The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Adam Howe speaks to Rend Stephan, CEO of ClicData, a global data analytics and business intelligence company; the author of the book Anti-Complex: The Leadership Mindset for Ultimate Performance ; and the founding partner of endCX, helping leaders build anti-complex business models. Stephan shares why complexity can be a trap for organizations and argues...

In this podcast, Rudy Figueroa, the senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Mitsui Rail Capital, discusses the importance of DE&I and shares his insights on moving from a law firm to in-house counsel. He also talks about how his experience in HR and risk has informed his leadership capabilities and reflects on why it’s so important for general counsel and chief l...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Julian Ha speaks to Tim Hwang, the founder, chairman, and CEO of FiscalNote, an information services company focused on reshaping how companies understand global policy and market intelligence by combining AI technology, expert analysis and legislative regulatory and geopolitical data. Disclosure: Julian Ha has been an adviser to and is a shareholder in F...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Matti Takala speaks to Amy Chen, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Kone about industry shifts in the industrial sector and which leadership capabilities drive innovation forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Christina Cary speaks to Suni Lobo, the chief human resources officer at Marqeta, a digital payment, innovation, and modern card issuing platform company; and Missy Forlani, the chief people officer at PowerSchool, a global provider of cloud-based software for the K–12 education sector. Lobo and Forlani, who both recently stepped into their first public-c...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Tom Cunnigham speaks to Anish Batlaw, managing director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity investor. Batlaw discusses talent management strategy, must-have criteria for CFOs, and the global economic and geopolitical challenges ahead for this role.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Marianne Hill speaks to Candice Pillay, the newly appointed general manager of legal services for the BMW Group in South Africa. Pillay shares her interest in and commitment to the professional development of teams, specifically harnessing and developing talent from within to help companies achieve their goals. She also discusses the leadership trait...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Carlos Garcia speaks to Len DeCandia, former global chief procurement officer at Johnson & Johnson and former chief procurement officer at Estée Lauder. DeCandia, who has held multiple procurement and supply chain leadership roles throughout his career shares his thoughts on the evolution of these functions and what leadership capabilities have been m...

We know today that thriving cultures are sustained when leaders understand that culture is a journey in its own right and not a destination. This special episode of the Heidrick & Struggles’ Leadership Podcast is about organizational culture: what it means, how to build a positive one, and why it matters now more than ever. With the constancy of change in our world today and the looming econom...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Peter Behncke sits down with Michael Pontzen, the CFO of German chemicals company Lanxess, to discuss the challenges of the last few years, what lessons Pontzen learned from them, and how he plans to help Lanxess meet the continuing challenges of climate change, the war in Ukraine, and economic uncertainty. Lanxess aspires to be climate-neutral by 2040, a...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Francesca Michel speaks to Laura Ortman, the newly appointed chief executive officer of Cologix, a Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners–backed network neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Ortman, the company’s former president and chief revenue officer, shares her leadership philosophy for leading and managing in a fast-paced and...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Nick DeMagistris speaks to Jim Miller, board member and advisor at TheRealReal, Brambles, and Deep North, and former CTO and board member of Wayfair and VP of worldwide data center operations at Google, about the innovation and leadership trends in the data center and public cloud industry. Miller discusses what the next five years could look like for the...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Björn Lindberg speaks to Roger Hunter, vice president, E-Mobility, at Shell, the global energy company. Hunter shares where the energy and mobility markets are heading and how Shell is responding to these market trends from both an industrial perspective and a talent perspective. He also shares how his roles as chairman as well as his experience in a...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Victoria Reese speaks to Deborah Farone, a strategic marketing consultant in for professional services; a former chief marketing officer of two global law firms, Cravath, Swain & Moore and Debevoise & Plimpton; and the author of  Best Practices in Law Firm and Business Development and Marketing.  Reese and Farone discuss the importance o...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Sean McLean speaks to Theresa Jang, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Stantec, an award-winning international engineering and design company based in Canada and listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. Jang shares her career journey and what it was like taking on a CFO role in a new industry, and offers advice for aspiring...

AmerisourceBergen’s CFO and SVP of corporate responsibility and sustainability share some of the key ESG initiatives that AmerisourceBergen is currently focused on and how they collaborate on meeting their goals and communicate with their various stakeholders. In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Dorothy Badie speaks to Jim Cleary, executive vice president and CFO of AmerisourceBergen, and...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Claudia Schneider speaks with Livia Freudl, senior vice president and head of human resources at Varian, a radiation oncology treatment and software maker headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and now a Siemens Healthineers company. Freudl shares her insights on how Varian’s people strategy has evolved since Varian's acquisition and how she has bee...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Victoria Reese speaks to Tracey Heaton, Heidrick’s chief legal officer and corporate secretary, about the evolving role of the legal function. Heaton joined the firm in 2021 and is responsible for the company's global legal and compliance function. Prior to that, she was the senior vice president and chief corporate counsel for Visa Inc. Heaton discusses...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Matthieu Galian speaks to Alexandre Menais, executive vice president, group head of M&A strategy and corporate development, and group general counsel at Atos, a world-leading international information technology company listed in the CAC 40 Index. Menais shares his views on how leadership skills for success have changed because of the COVID-19 pandemi...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Scott Bae speaks with Ben Nyland, the president and CEO of Vancouver-based Loop Energy, an industry-leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of hydrogen fuel cell systems for vehicle OEMs and power generation system manufacturers. Bae and Nyland discuss the impact good leadership can have and how leaders of public companies can meet the challenge of...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Victoria Reese speaks to Scott Stengel, the general counsel at Ally Financial, a US-based bank holding and insurance company. Stengel discusses the greater ownership general counsels are now taking in the enterprise, and how he has been navigating the growing complexities of the regulatory environment and the role as well as becoming more of a strategic b...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Stefano Salvatore speaks to Andy Brown, CEO of Galp Energia, one of the leading companies in Southern Europe in oil and gas, and now also in solar assets. Brown shares his insights on where the energy sector is today as well as how Galp is responding to the sector’s continuous changes and volatility. He also shares how Galp is rethinking it...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Emilie Johnson, a principal and member of the global Industrial Practice, speaks to Marty Proctor, the vice chair of ARC Resources, a leading Canadian energy company, about the challenges and opportunities currently facing the oil and gas industry. Proctor shares the leadership strategies he believes are essential in driving organizations to embed sustain...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Rachel Farley speaks to Paula Stannett, the chief people officer at Heathrow Airport. Stannett discusses how she and her fellow executive team members dealt with the collapse of the aviation industry that was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and how they’ve been building the industry up again. She also discusses the importance of making...

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Shaloo Kulkarni speaks to Abakar Saidov, co-founder and CEO at Beamery, a talent lifecycle management platform headquartered in London. Saidov shares his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and discusses the process and goals of building his company’s culture and values as well as his perspective on how to think about building diverse and inclusive teams. F...