LSE Focal Point Podcast

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Christian Ulbrich! Mr Ulbrich is the CEO and President of Jones Lang LaSalle otherwise known as JLL. Christian joined JLL in 2005 as managing director for Germany. In 2009, he became CEO for the EMEA region, becoming Global CEO in 2016. Before this, Christian spent seven years as CEO of the Hamburg-based HIH group of companies, following 10 years in senior roles with German and international banks. Recorded in March 2021.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Kevin Hewitt! Mr Hewitt is the EMEA Chairman of FTI Consulting. Before becoming Chairman at FTI, Kevin was the head of FTI’s EMEA Corporate Finance Practice and prior to joining FTI, Mr Hewitt spent 25 years working in EY’s restructuring practice, having made partner in 1998. Recorded in November 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we are joined by Dominic Ashcroft! Mr Ashcroft is the Co-Head of EMEA Leveraged Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs alongside Luke Gillam. Mr Ashcroft started his career at Goldman Sachs in 2002 as an analyst in the UK Advisory team. In 2003, he moved to the High Yield Capital Markets desk and became a VP in 2008 and was named managing director in 2011. Recorded in February 2021.

One of my personal favourites! Join us for a special episode at Focal Point where today we interview Scott Bok! Mr Bok is the CEO and Chairman of Independent Advisory firm, Greenhill & Co. Prior to working at Greenhill & Co, Scott was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in the mergers, acquisitions and restructuring department and before that started out practicing mergers and acquisitions and securities law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Recorded in February 2021.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Yuri Khodjamirian! Mr Khodjamirian is a Fund Management professional and investor with ten years experience in UK and international equity markets. Yuri was responsible for building and co-managing a top-performing Fund while at Majedie Asset Management, a premier independent investment management boutique in London. He is the recipient of Financial News’s 40 under 40 Rising Star award. He is currently launching his own fund Mountain Pass Capital and also writes the blog https://www.snippet.finance. This is a curation of short, easy to digest snippets on investing, finance and macroeconomics written by an experienced fund manager. It is a great resource to improve your knowledge of investing and raise your commercial awareness. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Chris Grigg! Mr Grigg was the CEO of British Land for 11 years, one of the largest property development and investment companies in the UK with a portfolio of commercial property worth over £10Bn. Prior to joining British Land, Chris joined Goldman Sachs in 1985, rising to partner and left in 2005 to become Treasurer of Barclays Bank and briefly the CEO of Barclays Commercial Bank. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Ralph Schlosstein! Mr Schlosstein is the Co-CEO of Evercore. Before joining Evercore in 2009, Mr. Schlosstein was the Chief Executive Officer of HighView Investment Group and was the President of BlackRock for almost twenty years, the largest asset management firm in the world which he co-founded. Mr Schlosstein also worked for Lehman Brothers in Investment Banking and was also the Associate Director of The White House Domestic Policy Staff where he was responsible for advising President Carter on issues such as urban policy and economic development. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Pierre Lagrange! Mr Lagrange has had a varied and fascinating career. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Huntsman which he acquired in 2014. Huntsman is one of the oldest and most prestigious tailors on London's Saville Row and is also the setting for the Kingsman film franchise. Before acquiring Huntsman, Mr Lagrange co-founded famous hedge fund GLG Partners, later acquired by Man Group in 2010. Mr Lagrange started his career at JP Morgan, where he worked in government bond sales and trading. After working at JP Morgan, Mr Lagrange moved to Goldman Sachs where he managed global equity portfolios. Recorded in November 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Dietrich Becker! Mr. Becker is a Partner and Head of Perella Weinberg Partners’ Advisory business in Europe. Prior to joining Perella Weinberg Partners in 2006, Mr. Becker served as Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s Global Industrial Group. Mr Becker advised on the hostile takeovers of Mannesmann by Vodafone, the largest M&A deal in history and began his investment banking career with Merrill Lynch in 1991. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Andrew Hill! Mr Hill is an Associate Editor and Management Editor at the Financial Times and was named Business Commentator of the Year in 2016. Andrew is the author of Leadership in the Headlines and also writes in the FT's fortnightly satire Work Tribes. In 2014, Andrew conceived the "Strategy Live" concept for The 125, the FT's forum for next-generation leaders and in 2005 he helped launch the FT Business Book of the Year Award - the most prestigious literary prize of its type. Recorded in November 2020.