PowerWomen Speak

We are joined by Christine Ourmières-Widener, CEO of TAP Air Portugal since June 2021, with a long career in aviation and one of the few female CEOs of a commercial airline. Christine previously was CEO of Flybe Group PLC, and CEO, CityJet and held executive roles at American Express and Air France-KLM. Christine is also on the IATA Board of Governors, NED at the Met Office and on the Board of Zer...

We are joined by Tanuja Randery, Managing Director, EMEA for Amazon Web Services. Tanuja joined AWS from McKinsey where she was a Partner leading business transformation programs in the technology and industrial sector. Tanuja has spent her career in strategy and operations at EMC, Colt, Schneider Electric and Apax and has served on the Board of Proximus Group, Zensar Technologies and Save the Chi...

Dame Anne Richards is CEO of Fidelity International and has worked in the asset management industry since 1992, including over two decades as an analyst, portfolio manager and CIO. She is a strong proponent of ESG investing and diversity and inclusion. Her career path spans many blue-chip global companies including: Alliance Capital, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Aberdeen Asset...

Keri Gilder is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Colt. Before joining Colt, Keri held several leadership roles at Ciena and was most recently Vice President and General Manager EMEA.  Prior to Ciena, Keri worked in multiple roles for Lucent Technologies and she has also worked for Hughes Aircraft as a Network Engineer. Keri is passionate about promoting inclusion and diversity , also leading Co...

Melanie Richards is a Non-executive Director of Morgan Stanley International, on the board of the Royal National Theatre and Chair of The Eve Appeal. Melanie was until September 2020 the Deputy Chair of KPMG UK. Melanie was awarded a CBE for her contribution to business and to the diversity and inclusion agenda in 2019. She is a founding member of the 30% Club Steering Committee, sat on the Steeri...

I am delighted to welcome to our podcast Jacqui Ferguson, Non Exec Director of Croda, Wood Group, Tesco Bank and Deputy Chair of Engineering UK. Most recently Jacqui was CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services UK, Ireland, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa. Jacqui has extensive global experience and her prior role was based in Silicon Valley working directly for Meg Whitman, Chairman and CE...

I am delighted to be joined today by Sally-Ann Hibberd who had a successful career with Willis (now Willis Towers Watson), where she served in two separate roles over a 6 year period, first as COO of the International division and then as Group Operations & Technology Director. She is currently a Non-Exec Director at IG Group, Equiniti, and The Co-operative Bank and Loughborough University.

I am delighted to be joined today by Kate Grussing, the founder of Sapphire Partners.  Kate has worked internationally in senior positions at JPMorgan, McKinsey & Co. & Morgan Stanley. She is a regular commentator on diversity, women's careers and advancement in executive and non-executive roles. Kate has an MBA with honours from the Tuck School at Dartmouth, a BA with honours from Wellesley Colle...

I am delighted to be joined today by Fiona Hathorn, the CEO of Women on Boards UK, an Advisory Board Member to Spktral (a technology company that helps organisations simplify the gender pay gap reporting process), advisor to Peel Hunt (mid-cap stockbroker) and Chair of Hanx's Nominations Committee (FMCG start-up). Fiona is also a Patron of Fight for Sight (a medical research charity) and was forme...

I am delighted to be joined today by Dominique Leroy who is a member of the board of Deutsche Telekom and leads their European business. Dominique was CEO of Belgian telecom company Proximus Group from 2014 until 2019. She became the first woman to head the company and, at the time, the only female CEO among companies in Belgium's BEL 20 stock market index. Dominique started her career at Unilever...

I am delighted to be joined today Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV since 2018. Carolyn was previously CEO of EasyJet, one of five female CEOs of a FTSE 100 company and earlier CEO of Guardian Media Group. Carolyn was appointed OBE in 2008 and Dame in 2016. Carolyn is a non-executive board member of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Senior Independent Director at...

I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Cilla Snowball who until recently was group Chair and CEO of AMV BBDO, an advertising and communications group. She started her career in advertising with Allen Brady Marsh and went on to Ogilvy & Mather before joining AMV. Dame Cilla became Group CEO in 2006. She was awarded a CBE in 2009 and appointed a Dame in 2017. Dame Cilla is a Governor of Wellcome...

  I am delighted to be joined today by Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of London First, convening business leaders to keep the UK's capital globally competitive. She is a non-executive director of WPP and Standard Chartered, a member of the Ethics Committee at Richemont and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. From 2005 to 2015, Jasmine was CEO of Save the Children UK. Her experience...

I am delighted to be joined today by Allison Kirkby - President & CEO of Telia Company. Allison was previously President & Group CEO of TDC Group and President & Group CEO of Tele2 AB. She is on the Board of BT Group and was chair of the audit committee and a non-executive director of Greggs until May 2019. She has also held financial and operational roles within 21st Century Fox, Virgin Media, Pr...

I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Inga Beale, former CEO of Lloyds of London. She has also been Group CEO of Canopius, an insurance company with it's principal operations at Lloyds, a member of the Global Management Board of Zurich Insurance Group in Switzerland and Group CEO of Swiss reinsurer Coverium. She was awarded her Damehood in 2017 for services to the UK economy and for playing a...

I am delighted to be joined today Merle Hall, Chief Executive Officer of Kinneir Dufort, a world leading user-centred innovation and product development consultancy. She has 20 years' experience in launching life-changing products and services globally for businesses such as Roche, AstraZeneca, Unilever, Coca Cola and Raspberry Pi. Merle sits on the board of Kerning the Gap, currently rolling out...

For our 2nd podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Tamara Box, Managing Partner for Europe & Middle East of international law firm Reed Smith LLP. Tamara was named a top 30 Inspirational Woman and Champion of Diversity by Brummel Magazine in 2015, Mentor of the Year by Women of the Future in 2016 and was named in the Financial Times HERoes 50 Champions of Women in Business List in 2017, 2018 and...

We are joined today by June Felix, CEO of IG group, one of only a handful of women CEOs in the FTSE 350. June was previously President of VeriFone Europe and Russia and MD of Citibank Enterprise Payments and GM of Banking and Financial markets for IBM.    In 2016, June was selected for the Most Influential Women in Payments program and in 2013 June was awarded the Edison Award for Innovation and a...