Impactful Billionaires

My next guest is Mary Flavelle the founder of the networking group Ladies who Latte which has grown significantly in the last 14 years in the UK and overseas. She is known as DJ Mary Flavelle when she hosts the Good Morning Marlow show as well as coordinates all the programmes. She is a host of the Great British Expos and mentors’ people in networking. Mary shares the power of making connections a...

My next guest Tehsin started out as a social worker and after working with a local authority specialised in child protection and worked with ethnic minorities. Tehsin broke down barriers in communication and tackled the issue of inclusion in the local community. She then left to work for a Wills and Estate planning company which inspired her to open her own company. Dealing with death in life is a...

My next guest Hema Vyas teaches as an Omnipreneurial Psychologist. She is a thought leader who guides the path for commercial success, leadership, wellbeing and positive impact. Hema is a renowned speaker on heart wisdom, human consciousness, spirituality, health, energy medicine and the science of Ayurveda. Hema shares why leading from the heart can make all the difference and create change for t...

My next guest is Matt Baird who is the founder of The Social Housing Round Table. He has ten years of experience recruiting in this sector and understands first-hand the issues that surround tenants, providers and the homeless. Matt is driven to make sure that more people have access to affordable housing and have a home. He shares why we should make change and collaborate with as many people and...

My next guest is Leonor Diaz who is an award-winning social entrepreneur and CEO of the Montessori Group. Her role is to drive forward global education, delivering positive social impact around the world. Leonor was once a refugee herself and is currently working in Croatia to help Ukrainian refugees. Leonor shares why she believes in creating bespoke education solutions in partnership with intern...

My next guest is Ungenita Prevost the founder of Billion Dollar Rolodex who spends a lot of her time investing in women. She started life in a foster home and her drive is to help women on their journey as a Feminine Leadership Advisor, author and keynote Speaker. Here brands are Femme 500 and Stiletto. Ungenita shares how to find that billion-dollar connection, look at your network and invest in...

My next guest is Gill Kennett who is a Trustee and one of the founding members of Hull Help for Refugees. Gill has a background as a social worker and was affected by the media images of refugees washed ashore and the dreadful trauma that they experience when they had to flee their own country. Hull Help for Refugees was formed in 2015 with a group of like-minded individuals all wanting to make a...

My next guest is Catherine McLeod CEO of Dingley’s Promise an Early Years Charity in Berkshire that has play centres and a UK programme for children under 5 with SEND. Cath’s journey started out when she was just 10 years old when she first discovered how children with disabilities were treated differently. This led her to work across the world in countries such as Vietnam where children were born...

My next guest is Richard Fitzwilliams, the editor of Who’s who, Royal Correspondent, Film Critic and PR in the art world. Richard shares how the Royals participate in hundreds of charities and how the Duke of Edinburgh has left a huge hole in charity work as well as other Royal news. He talks about the Queen’s seventy years of unwavering service and the up-and-coming Platinum Jubilee. He also shar...

My next guest Sara Davison suffered a messy breakup from her ex-husband and that is what set her on a journey to help people. She is known as The Divorce Coach and has a growing media presence in the UK and US. As well as having a successful training business she is an advocate for Dash the domestic abuse charity and has her own podcast Heartbreak to Happiness. Sara shares how you can turn your li...

My next guest Lor Bradley’s first business started at boarding school as part of the young enterprise scheme. She is a business strategist and has her own consulting firm Scale and SkyRocket and also hosts a company podcast. Lor is a business mentor who helps build seven figure companies to scale up. She helps people to capitalize and grow their businesses to their full potential and have influenc...

Hello and welcome. My next guest is Rotina Mafume who is on a mission to empower women and is a gender advocate. She has been working to address inequality and amplify the voices of women for years. She is a Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Researcher.   Rotina has been working with women in prisons, worked on Africa’s legal aid, African Women’s social entrepreneurship,...

