Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

Throughout his career, Robert “Bo” Brabo has always focused on the people, helping them tackle their issues as if they were his own. Since retiring from the US Army as the Chief of HR Operations with the White House Communications Agency and Presidential Communications Officer for both Presidents Bush and Obama, Bo has served in several executive positions and is the founder of Hail Media Group Lt...

Previously one of Switzerland’s most successful women in the banking industry, having managed the country’s largest pension fund valued at almost CHF 40 billion, Marta Ra is now working as CEO at Paracelsus Recovery, the world’s most individual and discreet addiction and mental health service with clinics in Zurich and London. Now a qualified therapeutic coach, Marta is the woman leading the way i...

Sandy Loder combines his financial services, military and sporting experience to provide a valuable sounding board and expertise to help organisations, teams and individuals in a variety of complex and challenging environments. He ‘partners’ with leaders and teams, providing advice and counsel, leveraging his coaching and mentoring techniques in a challenging and positive style.   Sandy began...

Dayna Steele worked with the world's greatest rock stars for years, observing what makes a rock star and what makes a fleeting one-hit wonder. This rock radio Hall of Famer brings her Rock Star Principles of success to The Rock Business: entertaining podcasts, popular speeches, best-selling books. Rock star speaker, best-selling author, and Texas rock radio Hall of Famer Dayna Steele brings you he...

General Sir Mike Jackson's illustrious career in the British Army has spanned almost 45 years and all that time he has shown loyalty, courage and commitment to the British army whilst also being an undeniable media attraction. A man of substance where foreign policy is concerned, he has served in theatres from the Artic to the jungle but is perhaps best known for his role in charge of the British...

As the host of the podcast, Jonathan is interviewed by the Co-Host Ben Atkinson in a linked in live session. Jonathan shares his fascinating life journey through 20 years as a British army officer and 20 years as a business leader and coach to other inspiring leaders.  He has accumulated a wealth of top tips, experience and knowledge from the many challenges, mistakes and successes he has bee...

Paz describes herself as an insatiable dreamer – born in Chile and with a rigorous religious upbringing, Paz re-shaped her sense self as an imperfect, stubborn human, a loving parent and resilient gay woman in a man’s world.  Paz shares how daring to dream was the greatest ever teaching from her father, which has guided her life and career. Her mother’s greater gift was showing her how to nev...

During the 12 years that Danny has been a full time Judo player at Camberley Judo Club he has spent the majority of that time as British number one and, has represented Great Britain at 8 major events, including London 2012. Along with adding a Commonwealth Games gold medal to his collection Danny has won many international medals and titles all over the world.  After falling in love with Jud...

Stan is a Forbes Contributor, TEDx Speaker, IBM Futurist, Certified Speaking Professional™, and best-selling author of the 16-book Goldfish Series that begins with Purple Goldfish 2.0 - 10 Ways to Attract Raving Customers . A masterful storyteller who quickly connects with audiences, Stan has delivered over 500 delivered in-person and virtual keynotes and workshops on every inhabited continent and...

One of Britain’s most famous athletes, Derek Redmond is a World & European relay champion, having broken the British 400m record twice. A key member of the relay squad that won gold at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, he competed at the highest level for over a decade. Alongside Kriss Akabusi, John Regis and Roger Black he then stunned the sporting world as Britain triumphed over the fav...

Student of leadership and organizational design, former nuclear submarine Commander, and named one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers by Inc. Magazine. David is the Author of the Amazon #1 Best Seller: Turn the Ship Around!, and The Turn the Ship Around Workbook .  David’s recently released book, Leadership is Language, is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller. David imagines a workplace where eve...

Andy has always had an abundance of energy, drive and enthusiasm which has culminated in an amazing career. Coming from a disadvantaged background had a humble beginning as an apprentice electrician in the ESI and rose to the dizzy heights over 47 years to become a Director of a 1Bn Euro company. Working as a transformational leader in the Electrical Contracting, Servicing and Manufacturing indust...

Emma is an entrepreneur and highly experienced charity trustee. She specialises in creating positive change through communications, an industry in which she has over 30 years’ experience. Today she is Chief Executive of Newgate Communications, part of the international communications group, SEC Newgate on whose board she also sits as Deputy Group CEO. Her clients include business leaders, househol...

