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Andrea Marec is the co-founder and CFO of Reasoned Art. Reasoned Art is a digital art gallery that aims to connect the best artists with the art system and art collectors, bridging tradition and innovation through an on-life approach. Andrea joined Giulio Bozzo in the creation of the startup in 2020, leading it from a one-person project to a recognized brand working with monuments like the Arch of...

Aasiyah Abdulsalam graduated from the London School of Economics in 2017 and started building her beauty brand, The Renatural. Mentioned in Vogue, The Renatural’s signature product, The Wig Fix, uses an innovative silicon band to anchor wigs. Sales are projected to reach $1.2 million in 2022, and inventory is projected to hit 300 JCPenney stores across the U.S. by September. More recently she has...

Sam Gormley setup Osaka Labs in 2017 off the back of a landmark year for digital marketing and social advertising. Having worked across a number of industries, Sam had provided digital advertising services for brands such as Mastercard, HSBC and Sony Music before taking the leap to build an agency that combines technical and creative capabilities.

Dr Tiancun Xiao is a senior research fellow in the Chemistry Department at Oxford University. He came to Oxford in 1999, initially planned for one year working as the Royal Society BP-Amoco Fellow. However, due to his new inventions in catalyst development, he was then awarded University Challenge SEED Funding and an Industrial Fellowship to continue his work. During his time at Oxford up to 2003,...

Emanuela Wu is the Head of Global Business Development of Impossible Brands in Milan. Impossible Brands is a digital fashion accelerator with the goal of incubating and accelerating fashion brands Made in Italy. In the past, Emanuela was the Global Business Development Manager in AliExpress Social Commerce Program at their HQ in Hangzhou, China. She initially participated in the Alibaba Global Tal...

Jordan Hu grew up in Paris and worked mainly in the financial industry with a focus on investment banking at institutions such as Lazards and Perella Weinberg Partners. He co-founded an advisory firm called Cross Impact specializes in mergers & acquisitions & fundraising crossborder between China and Europe, and his partner Stephane Mardel is the founder of an early-stage fintech VC fund c...

Niro Knox is a trailblazer Marketer and Data scientist. He is the founder of SocialWorx and Head of Marketing at Blade Marketing. In his role, he supports B2B lead Generation, market research and data gathering analysis. He recently launched LeadTron.io, a live data search tool for business development. He is responsible for scaling several businesses rapidly and developing high scale lead generat...

Paulina Sygulska Tenner is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, a TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree, started with a purpose to help tech startups navigate the complex world of government funding. Since 2010 the team grew organically from 2 to over 50, and has raised over £200m for more than 600 technology startups and scaleups using solely government funding schemes. GrantTree is also an open...

Edward Yee works at the intersection of tech, finance, and social impact to drive social change. He has played leadership and founding roles across various organizations and is running his current ventures, Masref and Givfunds. Inspired by his visits to over three hundred social enterprises globally, Edward co-founded Givfunds to help neglected social enterprises gain access to catalytic capital a...

Farzana Baduel is the CEO of Curzon PR. She co-founded it in 2009, having previously run an accountancy firm and serving as Vice-Chair of Business Relations for the UK Conservative Party. She is a PR expert working across government, corporate, consumer and cultural issues. She has particular expertise in strategic communications, and champions the power of PR as a dynamic force for building bridg...

With 15 years of international experience in Marketing, Digital & Business Advisory work, Alice Di Diego's knowledge of the Chinese market is born from a natural passion for Chinese language and culture. Alice has been studying, traveling and working with China since 2003. She worked as a Marketing Manager for Dezan Shira & Associates, a pan-Asia multi-disciplinary professional services fi...

David Gyori is a globally renowned financial technology trainer, consultant, and keynote speaker. He is the CEO of Banking Reports, a London-based firm providing FinTech training for bankers all over the world. David has co-authored five internationally published books on topics such as AI, FinTech, and digital transformation. He speaks frequently as a keynote speaker of top international banking...

Alex is the Chief Growth Officer and co-founder of Genei. Genei is a Y-Combinator-backed start-up providing research summarization through its unique platform. It was recently named among Tech Crunch's favorite startups of summer 2021 and was a prize-winning company in Oxford University's prestigious "All Innovate" start-up competition. Genei has recently enjoyed impressive growth of users from co...

