months in the jungle of Belize, Central America, protecting the border. In 1986 he transferred into the Royal Army Physical Training Corps. During this time, he was assigned to several units within […]
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27 September, 2021Margarita Ziborova
I started my career in Moscow, Russia and worked for big global organisations. I was delighted to get an appointment in the UK where I moved with my family 7 years ago and by now enjoy my life and career here. With 16 years of diverse experience in HR I have a proven track record of setting innovative and commercially focused HR agenda and delivering it in a fast-paced and changing environment, building strong relationships across the business and within HR team. I am very passionate about talent management & development, mental health & wellbeing and diversity & inclusion.
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13 August, 2021Reemah Sakaan
Reemah Sakaan leads BritBox in the UK, driving international growth and overseeing the launch of BritBox Australia. BritBox is ITV and BBC backed streaming service. Having worked on growing the partnership between ITV and BBC, Reemah was responsible for the creation of the BritBox brand and global concept. Prior to the launch of BritBox in the UK in November of 2019, Reemah spent 18 months living in New York where she was growing BritBox US’s subscribers (which passed 1 million in March 2020) alongside launching BritBox Canada in February 2018. Before this Reemah worked as ITV’s director of marketing and […]
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12 July, 2021Jim Moffatt
Jim is CEO of ENGINE, the largest independent marketing services company in the UK, with 800 staff offering technology, consultancy, advertising and communications services to over 500 Clients. Jim has built a career helping companies to innovate and adapt, firstly as a Client at Nike in the UK, France and Argentina, and subsequently on the agency side at AKQA and R/GA, where he latterly founded R/GA’s presence in Europe and Asia Pacific. His experience covers consulting, product and service design, as well as integrated advertising and communication. He is known as a builder of culture and a curator of teams […]