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In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Ash Borland Ash is a content creation fanatic! If it can be recorded and uploaded to the internet, then he is obsessed with it!!!! He has launched many podcasts over the years both for his business and others. With his own show reaching 13th in the UK Marketing Charts and also being in the top 2.5% of all podcasts globally. his social...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Darren Putt Founder & Managing Director of Motus - Health Coaching & Consultancy, Working with both individuals and organisations, to inspire real and long-term change by helping people to make their health a priority, Darren and his team use the link between health and mindset to help people and businesses manage stress, have...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to I-Lien Chen I-Lien is a dynamic, purposeful millennial with 7 years of global experience, notably in EMEA and APAC. She is passionate about empowering people and organizations to become the best of themselves with digital transformation, growth mindset, alliances and mindfulness. Currently based in Paris, France, she works as Partner...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Kath Wynne-Jones Kath is the Chief Officer of a partnership of health and social care organisations within s a borough of Greater Manchester. She leads the development and implementation of strategy, systems and processes, to ensure the effective delivery of care, through the integrated delivery arrangements. Kath is passionate about...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Tom Popel Tom has spent 13 years in the tech industry, working across EMEA, Asia and the U.S. Currently, he's a Director at Workday working in their Software alliances organization. His focus is on growing public cloud and strategic partnerships, as well as building, incubating and launching new partner programs for Workday. Tom has w...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Ioannis Antypas Ioannis Antypas is an entrepreneur, investor, author and currently the CEO & Founder of Workscan, an AI-powered industrial placement portal that helps students find placements and internships using automation. In today’s episode, Ioannis shares with us  – His passion for tech, innovation and AI The steps required f...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Shaina Banerjee Young Entrepreneur, technology advocate and a digital marketer. She is a passionate leader who oversees the GroSave vision and leads the delivery team. Shaina is a high school student with a desire to pursue an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. She is the winner of the Space Kidz India Young Scientist competiti...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Akua Opong Akua works as a Senior Analyst within the Corporate Technology team at London Stock Exchange Group. This focuses on overseeing and maintaining the company hardware and software systems, resolving technical issues acting as an escalation point for the first line support team through the ITIL framework. This involves onboardi...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Paniz Gorji Paniz Gorji is a Public Sector Client Executive with Microsoft Canada. Prior to joining Microsoft, she held variety of Sales and Business Development roles with some of the largest corporations across North America including Oracle, ADP, and Xerox. Her passions include supporting organizations transform through adoption of...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Victoria Ortigosa Victoria is a Senior Manager for Core Voice Strategic Initiatives at BT, where she collaborates with Senior Stakeholders and Leadership Teams to drive and deliver their future goals and ambitions. Victoria thrives on making a difference and is not afraid to challenge the status quo. Her passion, energy and determinat...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Temi Onanuga Temi has a BSc Honours degree in Economics, and Masters in Information Systems, and is an INSEAD Business School alumni, where she completed her executive education and obtained the Certificate in Global Management and leadership. A Collaborative leader with strong Stakeholder Management experience, and well-rounded on St...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Milena Kirandjiska Milena is a tenured Customer Success leader with people and innovation at the forefront of her approach. “Take care of your people and people will take care of your business” is her motto. She currently leads an EMEA-wide, Digital Customer Engagement function at SAP Concur where scaling value delivery for customers...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am sharing an episode of mi-brand Live where I share strategies on how to create your 2022 Vision and then begin LIVING it! - and discuss - The importance of having a vision of where you are headed Being intentional with your thoughts & actions Identifying the areas in your life where you want to create change Setting milestones, and achievable...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Veronica Riccio Veronica is the Head of Mentoring at the Fortune 500 travel-tech company Expedia Group. She has created her current role following her passion to build employees’ engagement through the power of mentorship. Veronica is a skilled relationship builder who founded the successful employee-based Mentoring Program with the a...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am sharing an episode of mi-brandLive where I share some ways in which you can slow down, create space, and be present during the holiday season -  Being Intentional & Creating Space Slowing down & Being Present to your day to day activities, instead of ticking off a to-do list Enjoying space, be it to read, meditate, take an afternoon nap…...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Tony Glasby In March 2021, Tony joined PPRO gmbh as SVP for Banking & Payments Strategy. PPRO GmbH is a privately held Fintech company, headquartered in Germany with an ambition to be a leading global infrastructure provider for cross border payments. Leveraging on his 35+ year corporate career, and extensive Finance and Regulator...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Kavya Nagarajan Kavya is a senior data engineering consultant working in an advanced analytics firm QuantumBlack, part of McKinsey & Company based out of London. She is passionate about large-scale data processing to solve real-world problems using machine learning. Her technical expertise includes data wrangling using Python, Spa...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Paul Morrison Paul Morrison is an enthusiastic and passionate leader in education, with over 25 years’ experience within the IT sector. He serves as the UK&I lead for Primary, Secondary and Further Education for Zoom Video Communications, Inc. where he helps schools and colleges to use video communications technology so that teach...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am sharing episode 316 of the IT Career Energizer Podcast where I was recently invited to join Phil Burgess for a chat. We discussed why – Hard work is only part of the reason you’ll advance in your IT career Standing out in the workplace is crucial You need to be remembered for the right reasons to the people who matter. You can check the IT Career...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am sharing an episode of mi-brandTV where I share the possibility of adapting your current strategy, to create the change you desire in your professional and personal life - and discuss - The belief that what worked for us previously should give us the same results every time - until it doesn’t The realisation that we may no longer be moving forward...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am sharing an episode of mi-brandTV where I discuss the importance of letting go of others' opinions, and how embracing them and allowing them to influence us can break our career! Others' opinions can easily influence us to the point at which we no longer show up as our authentic best self, for fear of what others will say; we hold ourselves back f...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Jeremy Suddards Jeremy is the Chief Executive Officer of Aptitude Software Group Plc, a fast growing Global Software business listed on the London Stock Exchange. He has spent 30 years in technology starting at the very bottom, selling the first desktop PCs to customers in a retail store. With limited formal qualifications but with sh...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Fiona Hathorn Fiona is the CEO of Women on Boards UK, an Advisory Panel Member to the Financial Reporting Council, Advisory Board member for 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 s...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Richard Pickard Richard has 20+ years’ experience in personally delivering recruitment solutions, both on a contingent & retained search basis; whilst also developing high performing teams delivering to a range of clients - from FTSE100 to start-up & scale-up tech firms to boutique SME businesses. He has grown teams as part of...

In today’s episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Anoop Nathwani Anoop is the Director Strategic Alliances at Consortio Consulting Ltd and Co-Founderof Alliance Accelerator. He Initiated and implemented a framework for the largest global supplier, side partner for one company worth £500M per year over 5 years and led a unique strategic alliance with an impact of £110M per annum. As a...