LSE Focal Point Podcast

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Hans Lorenzen! Mr Lorenzen is the Head of European IG Credit Strategy at Citi. Prior to his role at Citi, he was at BNP Paribas and ABN AMRO as Credit Strategists. Hans holds a Masters from LSE in Economics where he specialised in Econometrics and Monetary Economics.  Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another fantastic episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Philipp Koch! Dr. Koch is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. He is also the Leader of McKinsey's German Banking Practice and the Leader of McKinsey's European Asset Management Practice, with specialities in retail distribution, product management and organisational restructuring. Prior to McKinsey, Philipp graduated from the LSE with a masters and from the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg with a PhD. Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Henry Jackson! Mr Jackson is the Founder and CEO of OpCapita. Before OpCapita, he was the Head of the European Consumer and Retail Group at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. Henry has degrees in Finance (Wharton) and International Relations (University of Pennsylvania) and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Special Projects Committee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York and member of the Council of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Recorded in February 2021.

Join us for another brilliant episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by George Athanasopoulos! Mr Athanasopoulos is the Co-Head of Global Markets at UBS. Prior to UBS, he was the General Manager, Group Head of Trading, Sales and Structuring at Eurobank EFG, Managing Director, Global Head of FX Sales and Emerging Markets Sales at Barclays Capital and Managing Director, Head of FX Investor Sales EMEA at Merrill Lynch. George is also the Senior Sponsor for the Global Family Office Group at UBS. Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another remarkable episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Kevin Ellis! Mr Ellis is the Chairman and Senior Partner at PwC UK and Middle East Alliance. He joined PwC UK in 1984 in the Assurance division and shortly afterwards moved to the Business Recovery Services practice. In 1996 Kevin became a Partner at PwC UK, in 2006 the Head of Business Recovery Services, in 2008 the Head of Advisory and in 2012 the PwC UK's Managing Partner.  Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another fantastic episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Alistair Elliott! Mr Elliott is the Chairman and Senior Partner at Knight Frank. He joined Knight Frank on a graduate scheme and shortly afterwards became the Head of National Offices. Key projects include the acquisition of headquarters for Texaco in Canary Wharf and letting in 2000 of approximately 750,000 sq ft at Green Park, Reading to Cisco. In 2006, Alistair became the Head of Commercial Division and was responsible for 11 UK commercial offices. Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Clare Marchant! Ms Marchant is the CEO of UCAS. Prior to her role at UCAS, she was appointed the Worcestershire County Council's Chief Executive, where she led the organisation in delivering services for local residents and businesses. Clare has also worked in the NHS as a Chief Deployment Officer and at Deloitte as a Manager. She graduated with a History and Politics degree and later in life completed a Masters in Manufacturing, Management and Technology from the Open University whilst working. Recorded in November 2020.

Join us for another interesting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Matthew Ponsonby! Mr Ponsonby is the Head of Global Banking at BNP Paribas. Prior to his role at BNP Paribas, he was the Vice-Chairman of Banking and Co-Global COO of Barclays and was instrumental in developing its franchise across Europe. Matthew has also been a Managing Director at Citi and a Director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (Deutsche Bank). He is also a member of the Corporate Partnerships Board of GOSH, the UK's leading children's research hospital. Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another inspiring episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Rob Sim! Mr Sim is the Managing Partner at Europa Capital. Prior to his role at Europa Capital, he was the Associate Director at LaSalle Investment Management and Senior Surveyor at JLL. Rob is a graduate of the University of St Andrews and is currently an Urban Plan Volunteer at the Urban Land Institute. Recorded in February 2021.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Tom Wedgwood! Mr Wedgwood is the Co-Founder of Newton Europe Limited. He established the consulting company with his co-founders with the aim to be 'different and better'. Prior to his role at Newton, Tom graduated from Cambridge studying engineering and was a civil engineer until he decided to change careers and work in consulting at Hagen & Co.  Recorded in November 2020.