Leadership Exposé Podcast: Success Talk with Steven Paul

In this edition, Steven welcomes Ülane Vilumets based in Tallinn, Estonia and is a Senior Leader at Estonia's e-Residency program. A former startup founder herself, Ülane spent the last decade building a digital travel platform called Like A Local and a tour operator focused on small-group tours called Traveller Tours. She is well travelled (over 50 countries). Currently a leader at Estonia's e-Re...

In this edition, Steven welcomes Elodie O'Rourke. Elodie is the Customer Success Director and Leader at the Financial Times and Co-Chair of FT Families in the Netherlands. Elodie has had a unique career history and journey elevating how she embodies flexibility, reinvention, refocus. She is passionate about making businesses successful by capitalising on customer centricity and more widely about d...

In this episode, Steven Paul is delighted to meet with Tracy Monday, a global solutions executive at a global firm. Tracy holds multiple roles, and is in the forefront of enabling entrepreneurs and tech innovators through the diverse work she does formally and informally, whilst bringing the topic of Diversity front and centre as the industry evolves. Tracy enables the continuation of work towards...

In this episode, Steven Paul is delighted to have David Agar, CEO and Founder of Digital Ability Ltd, based in the UK. The company offers the world's most accessible and inclusive open banking technology to help society's most vulnerable people to manage their day to day finances. David is a highly experienced leader, specialising in creating value and scaling within disruptive tech sector busines...

In this episode, Steven Paul is delighted to have James Harrison, a senior executive at Business Value Engineering based in UK. He is a former Army officer, with global experience of building, and leading, dispersed, multicultural, multi-skilled teams. James has worked globally, in leadership roles within B2B and B2C environments. Having graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an Of...

In this episode, Steven Paul is delighted to host Dr Jane Thomason, Chair of Kasei Holdings, a London listed blockchain and Web 3.0 investment firm. Dr Jane has been named by Thinkers 360 as a Top 10 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on HealthTech, Sustainability and Crypto. She is author of Blockchain for Global Social Change ; “Blockchaining the World” and “Applied Ethics in a Digital World...

In this episode, Steven Paul is delighted to have Paulina Chotrova, Founder of PSK Group located in Bulgaria. Paulina is a serial entrepreneur, leader and connector. She is a social changemaker, deep tech and robotics explorer and networking powerhouse whose focus is enabling the adoption of tomorrow’s technology today and providing a foundation for innovation and development Globally, in the Balk...

In this episode, Steven Paul hosts Sophia Ukor, the Founder and CEO of Violet Simon, a media company based in the UK that amplifies the voices of women from diverse backgrounds using authentic storytelling to explore women's lives, experiences, challenges, accomplishments, and milestones towards leadership & success. The firm strives to push representation and equality, inspire others and gene...

In this episode, Steven Paul hosts Maggie Calle. Maggie currently serves as the chief information security officer at Varicent, based in Canada. For over two decades, she has held several leadership roles in the financial, insurance, and retail and technology sectors. She has successfully embedded “tone at the top” in the management and oversight of cybersecurity and risk management programs suppo...

In this episode, Steven is honoured to host Robert Jordan, CEO InterimExecs, based in Chicago, USA. InterimExecs matches top executives with companies around the world and has helped fix global giants like Pepsi, Microsoft, UPS, and more by identifying the right leaders to step in during times of trouble or stagnation. Robert is the co-author of unique leadership book -  Right Leader Right Time wh...

In this episode, Steven has the pleasure of speaking with Jeff Howard, Co-founder & Chief Sales Officer of Vika Living, based in the USA. Vika Living makes rapidly deployable, thoughtfully designed, and feature-packed housing units, and is the best micro-housing on the market that solves for a $30b/year industry gap. Aside from being the Sales Leader and Entrepreneur, loves advising founders a...

In this episode, Steven PAUL speaks with James Adekele, the CEO of Generation Success, a non-profit organisation located in the UK and Ireland that helps companies Move to Equality. James is making change for the good of society by enabling building of bridges and creating a healthy respectful culture of working together, whilst also helping embrace the values of equality and diversity. We will he...