Dr. Scott Parazynski is a highly decorated physician, astronaut, best-selling author (“The Sky Below”) and tech CEO. He is a widely sought-after keynote speaker on innovation, risk management, mentorship and leadership under extreme adversity.  Scott has lived and travelled all over the world, spending many of his grade school years in places such as Senegal, Lebanon, Iran and Greece. A gradu...

Jim has worked in the search engine advertising industry in the UK since 2000 - the very birth of the industry and has led a variety of successful businesses in that industry including stints working for the search engines and on the agency, technology provider and client side. He has led four businesses to successful exit and spends most of his time as Exec Director at Brainlabs. His previous suc...

Over the last 15 years, Charlotte has been a director of 7 public companies, including three appointments as chair. During that period she has taken part in a complete restructuring of NTR Plc, the sale of Renewable Energy Generation Plc to BlackRock and, as Chair, overseen a $8bln Merger of FTSE250 Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Plc with its US NYSE listed parent. Charlotte also has board expe...

Sir Richard Shirreff was born in Kenya in 1955 where he spent his early years. Educated in England, he graduated from Exeter College, Oxford (Modern History) before being commissioned into the British Army.  In his 37-year career, he commanded soldiers on operations at every level from platoon to division. This has included combat in the Gulf War of 1991 as a tank squadron leader and again in...

David started Arachnys because he thought it was obvious that banks should be using better data to make decisions about compliance and risk. He used his investigative background to find the best data sources and combined it with cutting-edge technology to invent new ways of harvesting and mining data. Eight years of working with banks have given him a lot of hard learnings, including why you shoul...

Will has always strived to keep “purpose” front and centre through 3 distinct careers. After working in an inner-city youth club and completing his degree, he was an Officer in the British Army, serving in places like Bosnia and Northern Ireland. His second career, in the Corporate world, was at Procter & Gamble where he was the HR Director of a Global Business Unit. His third professional exp...

David has had leadership roles within the Parachute Regiment, as Platoon Commander, numerous command positions in the Metropolitan Police Service and more recently over 3 Editions of the Clipper Round the World Race, where he has Skippered 3 Teams. As a police officer, he represented the MPS at COBR, served as the Chief of Staff for the Public Order Branch and was the Deputy Operational Commander...

Dr Daron Seukeran is the Group Medical Director at the SK:N Laser Clinics . He is a Consultant Dermatologist in the NHS at the James Cook University Hospital Teesside. Dr Seukeran’s research has been in the area of lasers and acne and was involved in development of national guidelines for photodynamic therapy and Rosacea. As one of the UK’s leading experts in acne scarring, undertakes dermatology...

Dr. Todd Dewett is a best-selling leadership author, educator, and coach.  After beginning his career with Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young, he completed his PhD in Organizational Behaviour at Texas A&M University and enjoyed a career as an award-winning professor. Today, he is a widely recognized expert on authenticity, leadership, relationships, and success.  He speaks, wr...

Kevin Roberts is an international business leader, founder, consultant and educator.  His company Red Rose Consulting counsels business leaders and employees on creative thinking, marketing, and leadership. Kevin’s career was built in sales, marketing, and leadership roles at Mary Quant, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Pepsi-Co, Lion Nathan, Saatchi & Saatchi (17 years as CEO worldwide) a...

Simon was CIO at Morgan Stanley. Now as CEO of Vantage Investment Advisory Ltd he is also Chairman of Clifton College Development Trust, an also a Senior advisor Rothschild and Co. He is Co-Founded the MoneyMaze Podcast. A degree from LSE and learning from the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme Simon’s Leadership top Tip Be nice, be honest, be prepared to be tough. #InspiringLeadership #leadersh...

After 20 years' operating in the hospitality sector and running mainly 4- and 5-star hotels Paul joined the growing Facilities Management business, which after all he says, is a simply a hotel without beds. Paul joined Compass Group and launched a new FM service for the Royal Bank of Scotland breaking new ground for the industry by introducing the first Service Assurance measure through Hospitalit...