LSE Focal Point Podcast

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Jay Bregman! Mr Bregman is the CEO & cofounder of Thimble, a start-up designed to make insurance simpler for small businesses which has now raised over $30M from investors. Prior to Thimble, Jay founded Hailo, a ride-sharing company in London backed by investors such as Sir Richard Branson, Hailo was acquired by Daimler, the automotive company behind Mercedes Benz and was rebranded to FreeNow. Recorded in December 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Michael Seibel. Mr Seibel is the CEO and partner of Y Combinator, Y Combinator is a start-up accelerator headquartered in California that has helped launch the likes of AirBnB, DropBox, Twitch and Reddit. Prior to working at Y Combinator, Michael co-founded Justin.tv/Twitch and was also CEO of Socialcam which he later sold to Autodesk in 2012. Recorded in November 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Dr. Colin Light! Dr. Light is a Partner at Strategy& as well as the UK Strategy& Consulting Practice leader and a member of the EMEA Strategy& leadership team. Prior to his work at Strategy&, Colin was a Partner at PWC in Hong Kong and Mainland China as well as having been the Interim Chief Corporate Development and Operations Officer at HTC as a secondment from PWC. Recorded in October 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Stephen Newton! Mr Newton is the CEO and Founder of Elixirr with the vision of building the best consultancy firm in the world. Prior to founding Elixirr in 2009, Stephen was a managing partner at Accenture, a partner in Financial Services at IBM as well as a Global Account Principal at KPMG. Recorded in September 2020. 

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Benoît Durteste! Mr Durteste is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), a global alternative asset manager with over €45BN of assets, specialising in financing private debt, credit and equity. Benoît has had considerable experience within financial services, prior to working at ICG, Benoît was a Managing Director for Swiss Re in their London Structured Finance division and also worked within BNP Paribas Leveraged Finance among other firms.  Recorded in October 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Mary Nicholson! Ms Nicholson is the Head of Responsible Investment and Managing Director at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). Mary has worked with Macquarie in a variety of roles for over 15 years and prior to Macquarie, she worked within audit at PWC. Recorded in October 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode at Focal Point where today we interview Ian Stewart! Mr Stewart is a Partner and Chief Economist at Deloitte,  where he advises Boards and companies on macroeconomics. Ian devised the Deloitte Survey of Chief Financial Officers and writes a popular weekly economics blog, the Monday Briefing. Among his previous roles, Ian was also the Chief Economist for Europe at Investment Bank Merrill Lynch. Recorded in September 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode with Hermann Hauser. Mr Hauser is an entrepreneur, having started Acorn Computers and assisted in spinning out technology giant ARM as well as founding and co-founding Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network. Hermann later co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners which invests and supports high-growth technology companies around the world!  Recorded in September 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode with Robert Thomson! Mr Thomson is the Managing Partner at strategy consulting firm Roland Berger. Robert focuses on the aerospace and defence industry, consulting clients on strategy, M&A and operational improvement. Interestingly, Robert has also worked as an Investment Fund Manager as well and is the founder of Objective Asset Management, a specialist investment company! Recorded in September 2020.

Join us for another exciting episode with Sir Charles Bean! Sir Bean served as the Chief Economist at the Bank of England from 2000 to 2008 and continued his career as the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England from 2008 to 2014. Having helped forecast and guide the bank through such historic times, Sir Charles was later knighted and is currently a professor of Economics at our very own LSE! Recorded in September 2020.