In this episode, Steven speaks to Dr Swaroop Savanoor, Performance Coach based in India. He is a coach to elite international athletes as part of preparation for major international events for diverse sports which include teams like Punjab Kings IPL team, Indian Football Team,  amongst many others.  Dr Swaroop is also the Founder and CEO of MyMentalCoach, a Sport and Allied Peak Performance organi...

In this episode Steven hosts Ricardo Reis, CEO of Reis Real Estate, based in Brazil. Ricardo speaks of his journey in diverse areas of Law, Engineering, Architecture and Property, and how is influencing change in the sector through insights and areas of opportunities targeted at residential and commercial property owners. Ricardo is an Independent Board Member, Professor, Author and Communicator....

In this episode, Steven is delighted to host Rose Dyer, Global Head of Projects Portfolio and ESG at Beauty Pie Ltd in the UK. Rose has a career spanning several industries, including telecommunications, aeronautics, investment banking, and now beauty E-Commerce. She is an ESG advocate, and helps strategise and champion the ESG goals across the business and within the beauty industry.  We will hea...

In this episode, Steven speaks with Manoj Agrawal, Group Editor at Banking Frontiers; Founder Director at Glocal Infomart Pvt. Ltd. With over 30 years of work experience spanning Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) as well as Business and Technology Journalism, Conference Production, Roundtable moderation and publications, Manoj has successfully conceptualised and produced over 600 ev...

In this episode Steven hosts Wendy Broersen, CEO and Founder of the Superpeople Company in Amsterdam which helps companies to attract, retain and develop their diverse workforce, worldwide. Wendy has been a serial entrepreneur for over 15 years, won several awards and nominations, had her own Dutch TV-Show, is a guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, author and international speaker.  Wend...

In this episode Steven speaks with Bart Schillebeeks the Owner, Chief Enterprise Architect and Director of Belgian consulting Company AD Internet Consulting.  As the Chief Architect and a visionary for new technologies, specialised in transforming Global or multinational companies using new technology, Bart shares his journey and  ✅His vision on the next technological exponential age ✅The disrup...

In this episode Steven speaks with Maria Scarangella, President of Scarangella Consulting LLC USA, a leadership development, and HR services consulting firm. She has previously held executive roles for a global firm in the areas of Enterprise Talent and Learning, and has managed large sales, service, HR and operations units in multiple states.  We will learn about how Maria brings to life especial...

In this episode Steven meets Jan Vekemans Country Sales Leader- InterSystems Benelux. He brings over 3 decades of experience in Technology and Business Infrastructure and successfully marketing complex solutions and data platforms. As of late his non-profit initiative #1patient1record4Belgium has taken a lot of his effort to make sure that the patient is aided by digitally enabling access to all a...

In this episode, Steven speaks with Anthony P. Howard, an HR Strategic Leader based in Atlanta, USA. Anthony brings over 2 decades of progressive success piloting large-scale, global initiatives driving organisational change and goals in diverse environments, from highly regulated FDA medical devices & biotech industries to unionised manufacturing environments.  Anthony has incorporated a pass...

In this episode Steven Paul is delighted and honoured to speak with Peter Serenita, a Senior Data Management Executive and Board Chairperson with extensive experience leading global organisations in the financial services industry. Peter has held senior group-level executive leadership roles, and as the Group Chief Data Officer (CDO) of several global banks including JP Morgan, HSBC, Scotia Bank....

In this episode, Steven Paul welcomes Karan Rhodes, based in Georgia, USA. She is the Founder and CEO of Shockingly Different Leadership (SDL), a leading professional services firm who is changing the way HR-Functions scale up during peak periods of work! She has worked with global companies, and is an author of the book – lead at the top of your game.  We hear from Karan on:  ✅ Her research and...

In this episode Steven Paul meets  Dr. Makida Bey, based in Columbia, USA. She is a Global Award-Winning Anxiety Coach and has worked with Fortune 100 companies whilst helping thousands of people to maximise their authentic selves, balance their priorities, and overcome their anxiety with outstanding results. We learn about Makida and  ✅ Signature integrative approach with a limited number of cli...

In this episode Steven Paul meets with Rob Woollen, the COO of DSG finance. Rob is based in the UK, and he has worked with organisations of all sizes from small IT training and design companies to universities and government departments employing thousands of staff. Health and Wellbeing is a key area of focus for Rob. He was a Topic Expert Member for the recently published NICE Guidelines on Menta...