Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

James was a soldier for 30 years. He joined as a private soldier in 1982. After Oxford and Sandhurst, he commissioned into The Black Watch in 1987. Aside from regimental duty, he served in the MOD with responsibility for planning the Kosovo operation and was MA1/CGS from before 9/11 until the invasion of Iraq. He commanded The Black Watch in Iraq in 2004 during fighting in Basra, and lat...

From financial services to schools to charities, for nearly 15 years, William has been leading organisations from a vast range of sectors. Moulding to fit the sector you lead is a core principle of William’s leadership, recognising that what works in business, does not necessarily work for leading public sector organisations. Whichever leadership hat he is wearing, William believes kindness and un...

After graduating from the University of Reading, Richard became a commercial developer with John Laing Property in 1999 and then Kier Property. In 2005 he moved to a private family office where he led the business through the aftermath of the 2008 GFC, generating a 50% increase in portfolio value and reduction in gearing by 30% over 8 years. He is now managing director of Martin’s Properties, a pr...

Multiple VP leadership roles in marketing and sales at Verizon across wireline and wireless – including Brand & Creative Strategy for New Product Innovation, Distribution & Sales Acquisition Strategy, Northeast Area Marketing & Sales, New Product Development and Marketing Operations.    With 19 years at the leading telecom brand in the world, Angie has had the opportunity to...

Appointed CEO of BNP Paribas Ireland and Head of Country in April 2015. BNP Paribas currently employs in excess of 600 people in Ireland across multiple Businesses and Regulated Entities. Derek has Executive responsibility for CIB in Ireland, in addition to having oversight of the Group as a whole, particularly in the areas of Regulation, Compliance and Control, Group Representation and Devel...

Garry, by his own admission, drifted into leadership and yet forty years later was awarded an OBE in 2012 for innovation and leadership.  He has led teams of three to twelve-hundred, recently mentored leadership to a generation of Army officers and is currently designing a future strategy for Army education.  He seeks new activities shortly having had fun with a purpose. Garry has studie...

Chris Leek, 33 from Orpington, Kent, tackled the infamous Enduroman Arch 2 Arc challenge, an unparalleled triathlon consisting of an 87-mile run from London’s Marble Arch to Dover followed by a 21-mile swim across the English Channel, and a 181-mile bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Only 34 individuals had ever completed the entire challenge solo, while only four individuals h...

  Jim is currently the CEO of Haig Housing Trust after retiring from an Army career spanning 35 years from the age of 16. He lives Mark Twain’s maxim ‘Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’. This journey took him through life as a soldier, grasping every opportunity presented and seeking to use and develop his talents in pursuit of service and co...

A passionate retail and supply chain professional with over 20 years' experience leading large-scale transformational change programmes with both Private Equity and PLC businesses. Jon's experience extends to leading operations of 15000 employees with operating budgets of up to £750 million. His current role requires him to build and execute the logistics strategy for the Asda business. ...

Martin Dougherty, Chief Operating Officer Wellcome Sanger Institute Genome Campus. Core theme of operation leadership in the scientific or research setting. Martin’s career spans four sectors: academic, commercial, charity and public. He had a successful academic research career in tropical medicine. He then formed a company with colleagues working in pharmaceutical medical communic...

Major General Sharon Nesmith was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1992. She spent much of her early years at Regimental Duty in Germany, serving in the Electronic Warfare Regiment and 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, during which time she completed 3 tours in the Balkans. Major General Nesmith commanded 1st Mechanized Brigade Headqua...

In his own words, Joe was doing an 'elongated graduate scheme for 13 years', before he started Acast in the UK. He moved from medium to medium in various sales jobs, including Global Radio, ITV, Pearl & Dean & Sky, holding out a belief this would all be for a reason one day. Then the opportunity arose, Acast was born, and this was a chance to channel all previous experi...

Oliver Johnston, coach, facilitator, teacher, a retrospective view after a career in coaching senior executives (with special interest in inspiring leadership). 25 years coaching senior executives, Director of Leadership Consulting, Penna plc. First leadership role was founder of The Ramoan Centre, Save the Children Fund - the first direct alternative to custody for serious and persistent young of...

