Inspiring Leadership with Jonathan Bowman-Perks MBE

Stuart Tootal spent twenty years in the British Army, serving in Northern Ireland, the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also held strategic planning appointments in the MOD, where he was awarded an OBE for leading a major structural change programme in 2005. In 2006, Stuart was the commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment and led the first UK combat unit into A...

Tim is CEO of Vorboss Limited, a technically led internet service provider with one of the UK’s largest networks. Experienced Chief Executive Officer with deep understanding of technology and processes, creating value with a clear strategic vision. Background in engineering, numerous skills within technical software and IT, extensive knowledge across fibre, infrastructure, telecoms, cloud and conn...

Oscar Trimboli is an award-winning author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. Along with the Deep Listening Ambassador Community, he is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners in the workplace. Through his work with chairs, boards of directors, and executive teams, Oscar has experienced first-hand the transformational impact leaders c...

Jon Macaskill (pronounced Muh-KAS-kill) is a retired Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher and leadership coach. During his 24-year Navy career, he served in multiple highly dynamic leadership positions, from the battlefield to the operations center and the board room. Jon's unconventional yet highly effective style of teaching leadership is fueled by his passion for helping people and or...

Mark Aston joined the army in 1964 as a boy entrant with no formal qualifications. On entering adult service in 1966 he was posted to the Gloucestershire Regiment. Here he served in Berlin, Minden, Belize, Canada and Northern Ireland. He was a Corporal, section commander at age 20 and within 5 years was a platoon sergeant and went on to command a platoon on operations in Northern Ireland. In 1978...

Chris Barron, General Manager Personal Care UK&I / VP Deodorants Europe at Unilever With nearly 25 years’ experience in the industry, Chris is the General Manager for Unilever’s Personal Care business in the UK&I, and VP for Deodorants Europe. He was also recently appointed as Deputy chair for the industry body the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Perfumeries Association. Chris started his career...

Hi I'm Doug Field, the CEO of the vibrant and dynamic East of England Co-op, a co-operative society that has thrived for over 150 years and continues to grow with passion and purpose.   What sets our Society apart is our unwavering commitment to our members—over 280,000 strong—who are the lifeblood of our co-operative. We take immense pride in being the largest independent retail business in...

This was very special for me to have a US Naval Aviator who was trained at the same bases as my father had trained at, and who had flown F14 Tomcats at the Top Gun school, while Tom Cruise was filming, and then going on to come on the USS Nimitz before his current career in Boeing. Mike Manazir served 36 years in the U.S. Navy and retired in 2017 as a Rear Admiral (Upper Half). As a naval avi...

Craig Valentine, MBA, an award-winning speaker and trainer, has traveled the world helping people get remarkable results through leadership, communications, and change. Known as the Champion of Change, he is a professional speaker and has spoken in the United States, Taiwan, Canada, Jamaica, Qatar (Doha), England, Bahamas, Hong Kong, China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Indone...

Et Halstead is currently COO of Search Capital, a firm he founded alongside Jamie Woods in 2021. The organization focuses on the incubation, growth and development of companies working in the talent space from recruiting and consulting to Rec Tech and RTD. Having joined JCW, the recruitment arm of Search Cap, in 2009 fresh out of university the last 15 years have been busy for Et who has seen the...

Kevin has over 30 years' executive leadership experience spanning three sectors - healthcare, financial services and professional services - having worked in HR leadership roles for Boots, Abbey National, Capital One, Freshfields, Norton Rose Fulbright, EY and most recently for KPMG as the UK Chief People Officer. In addition through his work with Scope, Nottingham Trent University and two multi a...

A recognized global creative leader having been Co-Founder of a UK design agency from the 80's, ATTIK, to the challenge of being Global Design VP at The Coca-Cola Company and today the Founder of a next generation agency disguised as a creative community called; KnownUnknown. 1986 - 2013; Co-Founder, ATTIK UK, age 19, unemployed and a street artists and former graphic design student. James and his...

