The Leaders Council Podcast

Rob Goddard is a mentor, investor and international speaker. He has founded numerous start-ups and through his eponymous business Rob Goddard Ltd provides insight, guidance and input to other business owners looking to go on their own leadership journey. Despite having started up his own consulting business in 2018, Rob remains involved in numerous firms, including Open Administrations Systems Ltd...

Chris Luff MBE is an established entrepreneur with vast experience in the CSR sphere. He is currently CEO of the Watford and West Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce. Chris has witnessed the rising demand for CSR (corporate social responsibility) over more than 30 years and has moved to help businesses demonstrate their awareness of sustainability in order to retain clients.

Terence Carvalho is the regional director for Portsmouth at Delivered Social, a social media and marketing agency. Carvalho currently serves as a Portsmouth Ambassador for Shaping Portsmouth and board trustee for The Literacy Hubs in Portsmouth. He is also an ambassador networking group ‘NetworkMyClub’.

Ian Drew is a FTSE 50 senior executive and entrepreneur in the global technology sector and has a proven track record of delivering growth. Ian is experienced in major areas of technology including Internet of Things [IOT], servers, security, automotive, telecommunications and software. He has established several of his own businesses, and served as non-executive of Linaro and Trustonic in the pas...

Will Crosthwait is the CEO and founder of Find Me Sales, an AI business that helps customers find and contact B2B sales leads. Will is especially passionate about AI and has a demonstrated history of working in the technology sphere. His previous experience includes building complex platforms and systems at businesses such as Kensai, Countryfi and Auditionist.

Elliot Newsham is the commercial manager at Peak, a decision intelligence company which aims to place AI at the centre of all commercial decision-making. Elliot and Peak advocate an outcomes focused approach towards artificial intelligence, bringing engineers, data scientists and commercial decision-makers to deliver value and overhaul how business decisions are made.

Robert Pye is the co-founder of Ethos VO Ltd, a network of social entrepreneurs and innovators who solve complex problems through forming businesses which seek to positive social, environmental and economic outcomes. Pye co-founded Ethos alongside Tony Clarke in 2010. The network is unique in that it doesn’t possess a standard office space or hierarchy.

Carol Kelly is managing director at KSA Learning, a leading provider of sales improvement solutions specialising in construction. The business combines expert industry insight with bespoke training and development to deliver improved results, and is a leading UK firm in sales development today. In her director role, Carol works closely with KSA clients to create development plans tailored to indiv...

Dave Close is a director of Hot Chocolate Trust, a youth work organisation, based in Dundee, Scotland. He also sits on the board of Creative Dundee, which works to amplify, connect and showcase creative local talent and activities to the world. Dave has a history of being active in youth work and development in Scotland. He has worked with Hot Chocolate Trust since 2013.

Jamie Gray is the founder of The Acoustics Agency, a company which offers a range of acoustic services, from consultancy & testing, to design support, through to supply and installation of aesthetic and functional acoustic products. Having started his career in the sporting world as a footballer for Southend United, Jamie has since ventured into the business world and has a proven track record...

Adwoa Owusu-Banahene is a director of TOBS Consultancy Limited, specialising in public sector construction procurement and contracts. Working across central government and local authorities, the company provides end to end procurement advice, guidance and delivery of major public sector development, generations and construction projects and programmes.

Tracy Clark is a multiplier mindset and leadership coach, helping empower business owners to become multipliers and transform their leadership, performance and results. Tracy works with founders and entrepreneurs to challenge and expand their thinking, which leads to them becoming empowered to create outstanding commercial results and disrupt markets.

Kevin Brent is the founder and managing director of BizSmart, a company which supports business owners in building scalable, sustainable and valuable businesses. In 2012, Kevin established BizSmart to help other business leaders scale-up their enterprises. It provides a proven scale-up methodology and peer support service to help entrepreneurs bring their business up to the next level. --- To take...

Paul Blair is the CEO and founder of ArcX Technology, a sporting goods manufacturer on a mission to improve the world’s health and wellness by creating the most innovative, accessible and revolutionary wearable technology. Prior to his foray into the business world, Paul served as a paratrooper in the Armed Forces and gained a wealth of experience over a military career that spanned 20 years.

Mark Ashton is a leadership entrepreneur who founded The Resolving Group in 2005, a provider of practical coaching, mentoring, fractional management and consulting support to owners, leaders and management teams of privately-owned businesses. He led the growth of a hi-tech business in the USA from $6 million to $20 million in four years, has spent 25 years as a trusted advisor and solver of tough...

Stewart Munro is managing director at Pentland Medical and Innovel Ltd. Pentland supplies unique, patented patient and staff safety products to the UK Healthcare sector. Innovel is a company that licenses patented MedTech solutions from hospitals, universities and individuals, and develops, produces and markets the finished products globally.

Simon Lister is managing director of ML Financial Associates, a Norfolk-based financial advisory firm. Having entered the financial services sector in 1997, Lister became an independent financial adviser in 2001 and now works as a pension specialist. According to the Million Dollar Round Table in 2017, Lister is ranked in the top one per cent of financial advisers worldwide.

Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa is a published author with his own publishing company, Leyman Publications. He is also the incumbent CEO of Moni Investments Ltd, a firm involved in UK investment in new project developments in the high-tech sector, telecoms and e-mobility. Dr Charles is a veteran business leader who has founded a string of organisations. He is a proficient public speaker and has deliver...

Jamie Bykov-Brett is a social entrepreneur and the founder of MetaHub, a company which uses the latest cutting-edge visualisation technology to craft metaverse environments that immerse business teams in a custom virtual meeting hub. Jamie originates from a working class background and had a history of youth work before moving into the technology space. He continues to carry out youth work on beha...

Hannah Strawbridge is the CEO and founder of HanLawCo, a Legal 500 listed employment lawyer providing commercial, strategic and pragmatic employment law advice to individuals and businesses, both employers and employees. Hannah set-up her own firm HanLawCo in 2019 on a mission to promote positive change and improve working lives.

Andy Caulton is the founder and CEO of Hope Energy UK, a business on a mission to tackle climate change by becoming the UK’s greenest energy provider. After cutting his teeth in the energy sector with nPower as an analyst, Andy went on to spend a further six years working as an IT auditor for KPMG before ascending the corporate ladder into business leadership with stints as associate director for...

Lisa Brady is the owner of Perfect Recruitment, a recruiter and supplier of permanent staff to the catering, hospitality and food industries. Perfect Recruitment covers provision of roles in these sectors from senior management right down to frontline staff. Lisa built her own business from the ground up, buying Perfect Recruitment’s base of operations as a shell building and researching and desig...

Tracy Powley is the director of operations at Focal Point Training, a company which specialises in delivering solutions that help organisations shape workplace behaviour, in order to create more respectful and inclusive working environments. Stella Chandler is the director of development at Focal Point Training, a company which specialises in delivering solutions that help organisations shape work...

Simon Lister is managing director of ML Financial Associates, a Norfolk-based financial advisory firm. Having entered the financial services sector in 1997, Lister became an independent financial adviser in 2001 and now works as a pension specialist. According to the Million Dollar Round Table in 2017, Lister is ranked in the top one per cent of financial advisers worldwide.

Angela De Souza is the CEO and founder of Women’s Business Club, an organisation working to empower women to succeed in business. Angela is a seasoned business leader with a background in marketing, sales, budgets and strategic planning. Aside from her work with Women’s Business Club, Angela also co-founded Muffin & Poppy, a British shorthair cat breeder and supplier of cat-related merchandise...