This week's podcast is with Heather Wilde , the CTO of ROCeteer Inc . Heather Wilde is known widely as the so-called “Unicorn Whisperer” due to her work with entrepreneurs. Moreover, Heather is a founding employee of Evernote and oversaw the company’s growth from a few thousand users to well over a hundred million.  Zayed Bennani  and  William Bowen 博威廉  interview Heather on...

As an ex-track athlete hooked on endorphins, Grace always pushed the boundaries in high-performance sport but an accident left her learning to walk before she could run. Forced to take time out from her investment banking career and move home to recover in the countryside, Grace discovered the power of exercising in nature and releasing endorphins, as an integral part of her healing process. Fores...

This week's podcast is about Entrepreneurship and Dr. Baoli Zhao's journey in turning a £3000 investment into a Multi-million Pound Company. Dr. Baoli Zhao is the founder and Managing Director of Allsee Technology, a manufacturer of digital signage solutions. The company was awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation in 2017. More recently along with two machine learning scientists, Dr...

This week's podcast is about student entrepreneurship. Our guests this week are Kourosh and Michelangelo, the two founders of Almost Founders. Almost Founders is a UK-based startup that provides early-stage entrepreneurship education to university students in the UK. During this podcast, we speak about the struggles of student entrepreneurship and many more. Join waves: https://almostfounders.com/...

This week’s podcast is about the GameStop saga and what it reveals about centralized finance. Our guest this week is Matt Dixon, Founder, and CEO of Evai.io – the start-up behind a pioneering new approach to financial ratings that will help investors identify value among 8,000 cryptocurrencies. Matt has over 30 years of experience in the financial services sector working as a consultant to the Wor...

This week's podcast is about agile leadership. Our guest this week is Chuen Chuen Yeo. Chuen is an executive coach and author who specializes in developing agility in professionals, thereby raising the quality of leadership in every organization. Chuen has been named one of "Top 101 Global Coaching Leaders" and "Woman Super Achiever" at the 28th World HRD Congress. She works with business executiv...

This week's podcast is about the keys to jump-starting your career. Throughout the podcast, we explore topics such as the importance of mentorship, a good LinkedIn, and tips to securing your first job. Our guest this week is Daniel Botero. Daniel is the founder of the Mastering College to Career Academy and is a best selling author with his book (A modern guide to landing your dream job before gra...

This week's podcast is about the importance of change in an organization. Our guest this week is Anna Grabowska-Grabiec. Anna is a lean six sigma master black belt and Business Process & Operational Excellence Manager at Motorola Solutions. Anna has experience in leading the process excellence function in shared service centers in Poland: State Street, UBS, and Amway. 

This week's podcast is about unleashing one’s true power. Our guest this week is Adel Moin. Adel is a Success consultant, and mindfulness & hypnosis expert who helps individuals who are pursuing real success and fulfillment by helping them create a better life for themselves and those around them, by guiding them to unleash and know their true power. Throughout the podcast, we discuss useful t...

Khalid MACHCHATE is a Moroccan Serial Techpreneur, Digital Transformation and Disruptive Technologies Expert, and Social Development Enthusiast. Khalid’s passion for building startup ecosystems stems from his own journey and success as a startup founder: Skillearn, a blended learning platform he exited later to an international foundation, as well as SOS Santé, an e-health hardware startup. All un...

Carmen Wang is a serial entrepreneur and founder of ARTech - a revolutionary Chinese startup that combines art and technology to deliver immersive, interactive, and innovative experiences and solutions for new retail, new entertainment, new real estate, and many other industries. The portfolio of ARTech includes companies such as W Hotel, Alibaba, Didi, and many more. In this podcast, we discuss f...

Arnold Ma is a China marketing expert and founder of Qumin - the first and largest China-focused creative digital agency in Europe. The portfolio of Qumin includes companies such as Tik Tok, Skyscanner, Heathrow, Barcelona FC, Sony, and many more. In this podcast, we discuss how COVID-19 changed the world of marketing and branding across the world.