Mike Welch is a truly inspiring leader. Dr Michael Welch OBE founded Blackcircles.com, the world’s first click-to-fit online tyre retailer in 2002, selling the business to Michelin in 2015.  Prior to Blackcircles.com, Michael started his career in the tyre business aged 15 in Liverpool, England, as a tyre installer with a local independent tyre dealer. He started his first online tyre busines...

Jamie Waller - entrepreneur, philanthropist and adventurer Jamie Waller is a serial entrepreneur having started, built and sold many businesses over the past twenty years. Waller currently owns the majority of two businesses that trade globally, has eleven minority investments in the UK and US and is also the Founder and Chair of The Prince’s Trust Enterprise Network. Waller lives in London and cu...

Hoffman has been called the ‘Rolls Royce’ of personal development workshops. Frequently in the press and on the radio and in podcasts, we are now in our 28th year in the UK. Our growth has been due to word of mouth as well as the recommendation of therapists, life coaches and people looking to develop human potential. Our 7-day residential course is available around the UK (www.hoffmanprocess.co.u...

Karuna has been a leadership journeyman for a long time.  Over nearly four decades of work and lived experiences, he has studied, observed, led, suffered, been mentored, and gained much from simply observing and learning from both amazing, and unfortunately, appalling leaders.  His leadership journey began quite by accident at 19 at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, undoubted...

Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM is a Professor of Modern Slavery Policy at the Rights Lab in the University of Nottingham where her focus is on research in the area of prevention, business responses, supply chains, and the role of the financial sector in tackling modern slavery. She is particularly focussed on the important role of investors and works as a modern slavery consultant for CCLA Investment...

Ranked among the world’s top 10 CEOs for 2020, 2021 & 2023, in The World CEO Rankings Awards by Adria Management, LLC, Brian J. Esposito is the founder and CEO of Esposito Intellectual Enterprises, LLC, (EIE). An award-winning serial entrepreneur and business leader, he is recently renowned for being a core part of an innovative team to build Nodle—the world’s largest wireless network and ecos...

In this podcast discussion, two former military officers share insights on leading in an uncertain world and how their experiences have shaped their leadership journeys. Andrew Griffiths, our guest, served in the Royal Navy for 22 years and now runs his own leadership practice while delivering global leadership programs for Duke Corporate Education. We explore the challenges leaders face, the rapi...

I had a fascinating conversation, as always, with Graham Brown. We covered all the themes that make up Inspiring Leadership in our wide-ranging discussion, including why it is important to see Inspiring Leadership as a lifetime journey that requires integration of all its elements. We also discussed how the impact of one person can rally people to achieve great feats of heroism in war or dangerous...

David Sole is Managing Partner of the School for CEOs which he co-founded in 2011 with Patrick Macdonald, the former CEO of John Menzies plc. David has worked as an Executive Coach since the end of 2000, firstly with the Change Partnership and Whitehead Mann and subsequently in his own business and latterly with the School for CEOs. The School for CEOs is a boutique executive education business wh...

Jim has over 44 years of service in the British Royal Navy, Royal Marines Commandos and now the Royal Australian Navy. His focus throughout his military career has been on leading and preparing men and women for operations. From his early experience of three tours of duty in Northern Ireland through later operations in Bosnia, Belize, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Kosovo, and Afghanistan his service has bee...

Steven Cooper CBE is the CEO of Aldermore Group, a leading specialist lending and savings bank. Previously Steven was CEO of C.Hoare & Co and prior to that a Senior Executive at Barclays where he held a number of executive positions including CEO of Personal Banking for UK & Europe and CEO UK Business Banking. Steven is Chair of Experian UK, a NED of the recruitment firm Robert Walters PLC...

Lord Hastings is an Independent Peer in the House of Lords having worked across the public, private, and non-profit sectors, working within education, philanthropy, and business to support and develop communities around the world. He is Chairman of SOAS, University of London and the recent Chancellor of Regent’s University London. He remains the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen L. Covey Inst...

Christian is a former two-sport professional athlete playing both Premiership Rugby (Harlequins and Worcester Warriors) and for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. Christian’s unconventional journey to the highest level of two sports has not been without significant challenges. He was never a part of the traditional academy pipeline to the professional ranks or selected to pla...