Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

Paul started his career as a nuclear physicist working on the international fusion energy programme in Oxfordshire where he gained his PhD. As CEO, he now leads the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) which is responsible for underpinning research to support all aspects of the UK’s nuclear industry.  On the way to his current role, Paul worked on the plutonium finishing lines at Sella...

This is a referral-only forum of inspirational business CEOs. They have been invited due to their willingness to exchange their wisdom & experience with their CEO peers in other sectors / industries. The forum is hosted by Leigh & Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE. They facilitate an invited panel of 6 different CEOs every month. Panel members discuss topical leadership wisdom to the ben...

Before founding Centric, Larry worked for a large international consulting firm, until he got burned out at 25. He and his wife backpacked around the world as he tried to find his path in life – and he did. Shortly after returning home, he and his like-minded pals founded Centric with a focus on changing how consulting was done by building a remote company with a mission to create a culture of emp...

Walt Rakowich is a leadership speaker, former CEO of Prologis, a global real estate company that is the world’s largest owner of industrial distribution facilities, and author of Transfluence: How To Lead With Transformative Influence In Today’s Climates Of Change. He works with several nonprofits, serves on the board of directors of Host Hotels and Resorts, Iron Mountain, Inc., and Ventas In...

With over 20 years payment experience, Marc Pettican has seen significant development in technology and innovation across the industry and has often been a driving force in shaping new propositions for corporate and small business portfolios (NFC, EMV, Data security, eCommerce, virtual payments).  Marc has undertaken a succession of senior coverage, leadership and general management roles in...

Graham Harle is Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gleeds, overseeing a worldwide business with a turnover of £200 million and 80 offices.   Having been on the Executive Board for 13 years, Graham moved into his new role in January 2019. Graham’s aspiration for Gleeds is that it increasingly leverages its in-house expertise and client networks to create new opportunities and exceed the d...

Richard Thorpe is Director of Rugby of a National 1 Rugby Club, and Performance Coach to professional athletes, executives, entrepreneurs & family office Next-Gen. Richard began his career in rugby when he joined the London Irish Academy at the age of 18. His subsequent professional career boasted over 150 Premiership rugby games for London Irish, Leicester Tigers and L...

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I thoroughly enjoyed my interview with Brian and find him one of the most open authentic and powerfully vulnerable leaders that I have met. We had a fascinating and powerful conversation on many topics including mental health where he was refreshingly open.  Brian joined Lansdowne Partners in January 2021 as Co-Managing Partner and is the Chair of the Management Committee. Brian has over 30 y...

Dom is a strategic communications expert, who most recently has been helping SYKE – the world’s foremost legal tech consultancy - tell its story.  Since leaving Asda in 2016 and setting up his own consultancy (Why Social) Dom has been fortunate to work alongside some great consumer brands including: L.L.Bean, Superdry, Betsafe, Accolade Wines (Echo Falls, Hardys, Kumala), and N Brown Group (S...

Joseph William Foster (Joe Foster) was born in 1935 in Bolton England with the same birthday 18th May, as his grandfather, also Joseph William Foster who had died 18 months earlier. Joe’s grandfather was the founder of J W Foster & Sons (Athletic Shoes) Ltd and the inventor of the Spiked Running Shoe and the Trainer (Sneaker). Joe and his late brother Jeff were born into the J W Foster & f...

Roman Roberts is a business consultant and podcast host, of the Real Talk with Roman Podcast.  Roman focuses on helping businesses and individuals improve their communication leveraging the skills and mistakes he made around communication in foster care, interrogation, business, and his daily life.   Roman served as a U.S. Army Interrogator and deployed multiple times with special o...

Ann Pickering is an Advisor to KPMG LLP, appointed in June 2020. She recently stood down from her role as Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief of Staff at Telefònica O2 UK, a role she had held since 2008. She was also a member of the UK Executive Team, Global HR Executive Team, as well as Chair of the Pensions Committee and Responsible Business Forum. Ann’s long career at Te...

Brian is an ex-schoolmaster and Head Coach of Bath, Ireland and England Rugby. After a successful playing career, including touring with England and playing in France and Italy, Brian began to focus on refining his Teaching / Coaching styles.  Originally a Command Control practitioner he transformed over the years into a Mission Control People centred approach. In the past 12 years Brian...

Margaret Casely-Hayford was appointed Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe in January 2018, the same year in which she was appointed Chancellor of Coventry University. She has been an elected member of the Board of the Co-op Group since 2016.   She was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Honours list, for services to charity and for promoting diversity, in 2018, upon ending her term as trustee and...

’m on a mission to raise the consciousness of humanity by sharing wisdom, truth, venerability and positive vibes from some of the world’s most inspiring people.  I started my first business aged 19 with a loan from The Prince’s Trust and by the time I was 28 had achieved a level of success I could never have imagined. 3 years later I was cleaning toilets in a factory for minimum wage. A humbl...

Michael is an active Entrepreneur in Entertainment & Leisure Property and holds investments in technology companies. He is a High-Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and Corporate Executives. He also acts as a Consulting Advisor to corporations and Governments on entrepreneurialism and innovation.   He has delivered programs for many large corporations in addition t...

Known as a Snow Globe Shaker, Jeff Nischwitz is a man on a mission to help people shift how they lead and thereby shift their leadership impact. As an international leadership, team engagement and culture speaker, Jeff Nischwitz is known for his unique perspectives, challenging traditional thinking, and delivering tangible shifts for leaders to grow their people, businesses and relationships. Jeff...

Ronel Lehmann, the eldest of three sons, was born to Talia and Ralph Lehmann in July 1964. He was educated at Montessori, New End Primary School, The Hall, Orley Farm and City of London School, before studying at the University of Buckingham, where he graduated in Business Studies in 1986. He has previously served on the Council of the University of Buckingham, as a director of an international Ch...

Mikkel is an entrepreneur with one foot planted firmly in the media industry and the other in social change.  For the last 16 years he has been part of the media industry in functions such as International Insights Director at Universal Studios and managing the integration of Sky’s TV distribution business into NBC’s global TV organisation. Mikkel has been involved in the distribution of 100s...

Cecile Frot-Coutaz; Leads the business of YouTube in Europe, The Middle and Africa, formerly CEO of Fremantle, one of the leading global producers of entertainment programming.  Cecile derives her leadership insights from decades of experience at the helm of creative teams and businesses. The phrase “People are at the heart of what we do” is true for most companies but it takes a special mean...

Nicole is from the south of Ireland from a place called Millstreet in Cork. Her mother is Russian and her father of South American decent, after the birth of her brother her father left, and her mother moved both Nicole & Alex to Ireland. As a young girl she faced great challenges as sadly her mother fell victim to domestic violence, and she grew up in a difficult home environment but always t...

Joel is a multi-award-winning businessman, public speaker and corporate advisor, with a passion for inclusive business support and financial technology. He started his working life at the age of 16, where he worked in a recycling factory, peeling stickers of hangers. At the age of 18, he walked into a recruitment agency with a dog-eared CV and pitched himself to the consultant. He walked out with...

Pam is the CEO of global operations management consulting firm Proudfoot. With more than 30 years of management consulting and leadership experience across industries as diverse as mining to banking and working with 100’s of company’s Pam has led Proudfoot through an extraordinary transformation, powered by a consulting model focused on developing clients’ in-house skills and capabilities. She cha...

Patrick Kane is a public speaker, ambassador, disabled persons’ advocate and healthcare communications company account executive.     Patrick became a triple amputee after a 3-month battle with meningococcal septicaemia when he was just 9 months old. Ever since then he has spent his time talking with others about what it means to be disabled and what others may be able to learn from...