Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

32 years in the British Army: Parachute Regiment and Special Forces; commanding on operations at every rank up to Major General (i.e. from tens to thousands of people); strategic leadership in Whitehall.  Leadership is about getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Having the right idea is the easy part; its persuading your team (and sometimes your boss) that...

Renier grew up in the Dutch countryside and, after studying computer science and a stint as an artillery battery commander in the Dutch Army, joined Arthur D Little in Brussels. After an MBA from Insead he joined Mckinsey in London and was a founding member of their India practice. He later co-founded McKinsey's first incubator in Silicon Valley. He then started the 'executive' part of h...

Chip enjoyed a 33 year military career, latterly concentrating on counter-terrorism as both the Senior British Military Advisor in US Central Command to Jim Mattis and as Head of Counter-Terrorism in the MoD, prior to branching out in to media commentary and leadership development. He is a passionate believer in both vertical and horizontal cohesion with teams – between leader and led. Leadership...

After coming to London aged 18 to study Acting followed by a short but successful acting career, Martin entered Hospitality Management in earnest twenty years ago. Following stints as a General Manager and Area Manager working with the Wok Wok, Christophers and Zizzi brands, he joined Gaucho in 2005 and spent 9 nine years working his way up the leadership ladder as the company expanded. Leaving th...

Caroline Goyder's global reputation as a speaker and voice coach is built on her warm, engaging, relaxed and highly practical style, and her expertise honed by her work with actors, teachers, broadcasters and the corporate sector. She worked at Central School of Speech and Drama as a voice coach for over 10 years before launching her own company. She is regularly sought after by the media as an ex...

Peter Kavanagh, CEO of LRG, which is one of the largest privately owned property services companies in the UK.  Peter had an amazing mum who he credits with much of what he has achieved in life. My mum grew up in a very rural part of Southern Ireland before moving to the UK as a young woman. From a very early age she instilled into her children the importance of a strong work ethic, honesty a...

Peter is Executive Director of LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, which he joined in 2018 after many years’ experience of delivering strategic change in public and private education in the UK. He has held senior positions at London South Bank University, the University of Cumbria, the University of Salford and Regent Education Group, and carried out numerous consultancy assi...

Commissioning just 4 days after his 18th birthday, Alastair is one of the youngest officers to have graduated from RMA Sandhurst in modern times. Since then almost half his working life has been in leadership positions. He sees as equally important that for the other half he has followed. Whether it be tactical or humanitarian operations, inside Whitehall or on Government Major Projects in De...

The Marketing Academy, is a unique non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of leadership talent in the world of marketing, media & advertising. Sherilyn launched the Academy in the UK in 2010, Australia in 2014 and USA in 2018,bringing together some of the world’s best known & popular brands to provide world class learning for all levels of talent from emerging leaders to CMOs...

Matt is the Co-founder & CEO of Remitly, the largest independent digital money transmitter in the US, whose vision is to transform the lives of immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial services on the planet. Matt’s passions an d leadership have been influenced by the environment he was raised in. Generations of his family, including his father, have been entrepren...

As Steve Jobs says, you can only join the dots when you look back. I started straight from University as a trainee journalist at BBC Radio Wales interviewing everyone from heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis, to leader of the opposition Neil Kinnock. I now feel life's come full circle as I'm back in the audio space, helping leading brands & entrepreneurs tell their stories through t...

Nick Borwell is Principal of the Civil Service Leadership Academy (CSLA) delivering programmes predominantly to senior Civil Servants from all departments. Until 2019 he was the Director of the Government’s Project Delivery Profession within the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) which is part of the Cabinet Office. During this time Nick transformed the Government’s project delivery capab...

Mark shares very personal stories - both of learning from family financial hardships and from beginning at the bottom of an organisation and working his way up. He earnt from other’s success and financial wealth and from working his way to becoming an entrepreneur and owner of his own business. Aston Chase is a boutique property business - finding beautiful properties at the top end of the market,...

