Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast

Welcome back to the next episode of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, where we connect with professionals across the West Midlands to explore topics that matter to our careers and personal growth. DISCLAIMER: This episode touches on potentially distressing topics, such as cancer treatment. Following on with this month's theme of being known for your purpose, our host Sophie interv...

Welcome back to another episode of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, where we connect with professionals across the West Midlands to explore topics that matter to our careers and personal growth. This month, our theme revolves around being known for your purpose and aligning it with your personal brand. In today’s fast-paced business world, the noise can often drown out our sense of p...

In this episode of the Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, hosted by Sophie Poduval Morrell, manager of Future Faces Chamber of Commerce, the focus is on goal setting. Guest Rebecca Mander, founder of GuruYou, discusses her journey from managing director to executive coach, highlighting significant personal and professional challenges. The conversation covers the importance of setting b...

Welcome to a special edition of the Future Faces podcast series, where we celebrate exceptional talent from the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards. Hosted by Sophie Poduval-Morrell, manager of Future Faces, this edition brings you stories of triumph, resilience, and inspiration from award winners across a spectrum of industries. Eleven young professionals were recently honore...

Welcome to the latest episode of the Future Faces podcast, hosted by Sophie Poduval-Morrell. This new episode celebrates the achievements of Santina Bunting, the youngest winner of the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (GBYPY) Awards. A civil engineering apprentice at Arup, Santina reflects on her decision to pursue an apprenticeship over traditional education, influenced by her mo...

In a powerful and compelling new episode of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we were introduced to Gabriel Imevbore, an eloquent, determined, and inspiring sales director at Z Digital UK. Hosted by Sophie Poduval-Morrell, this episode highlights Gabriel's journey, which resonates with the theme of Black History Month, touching upon the significance of social mobility and the unique c...

In episode 38 of the Future Faces podcast, host Sophie Poduval-Morrell of the Future Faces Chamber of Commerce interviews Ashley Kerr, an associate at Mills & Reeve and a former member of the Future Faces Committee. Ashley shares his inspiring career journey, discussing his personal experiences with social mobility. From his challenging school years where he had to fight for education while ca...

Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals, families or groups through a system of social hierarchy. Basically, it talks about moving up or down the social ladder based on your wealth, occupation, age, gender or other social variables. In episode 37 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Alena Dudrah and Phil Hunt from mfg Solicitors. Sophie talks to Alena and Ph...

It's two months to go until we celebrate the successes and achievements of young professionals at the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards 2024, taking place at the ICC on Friday, 18 October. In episode 36 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from this years awards ceremony host, Amber Sandhu. With a diverse and extensive background in the media, spanni...

Participating in a mentor scheme programme can be hugely beneficial for anyone's career, whether they are a young professional or a senior leader. In episode 35 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Heart FM presenter and marketing communications expert Ed James, and his mentee Georgia Turvey, social media content executive at Liquid and the genius behind the Future Fa...

Young professionals can benefit hugely from either having a mentor or being a mentor themselves, and in episode 34 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast we hear just how much of an impact a mentor relationship can have on an individual. Sophie talks to one of the successful matches from the Future Faces mentor scheme programme, general manager of Touchwood Solihull, Tony Elvin, and Mone...

As we approach the end of Pride Month, Future Faces continues to shine a light on the movement by welcoming Char Bailey, director of people and culture at Birmingham Pride UK. Char joins Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell and co-host Nadia Johnstone-Smith from the Future Faces diversity and inclusion group to discuss the year-round support offered by Birmingham Pride, as well as the evolu...

In episode 32 of Future Faces, The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Shereen Johal, associate at Shoosmiths and member of the Future Faces Diversity and Inclusion working group. DISCLAIMER: This episode features potentially upsetting topics, including abuse and discrimination. Please listen at your own discretion. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Shereen about her own p...

In episode 31 of Future Faces, The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from committee member Hannah Ellis, senior business manager at Lloyds Bank. DISCLAIMER: This episode features potentially upsetting topics, including eating disorders and cancer. Please listen at your own discretion. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Hannah about her own personal journey with mental health s...

In episode 30 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Kerrie Henry-Edge and Mike Jeffries, who are part of the team at our chosen charity Birmingham Mind. Kerrie is Birmingham Mind's fundraising officer, while Mike heads the role of training manager. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Kerrie and Mike about the work they do at Birmingham Mind, including...

In episode 29 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Alice Kinder, senior associate solicitor at Bexley Beaumont. Alice is also the youngest president in 204 years of the Birmingham Law Society, as well as last year's winner of the Greater Birmingham Legal Young Professional of the Year award. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Alice about her career i...

In episode 28 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from leadership experts Louise Teboul and Avni Ahuja. Louise and Avni are both key figures at Common Purpose, who provide transformative learning experiences to professionals, in order to give them the skills, mindset and spark to make a difference. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Louise and Avni about the...

In episode 27 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from mindfulness in the workplace expert Amanda Jackson from Beacon Learning and Performance Limited. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Amanda about Mindfulness and Resilience, and how we can incorporate them into our daily lives through something as simple as folding our laundry. Amanda gives a special insi...

In episode 26 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from leadership coaching expert Rebecca Mander from GuruYou. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Rebecca about Self-Doubt and the Imposter Phenomena (otherwise known as Imposter Syndrome), and how young professionals can tackle these feelings in order to persevere in their careers. Rebecca also gives us a spec...

In episode 25 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from two of our fantastic Future Faces vice presidents - Amy Jacklin and Sarah Griffiths. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to the VPs about why they wanted to join the Future Faces committee, and what they are looking forward to getting stuck into most about the upcoming year. We also hear a special insight fr...

In episode 24 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from some new faces on our fantastic Future Faces committee - Adam Gadsby, Harry Paige and Jasmine Caine. Our new faces are also joined by re-elected committee member, Will Crawford. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to the group about why they wanted to join the Future Faces committee, and what they are lookin...

In episode 23 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from five members of our brand new Future Faces executive committee, including our President Kasim Choudhry and new vice-president, Freya Dearman. Joining Kasim and Freya are new committee members Faye Jacklin and Jamie Gibson, as well as longstanding committee member Tom Bower. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talk...

In episode 22 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Zaylie-Dawn Wilson, head of Creative Partnerships at Birmingham Hippodrome and overall winner of the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year awards 2023. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Zaylie about her career journey into the Creative Arts sector, through to winning the Greater Birmingham Y...

In episode 21 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Tara Attfield-Tomes, founder of PR agency EAST VILLAGE., and Georgie Butler, associate director at Blackberry Events. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Tara and Georgie about the importance of being both a mentor and mentee in a young professionals' career, and how young professionals can access a m...

In episode 20 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Faye Jacklin, assistant manager at Claritas Tax, and Leon Thomas, Media and Partnerships consultant at Pearl Comms. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Faye and Leon about the importance of diversity and inclusion, and why businesses must invest in their work spaces and people in order to create a diverse...