Portera Connect

In this episode, Baris Kavakli sits down with Ozlem Fidanci, Chief of International Region at Philips to talk about her story, where she comes from, ideas of leadership, purpose, authenticity and strategy.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Poyraz Gursoy to talk about his story. Insightful conversation around digital, strategy, AI and purpose.

In this episode, we're joined together with Serdar Akin - Chief Product Officer at OLX Group. We sit down to talk about his journey, his personal and professional philosophy and what drives him.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Utku Barış Pazar, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer at Beko to talk about his story, where he comes from, ideas of leadership, purpose, digital & history.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Frederik Maris, Head of EMEA at Zoom to talk about his story, where he comes from, ideas of leadership, purpose, authenticity and sales.

In this episode, we're joined by serial entrepreneur who's interested in inspiring founders and leaders with growing pains to ignite them to the next level. We talk about his journey, where he comes from, the evolution of his life and his ambitions for the future.

In today's episode, we're joined by Kick van der Staak, VP Omni Customer Experience at Footlocker. We talk about his journey, where he comes from, his approach towards success, happiness and much more. Kick, thanks for joining us.

In this episode, Baris Kavakli sits down with Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken. Both Bart and Floris are part of Team Portera and have put themselves on the map by winning the World Title in the 49er class for the 3rd time in a row. The Dutch duo also won Gold at the 49er test event in Marseille and recently won the World Sailor of the Year Award. In this episode, we sit down to talk about t...

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Maxime Jonker. Maxime is a world-class sailor that competes in the ILCA6 class, with a 1x World Championship Medal and a 2x European Championship Medal to her name. They talk about her journey, where she comes from, how she defines success and her ambitions for the future.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with the dynamic duo of the 49’er class, Annette Duetz & Odile van Aanholt, who have their names etched in sailing history with their Conny Rietschoten Trophy win. With 4 world-titles combined, and ranked #1 in their class, Annette and Odile are at the very top of their game approaching the Olympics this year. We talk about their roots, origins, purpose,...

In today's episode, we're joined by Baris Kavakli and Annemiek Bekkering. Annemiek is a 2x World Champion, 1x European Champion and an Olympic Bronze Medalist in the Women's 49erFX class in competitive sailing. Now taking on a role as a project manager with the Sailing Innovation Center, she's looking to take this sport to the next level.

In this episode, we're joined by Paqui Lizana. Paqui is the Global Head of Technology Innovation at IKEA. We talk about innovation, technology and purpose - diving into the core story of who Paqui is as a person and her ambitions for the future. We touched on aspects of what defines innovation, what drives her, her ideas of happiness and success and much more.

In this episode, we sit down with Oliver Baggaley, the Director of Group Mechanization at Ahold Delhaize. We sit down to talk about his story, the passion he holds for addressing societal topics around food, mobility and education through technology and innovation. Now building the global capabilities in mechanization for Ahold Delhaize, he has a unique challenge ahead of him. Waleed Siraj had the...

In todays episode, we’re joined by Sarim Sheikh. Sarim is the former Chief Operating Officer for General Electrics Winds OffShore Business & now the CEO/Non Executive Director at ORIT. With decades of experience in the energy & renewables business, we sat down to talk about his culture, origins, roots - where he comes from, what drives him, his philanthropic efforts and the fundamental goa...

In this episode, Baris Kavakli sits down with Anna Russel, the World Wide Vice President of Sales & Strategy at CyberRes. We talk about Data Privacy, Security, Transformation and her personal story - understanding the reason behind why Anna does what she does.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Sjoerd Blum – Schiphol Group Aviation Solutions to talk about his journey, fundamentally attempting to answer the question of “Why he does what he does”. We talk about various different topics around business transformation, innovation, success and happiness.

In this episode, Baris Kavakli sits down with Erol Ozguner - CIO of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality to talk about transformation programs, purpose and community. To understand Erol's story around why he does what he does, and the difference he's looking to make.

In this episode, Baris Kavakli sits down with Tim Sedlack - Director of Product Management at OpenText on the Portera Connect Podcast. We talk about cybersecurity, transformation and the importance of beginning with a security-first mindset.

In todays episode, we’re joined by Fatima Da Gloria. Fatima is the Vice President Sustainability at the AirFrance - KLM Group. With a deep passion for driving positive change in the world, we sat down to talk about her story, where she comes from and the impact she’s looking to make in her career and personal life. Fatima, thanks for joining us.

In todays episode, we’re joined by Martijn van der Geer. Martijn is the Manager Solution Design & Sourcing E-Delivery Europe at Maersk. Martijn has a very interesting background, studying law, communication and media studies, ancient history to now playing a key role at the largest container shipping company in the world. In this episode, we talk about the role his roots, culture and backgroun...

In todays episode, I’m joined by Edith Doosje. Edith is the general director & co-founder at Process Communication Netherlands or otherwise known as PCM. PCM is a an innovative model that allows you to understand the depth of personality structure and decode human interactions - helping you make the most of every conversation, situation and day. In todays episode, we talk about Ediths journey,...

In todays episode, we’re joined by Steven Jansen. Steven is the Head of IT Strategic Partnerships at Shell, where he helps organisations drive technology enabled change through strategy development, hands-on-delivery and deep business change management. Steven comes from a background of simplicity, but making it very clear that simplicity for him does not conform to being ordinary. He’s done vario...

In todays episode, we’re joined by Daniel Gebler. Daniel is the Chief Technology Officer at Picnic, a dutch online supermarket that is rethinking the way people buy food. He has a great number of accreditions to his name, picking up the Tech Hero Award for 2022 for picnic, the most innovative leader award in 2021, MT next leadership award in 2018 and more.. Technology, People, Health, Happiness, S...

In todays episode, we’re joined by Gordon MacGregor. Gordon is the Director of Business Development in Consumer Products at DSV - a danish transport and logistics company with over 75,000 employees, operating across the globe generating revenues around $30B dollars a year. Gordon has worked in various different industries such as agri-chemical and beverages, which he believes taught him some extre...

In todays episode, we are joined by Peter Strikwerda. Peter is the Global head of digitalization and innovation at APG Group. APG Group is a dutch pension investment company with over 600 billion euros worth of assets under management. We sit down today to talk about his journey and the impact his roots, cultures and early experiences played in the person he is today. We talked around people, proc...