Fiona is the CEO of Women on Boards UK, Non-Exec Director of the gender pay gap company Spktral, and advisor to Peel Hunt a mid-cap stockbroker. In 2012 Fiona launched Women on Boards to support women, and men, make the right connections and career choices to get to board level within their own company or to take on a non-executive board role. Since launch, WOB has supported over 1800 individuals...

Robert has had the pleasure and privilege of over 40 years’ service in the Regular and Reserve Armed Forces of the UK leading young men and women in organisations from around 30 strong to over 10,000. Leadership approaches have varied from the ‘follow me’, through traditional hierarchical command and control to rather more nuanced approaches of ‘nudge’ and influence. The opportunity to o...

I always wanted to be a physiotherapist, to help others. Arthritis in my back stopped that, so whilst taking a ‘year out’, I trained as an IT Systems Programmer. I progressed into broader IT roles, then moved to a new credit card company, MBNA Europe. I took every opportunity presented (IT, Contact centres, Underwriting etc). When I left MBNA 16 years later, I was on the main Board and we were the...

Jonathan Reviews month 4 episodes 28-35: 28. Alderman Sir Peter Estlin -The Late Lord Mayor of London 29. Catherine Baird - SVP Emirates Cabin Crew Training 30. Chris Wakerley - KPMG Partner and Business Owner Ex-Army CO 2 Sig Regt   31. Nousheh Paris -VP American Express 32. Lieutenant General Sir James Bashall CB CBE – Commander, Advisor & Sailor 33. Mike Still - Chairman YPO Scotl...

Stefan Barden - CEO of multiple businesses and now business advisor. I have known Stefan for some years now and seen first hand his highly analytical mind honed in Mckinsey & Co to cut through business challenges. He has been CEO of Heinz UK, Northern Foods, Brakes Brothers and Wiggle.  He has a great sense of fun combined with a talent for turning around businesses and the best of a bad...

Lord Mayor of London William Russell - Tradition & Modernisation Now the 692nd Lord Mayor, began as an Investment Banker in Merrill Lynch (equity sales). There Jack Gibbs inspired him in a laid back way & the late John Owen. Cajoling rather the forcing people in the way you lead them. Father died when William was 1 & Mother was an inspiration as he grew up - values focus on giving back...

Mike Still YPO & Advisor: Put back into Society Mike Still has over 30 years of experience in the risk management & insurance industry serving a broad range of clients by size & business sector. Mike cares passionately about making a difference to people, businesses and communities and has been a long time supporter of YPO, The Princes Trust & Business in the Community (BITC). Insp...

Educated at Marlborough College, James Bashall was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1984. By 2002 he had become Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment serving in Afghanistan. He commanded 1st Mechanized Brigade based in Basra in Southern Iraq during Operation Telic in 2007. He was appointed Director Army Division of the Defence Academy at Shrivenham in January 20...

Nousheh is an experienced commercial leader in the Financial sector where she has enjoyed a 19 year career within American Express. During this time she has held numerous Sales, Business Development positions; initially as an individual contributor and in the past 10 years in various leadership roles.  Currently she is the Vice President and General Manager of American Express’s Foreign Excha...

Chris is passionate about building diverse teams and creating an environment where people can realise their potential. As a consultant he has been fortunate to have worked with a number of fantastic CEOs, predominantly in listed companies but also extensively with private equity owned businesses. He has learned a good deal from them and hopes that he has helped them in return. He is currently the...

She is a passionate people manager with experience leading performance, engagement, learning and development. Katherine has been an aviation professional for 25 years working with a number of airlines and alliances. She has been based in different countries gaining an insight into both cultural and corporate ways of operating. Her background includes British Airways based in London working as cabi...

Sir Peter Estlin - Leaders Giving Back to Society He is the 691st Lord Mayor of London an Alderman of the City of London, Sheriff for 2016–17. Peter is an advisor to Barclays plc. Educated at King Edward's School, Witley & the University of Bristol. Accountant & Partner with Coopers & Lybrand. He was CFO for Salomon Brothers Asia, & Citigroup. Joined Barclays bank & was Group C...