During his forty year military career, Nick has seen how the Army, and Defence, accommodate change both in peace and war. In the latter capacity, he commanded a brigade during operations in Afghanistan, and was the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communication Officer during the Libya campaign.  As a strategic leader he implemented a transformational re-design of Defence, focussing on...

David is Vice President of Client Development for the EMEA region with Management Research Group, a leading global developer of advanced psychological assessments. He is an executive coach and faculty member at IMD Business School in Switzerland, and speaks regularly to international audiences of many aspects of leadership. David is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and is a member of the...

CEO Virgin Money, SVP Global Digital & Marketing EMI, Digital & Financial Services Director Asda, Group Marketing & Digital Director HMV, multiple Private Equity leadership / interim CEO roles covering Garden Centres, Care Homes and Restaurants. Mark has had a truly cross sector career leading transformations across financial services, media, retail, leisure, care, restaurants and now...

Embedding social good and helping people to think and believe better things about themselves. James is a serial-founder with ventures ranging from publicly traded companies with hundreds of people through to micro-businesses. Many were started with only modest amounts of capital and several achieved millions in sales. He's a Trustee of The Silver Line a national charity helpline for older people a...

James Bashall brings a huge amount of leadership experience to this programme. He has spent much of his Army career on operations – 12 tours in all; and over 5 years overseas on operational service. Following 9/11 he took command of 2 PARA and led them on 3 successive operational tours to Afghanistan, Northern Ireland and Iraq in the space of 2.5 years. He then commanded a Mechanised Brigade in Ba...

Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE shares some of his leadership tips and advice from the different leaders, quotes and best books he has read in the middle of this coronavirus crisis and the economic impact on the businesses that he works with. A variety of practical down-to-earth tips and techniques that you can apply now to help yourself. #InspiringLeadership #leadership #CEOs #MotivationalSpeaker #team...

As a Music graduate from Durham University, a former Territorial Army Royal Artillery Officer, a chartered accountant, a certified organisation development practitioner and former PwC Partner, one word that is often used to describe Tracey is ‘unique’!  Tracey’s career is made up of leadership roles in many guises, from being Head Girl at school to leading global financial crime remediation p...

John Cresswell is CEO, Bibby Line Group and speaks to a core theme of focus and determination.  John has enjoyed a successful career in high-profile roles including Chief Operating Officer, ITV plc, Interim CEO, ITV plc and, CEO Arqiva Limited.  As well as serving on the boards of Liverpool FC and Capita plc as a Non Exec Director. John joined the media sector as a newly qualified charte...

At the age of 7 Barry watched Seb Coe break the 800m World Record at that point he knew he wanted to be the best at what he did, the journey of building resilience and courage to become a great Business leader had started.  Barry is MD of Playdale Playgrounds, the UK’s leading Manufacturer of Outdoor Children’s Playground Equipment, he has led them into 49 countries covering 57% of the global...

Paul has been on a leadership journey with the British Army for the past 34 years.  He has served in a variety of roles and in a number of different environments. His most challenging have been on operations, from Northern Ireland to the Gulf, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. His talk is about ‘leading in a crisis’ and the importance of the 3 ‘stages.’  First, ensuring you prepare yourself...

In a career spanning over 35 years, Andreas rose from being a banking apprentice at Deutsche Bank and graduate trainee at SG Warburg, to CEO of Allianz Global Investors, a role he relinquished on 1st January, 2020. He is currently Advisor to the firm. Andreas’s core beliefs and leadership principles were born of his life experience: Born in Belgium of German immigrant parents, losing his father su...

Danny Payne is CEO of the high performing FCOS team who support the Government abroad especially our Foreign Office Embassies & their staff in the crucial role to represent Great Britain abroad - however tough the challenges. Inspiring Leadership is crucial throughout any organisation - its not just at the top. How do you approach challenges? From complexity to resolution. Difficult situation:...