Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast

In episode 19 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Alex Bishop, co-head of Shoosmiths in Birmingham. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Alex about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace following Shoosmiths' move to their new offices, and what businesses can do to ensure their employees feel like they are being included and listen...

In episode 18 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from one of the prime movers of the BYPY awards, John James. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to John about the history of the BYPY awards, his involvement in it, and why it is so important for young professionals to be involved in awards, such as the upcoming Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year...

In episode 17 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from previous BYPY awards winner Laura Thursfield on this month’s theme of Imposter Syndrome. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Laura, director and chartered financial planner at Mazars, about winning the BYPY awards in 2018, and how Imposter Syndrome had an impact on building her career after winning the aw...

In episode 16 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from social media and brand experts Clare Genner and Chloe Baker on this month’s theme of Personal Brand. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Clare, head of social media, and Chloe, senior account director, from Birmingham-based agency Liquid about personal branding. They talk about best practices, how to mana...

In episode 15 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from health and well-being expert Sheila Lord on this month’s theme of Stress Awareness. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morell talks to Sheila, founder of BMR Health and Wellbeing, about stress, including the main causes, how to manage it effectively, and where young professionals can go to access help with any stress-rel...

In our newest episode of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, one of the region's leading women in business joins us to discuss this month’s theme of Leadership. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morell talks to Rebekah Taitt, regional development director for the Midlands at Lloyds Bank, about being a leading woman in the business sector- including how she got to where she is in h...

One of the region's leading training providers joins us to discuss this month's theme of Lifelong Learning.  Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morell talks to Harry Paige, centre manager at Digital Innovators, about learning opportunities available to young people - including the ability to develop soft skills which they can then put into practice in the workplace.  They also discuss t...

Sidekick founding director Hannah Miller joins Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell to discuss the pursuit of purpose in work and daily life. Future Faces – the young professionals’ arm of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce – has adopted the theme of ‘Purpose’ for the month of January. Hannah started Sidekick with an aim to work with organisations, teams and individuals who are looking...

In the latest episode, we introduce the new president of the Future Faces Chamber of Commerce.  Kasim Choudhry has taken the reins as president of the young professionals' organisation - succeeding Jaccy Datta.  He joins Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell - herself new to the organisation - to discuss his plans for the next two years.  We learn about Birmingham-born Kasim's...

Mohammed Kasujee is a career coach and business mentor who helps ambitious young professionals make “quantum leaps” and rewrite their career stories. In this episode of the Future Faces podcast, the MK Career Solutions founder provides some top tips for young professionals on making career changes, how to ace interviews and taking the daunting step from full-time employment to becoming an entrepre...

The Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year for 2022 is the guest on episode nine of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast. Ingrida Vengalyte received the prestigious award in front of 400 people at Future Faces' annual dinner and awards, where she was also crowned the Future Face of Sustainability.  In this episode, Ingrida tells Future Faces vice president Kasim Choudhary...

Bal Atwal is a true champion of Greater Birmingham’s legal sector. As well as working as an in-house solicitor for West Midlands police, he is involved in a number of professional organisations including Birmingham Solicitors Group and Birmingham Law Society – as well as the Future Faces Chamber of Commerce. In this episode, Bal – who was the Future Face of Legal in 2021 – talks to Future Faces co...

A learning expert from global fitness brand Gymshark joins us to discuss how language and communication impact on our behaviour. Jaccy Datta, Future Faces president, is joined by Gymshark’s learning designer Gemma Dickens for a discussion about how communication towards other people and our own internal dialogues cause us to behave in a certain way. Gemma also talks through the principle of cause...

The latest episode of ‘Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast’ explores the principle of behavioural economics. Host Claudia Congrave is joined Jo Caley, senior insight manager at Paragon Banking Group to discuss this concept. Listen to find out more about the idea behind behavioural economics and how Paragon have incorporated this into one of their projects. Jo also discusses the EAST...

The latest episode explores the work of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity - the Future Faces Chamber of Commerce's charity of the year.  Host Claudia Congrave is joined by the charity's partnerships executive Abbie Hawkins, critical care paramedic Fay Pollock and PR and communications executive Becky Read. Listen to find out more about the work of the MAAC, the missions and critical work it...

In this month's episode we're speaking with Will Crawford, founder of quietnote- a company helping people better experience mindfulness through music. In aid of Mental Health Awareness month, Will catches up with Future Faces president Sabah Hussain to discuss how music can be used as an effective tool to manage stress and become better attuned with our own mental health.  Despite living in a...

In this episode we speak with Davies Okeowo, an award-winning entrepreneur, public speaker and recent founder of PitchHub, about what it is that makes Birmingham the perfect place for budding entrepreneurs looking to get their business ideas off the ground.  Davies Okeowo has built an impressive career centred on helping businesses grow and has become an active member of the Birmingham busine...

In our second episode we're speaking with Sabah Hussain, vice-president of the Future Faces Chamber and business coach at Corella, about the difference between a fixed mindset and growth mindset. Hearing about her own journey towards self-belief, Sabah shares her advice for anyone looking to stop holding themselves back and become more confident pushing themselves out of their comfort zone.

In our first episode we speak with Jaccy Datta, president of the Future Faces Chamber and anti-financial crime specialist at Santander, about her journey to discovering the Future Faces network when relocating to Birmingham with her husband several years ago. Finding comfort in the forming of new friendships with like-minded young professionals, Jaccy explains how the Future Faces community became...

Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast is the official podcast of the Future Faces Chambers of Commerce, a network helping young professionals across the West Midlands to network and develop. Listen to hear from the best of our region’s young talent, discuss a range of topics that are important to this generation of future leaders, and learn how Future Faces can help with your own professio...