LSE Focal Point Podcast

Join us for another superb episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Sylvain Broyer, the Chief EMEA Economist at S&P Global Ratings. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of Economics at Natixis and was a member of Natixis’ General Management of its German Branch. Sylvain has been a member of the ECB Shadow Council and teaches at the Paris Dauphine University. Recorded in May 20...

Join us for another amazing episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Hugh Karseras, a Managing Director, the COO IB EMEA and Global Head of Client Strategy Wholesale Division at Nomura. Prior to his current role, he worked in Sales and Finance at Deutsche Bank, Strategy at Barclays Capital and as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Hugh holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Prince...

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Robert Gardner, the Director of Investments at St James’s Place Wealth Management. He also is the Chairman of the Board at Rowan Dartington, part of the Expert Committee in the Retirement Investment Systems Reform Project at the World Economic Forum, and Co-Founder at Redington and mallowstreet. Prior to his curren...

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Janet Mui, the Head of Market Analysis at Brewin Dolphin and a voting member of Brewin Dolphin’s Asset Allocation Committee. Prior to her current role, she was the Global Economist at Cazenove Capital. Janet holds a first-class bachelor's degree in Economics from the LSE and an MBA in Finance from Cambridge University...

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Paul Moody, a Managing Director in Regions, Marketing and Societies at CFA Institute. Prior to his current role, he was a Client Solutions Director at Aviva Investors as well as roles at Henderson Global Investors and NPI. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Wolverhampton and is a Cha...

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Jason Tarry, the Chief Commercial Officer at Tesco. Prior to his current role, he was the CEO of Group Clothing at Tesco (including UK and ROI stores, online operations and F&F’s Asia business and franchise partnerships). Recorded in February 2022.

Join us for another astounding episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Martin Brand, the Head of North America Private Equity and Global Co-Head of Technology Investing at Blackstone. He has been involved in Blackstone’s investments including Refinitiv, Bumble and IntraFi. Prior to his current role, he was a derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo and worked at McKins...

Join us for another brilliant episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Steve Gordon, a Managing Director in the Consumer Retail Team at Evercore. He has been involved in deals advising S.A. Brain & Co. on the transfer of its pub operations to Marston’s, Proctor & Gamble on its defence against shareholder activism and Tiffany & Co on its debt public bond offering. Prior to hi...

Join us for another amazing episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Josh Eastright, the CEO of Bloomberg Industry Group. Prior to his current role, he was the President of Bloomberg Government, a Commercial Director at Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Global Product Manager, Energy and Commodities at Bloomberg. Josh has a degree from Amherst College. Recorded in March 2022.

Join us for another inspiring episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Emmanuel Roman, the CEO of PIMCO. Prior to his current role, he was the CEO at Man Group PLC, co-chief executive officer at GLG Partners and the Co-Head of Worldwide Global Securities and Co-Head of the European services division at Goldman Sachs. Emmanuel is a trustee of the Paris Review of Books, Royal Marsden NHS...

Join us for another fantastic episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Dirk Effenberger, the Head of Investment Risk at UBS. Prior to his current role, he was the Head Cross-Regional Investment Office at UBS, a Senior Economist at Swiss Re and an Economist at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. Dirk had a PhD in Economics at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and a degree in Econometrics...

Join us for another remarkable episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Phil Mackintosh, the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at Nasdaq. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of Trading Strategy and Analysis at KCG/Virtu Financial, the Global Head of Trading Strategy at Credit Suisse and the Head of Index Portfolios at Country Investment Management. Phil has a Masters in Q...

Join us for another fascinating episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Louis Kuijs, the Chief Asia Economist at S&P Global Ratings. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics, the Chief Economist (Greater China, Corporate and Institutional Banking) at RBS International in Hong Kong, a Senior Economist at the World Bank Group and a Senior Econo...

Join us for another excellent episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Jason Channell, the Head of Sustainable Finance and a Managing Director at Citi. Prior to his current role, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he set up and managed Goldman Sachs’ global coverage of the renewable energy/cleantech industry within Equity Investment Research, and an Executive Director a...

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Jon Slade, the Chief Commercial Officer of the Financial Times. Prior to his current role, he worked as a Commercial Designer in the Global Digital Advertising and Insight team at the Financial Times, a Technology Client Manager at News International and the Head of Technology Advertising EMEA at the Financial Times b...

Join us for another outstanding episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Evonne Tan, the Head of Barclays Private Bank, Singapore and a Member of the Barclays Singapore Management Team. Prior to her current role, she was an Executive Director at UBS, the CEO and Founder of Magenta Advisors and an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in Asset/Liability Structuring Sales. Evonne is also a...

Join us for another superb episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Aya Kawamoto, an Executive Director at Nomura. Prior to her current role, she was a Director in the Fixed Income Department at Credit Suisse. Aya got her law degree from Keio University in Tokyo. Recorded in January 2022.

Join us for another inspiring episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Marco Staccoli, a Managing Director in Investment Banking FIG at Jefferies. Prior to his current role, he was a Managing Director IB FIG at Credit Suisse and a Vice President IB FIG at J.P. Morgan. Marco got his Master's degree from the LSE. Recorded in February 2022.

Join us for another marvellous episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Dean Maki, the Chief Economist at Point72 Asset Management. Prior to his current role, he was a Managing Director and Chief US Economist at Barclays where he analysed and forecasted the US economy and monetary and fiscal policy, the Vice President of Economic Research at J.P. Morgan, US economist at Putnam Investmen...

Join us for another fantastic episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Sanjay Bahadur, the Deputy Executive Vice President and Head of Group Strategy and Business Development at Nestle. Prior to his current role, he has held a variety of roles at Nestle including the CFO of the Greater China Region and has represented Nestle on the Board of Froneri Lux Topco Sarl, Luxembourg. Sanjay is...

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Andrei Milekhin, a Managing Director and the Head of Telecoms and Digital Infrastructure Investment Banking EMEA (part of Greentech, Industrials & Infrastructure Group) at Nomura. Prior to his current role, he was an Executive Director in EMEA TMT Investment Banking at Nomura, a Director in Mergers and Acquisit...

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Antonio Belloni, the Group Managing Director at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Prior to his current role, he was the President of Proctor and Gamble, and as the Group Managing Director, he is responsible for strategic and operational management of Group companies. Antonio has a degree in economics from the Universi...

Join us for another fascinating episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by John Mangelaars, the CEO of Skyscanner. Prior to his current role, he worked as the CEO of Travix International and the Vice President of Advertising and Online at Microsoft. John currently is also the Non Executive Director of International Personal Finance Plc. Recorded in February 2022.

Join us for another brilliant episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Laurent Feniou, a Managing Director at Cartier UK. Prior to his current role, he worked as a Managing Director at Rothschild, a Vice President at Credit Suisse and a Navy Officer for the French Embassy. Laurent went to the ESCP Business School where he studied Finance. Recorded in January 2022.

Join us for another amazing episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Kim Morgan-Verlaque, the Chief Business Integrity Officer at Unilever. Prior to her current role, she worked as the Global General Counsel Home Care and GC Africa at Unilever, Chief of Staff for Barclays Africa Compliance and was the Head of Legal, UK Retail Bank, at Barclays and was seconded to Barclays Africa where s...