The Leaders Council Podcast

Phillip Forrest-Smith is the managing director of FSW Design, a product design and development company based in Nottingham.

Simon Macaulay is the owner and chairman of Anglo Recycling, a business in Lancashire’s Rossendale Valley which recycles clothing, virgin carpet, and jute sacking; materials which normally would go to landfill and manufactures over 150 different products.

Anthony Corish is the headteacher of The Douay Martyrs RC Secondary School in Ickenham, Hillingdon, London, a mixed academy for students aged 11–19 which forms part of the Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust.

Stuart Smith is the headteacher of St. Mary’s Church of England Primary School, based in the Selly Oak area of Birmingham, West Midlands.

Tom Powney is the managing director of Briggs Shoes, an independent, family owned and run retail fashion business established in 1863.

Michael Goldie is the managing director of Portal Security Ltd, a firm which provides a range of security services including the provision of security personnel; the manufacture and installation of CCTV systems; and property management.

Peter Mills is the Managing Director and Co-founder of Pantera Carpentry, a leading carpentry and joinery contractor in London and the South East.

Joanne Roebuck is the Clinical Director at CARE Fertility, one of the world’s leading providers of fertility treatment, genetic diagnosis and screening techniques and associated fertility preservation procedures.

James Scott is the campus principal of Stockport College, a further education institution in Stockport, Cheshire, which merged with Trafford College in 2018 to form The Trafford College Group.

Elaine Ferry is the Founder and Director of Elaine's Travel Co. an independent travel agent based in Marlborough.

Byron Dixon OBE is the CEO and founder of Micro-Fresh, a pioneering biotechnology company based in Leicester, Leicestershire.

Andy Mills-Brown is the CEO of Talent Artistic Group, an award-winning theatrical show producer and live entertainment booking agency.

Tim Swann is the director and founder of Form Bespoke Jewellers, a retailer of high standard jewellery from ethically sourced precious stones and metals, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Bob Barbour is the director and chief executive of the Centre for Competitiveness NI, an independent, private sector, not-for-profit, non-partisan, membership organisation.

James Laurie is one of the managing directors of JRL Brickwork, a national brickwork contractor based in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Helen Spink is the managing director of Tiddlywinks Day Nursery, a private nursery for babies, toddlers and preschoolers located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

John Lane is the headteacher of St. Michael’s Catholic Primary School in Ashford, Surrey; a Voluntary Aided Catholic Primary School under the trusteeship of the Diocese of Westminster, teaching children aged two to 11.

Gary Gallen is the CEO and founder of rradar, a specialist litigation and commercial law firm that uses legal expertise and digital tools to proactively manage, advise, and deliver business solutions to reduce legal risk.

Violet Walker is the Headteacher of Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School, a comprehensive school and converter academy for students aged 11 to 18 based in London.

Olivia Mikhail is the Owner of Kew Little Pigs, The UK's leading miniature pig farm, with knowledge and passion spanning over a decade.

Julia Sandiford-Mitchell is the Headteacher of Shawclough Community Primary School, a two-form entry primary school for children aged two to eleven.

Graham Stickland is the Founder and Director of Contact Consulting UK, an international management consultancy who specialise in developing the capability of people to lead, manage and perform.

Carolyn Howell MBE is the CEO of Solo Housing [East Anglia] Ltd, a company which provides a range of affordable accommodation options for single people.

Iain Tindall is the founder and owner of Belay Rope Access, an IRATA and Global Wind Organisation accredited training provider based in East Sussex.

Deborah Brown is the headteacher of Buckton Vale Primary School in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester.