LSE Focal Point Podcast

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Mary Nicholson! Ms Nicholson is the Head of Responsible Investment and Managing Director at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). Mary has worked with Macquarie in a variety of roles for over 15 years and prior to Macquarie, she worked within audit at PWC. Recorded in October 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Ian Stewart! Mr Stewart is a Partner and Chief Economist at Deloitte,  where he advises Boards and companies on macroeconomics. Ian devised the Deloitte Survey of Chief Financial Officers and writes a popular weekly economics blog, the Monday Briefing. Among his previous roles, Ian was also the Chief Economist for Eu...

Join us for another exciting episode with Hermann Hauser. Mr Hauser is an entrepreneur, having started Acorn Computers and assisted in spinning out technology giant ARM as well as founding and co-founding Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network. Hermann later co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners which invests and supports high-growth technology companies around t...

Join us for another exciting episode with Robert Thomson! Mr Thomson is the Managing Partner at strategy consulting firm Roland Berger. Robert focuses on the aerospace and defence industry, consulting clients on strategy, M&A and operational improvement. Interestingly, Robert has also worked as an Investment Fund Manager as well and is the founder of Objective Asset Management, a specialist in...

Join us for another exciting episode with Sir Charles Bean! Sir Bean served as the Chief Economist at the Bank of England from 2000 to 2008 and continued his career as the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England from 2008 to 2014. Having helped forecast and guide the bank through such historic times, Sir Charles was later knighted and is currently a professor of Economics at our...

Join us for another exciting episode with John Markland! Mr Markland is a partner in Dechert’s London office. John is co-head of the firm’s global leveraged finance practice. According to The Legal 500 he is "a true and rare rock star of leveraged finance". John has more than twenty seven years of legal practice in the City of London and prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Markland was a partner at Kirk...

Join us for another exciting episode with Keith Breslauer! Mr Breslauer is the Founder and Managing Partner of Patron Capital which is a European private equity real estate fund with €3.4 billion across five funds. Keith is also an active supporter of many charities including acting as Trustee for the Royal Marines and even has a climbing cave installed in Patron's London office! Recorde...

Join us for an exciting episode with Howard Marks! Mr Marks the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, which manages just over 120 billion dollars in assets. Howard is admired in the investment community for his memos which detail his investment strategies and insight into the economy and are posted publicly on the Oaktree website. Warren Buffet says of him, "When I see memos fr...

Join us for an exciting episode with Dr. David Kelly! Dr. Kelly is the Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Market Insights Strategy Team for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. With over 20 years of experience, David joins us to provide an insightful perspective on the economy and current market trends. Recorded in August 2020.