I was a political refugee from Zimbabwe who stayed here in the UK after my parents had returned home so I understand what it is like to fit into a different country in times of crisis. Because of the war in Ukraine I am releasing this podcast which is about helping refugees. Before I started Banya Fostering Agency my first step on the path to social enterprise was fostering child refugees.

Hello and Welcome. My next guest is Efrosyni Adamides a successful entrepreneur and mentor from Cyprus. She left a busy career in Film and Media sales to start in London property investing to create her own freedom. Unfortunately, she was part of the property crash in 2009. She then met her mentor who said that she should be creating freedom for others at a time when Efryoysni did not even know if...

My next guest is Dorothy Dix who set up her charity Creating Better Futures to help educate children in Zimbabwe. Born in Africa her mother who was a single parent did not want to raise Dorothy alone but encouraged her to seek out an education. It is ten years ago that Dorothy started her charity from Reading. Creating Better Futures supports disadvantaged children in Zimbabwe and specialises in h...

Sharon Lechter embarked on her own entrepreneurial journey with the first talking book and worked with Disney, Sesame Street and Universal. She has a background in accountancy and her mission to teach people financial literacy education in life was set when her son came home from university broke. Sharon collaborated with President Bush and was invited to reinvigorate the teachings of Napoleon Hil...

Hello and welcome. my guest on this episode is DeLores Pressley who as a child was rejected as a ballerina because she was too fat.  DeLores finally started ballet at the age of 60. She ran a successful modelling agency for nearly 20 years for 18 plus-size women.  DeLores also started a non-profit that encourages young girls from the age of 8 to become CEOs and create true value in their...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is Mark Longbottom who started off life being interested in giving back.  He has been involved in many charitable projects between New zealand and the UK including Auckland City Mission, the New Zealand Aids Foundation, St James Place Charitable Fund and is currently Head of Social Responsibility for Southern Cross in New Zealand.  Mark shares...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is John Pileggi CIO of the platform Uncommon Giving a revolutionary new generosity ecosystem.  John has a background in wealth management, asset management, Investment Management and Private equity. John’s life was transformed when he had a call from Ron Baldwin who took his bank public and asked him to build a giving platform.  John shares how...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is Alec Jones Hall founder of Great British Expos who raises thousands of pounds for charity each year across the UK.  Alec’s life was transformed by a community figure who rescued him from parents who were addicts and in return he has started his own charity and transforms the lives of others.  His social enterprise employs people who all have...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is Nigerian-born pop star Patti Boulaye who had a turbulent childhood with war in Nigeria and through faith from her mother lived her dream to sing.  Well known for her 70’s hits ‘Stop It I like it’ she was one of the first celebrities to tackle the HIV problem in Africa in the 1980’s. Support Africa Fund helps several different projects across Afri...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is Tilde Guajardo who was a victim of child abuse and transformed her life when she found her life purpose which is empowering women.  She founded Womanars to help women be the best version of themselves. As a speaker Tilde inspires and educates women of all ages around the world by telling her personal and powerful story of transformation.  Sh...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is Wycliffe Barasa who founded the One Dollar to School Foundation in Kenya and believes in lighting candles for other people.  Wycliffe had a rough start to life after losing his mum but his life was transformed through kindness and he now helps other children living in poverty.  He also educates schools on sustainable living by growing fruit...

Hello and welcome. My guest on this episode is a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir John Madejski. He started life in a children’s home which gave him the determination to succeed and give back to his local community.  He regularly supports many local charities and organisations in Reading. As well as rescuing Reading FC and building a stadium for the locals he created a secondary...

My guest on this episode is Bob Burg, co-author of The Go-Giver.  His book has helped millions of people and given so many amazing insights into giving and creating abundance.  The American Management Association named Bob one of the 30 most Influential Leaders and he has been listed in the top 200 influential authors in the world by Richtopia.  Bob shares with us how giving creates...