An insightful listen from seasoned leader Sharon Mars Leach. Sharon is the Chief Customer Officer for Iomart and experienced Board Director with a focus on building a people focused team. Recorded in summer of 2021, there are so many key messages that resonate we just had to share this again as part of our Future Leaders Forum.   

We recorded our Rules of Leadership podcast with Judy Keir, Chief People Officer at SMS plc and one of our speakers at our recent Future Leaders Event in Glasgow. 

Judy gave us a fascinating insight at our event into her career to date, how she learned how to be a good leader and some fantastic advice. We were lucky enough to record a podcast covering similar topics with Judy which is now available for our Future leaders members to listen to.

Recorded: April 2021

Chris is an award-winning entrepreneur CEO with a track record in value creation through fast growth, scaling-up and digitisation, delivering returns to investors. He was co-founder of Spark Energy, driving and leading the business from an early stage. A challenger brand to the big 6 energy companies, Chris was appointed as CEO in 2014 and successfully led an MBO in 2016.

Involved in various board appointments, Chris enjoys helping individuals communicate, build and realise their vision.

He is currently involved in 3 businesses:

1. Sandstone,      a Residential Real Estate Asset Manager, partnered with Grant Property      they look after sourcing, renovation, furnishing and management. To date      they have helped clients from >40 countries invest >£650m and      generate average annual returns of 28%.
   
   2. Equator is a leading Digital      Transformation Agency and helps clients adopt value creating digital      strategies and technology. Our approach strategically combines      consultancy, data, creativity, engineering and marketing to enable growth      and create value.
   
   3. One-11 consulting is a      services company that provides advisory and coaching to high growth,      entrepreneur led businesses. Through non-exec, chairman and strategic      advisor roles the aim is to help individuals and businesses communicate,      build and realise their vision while navigating growth, governance and      exit planning demands.

In addition, Chris Chairs Independent Graphene Ltd to help its exec and shareholders to realise value from an exciting technology breakthrough to produce high performing pure 3D Graphene Foam.

Date of Podcast Recording: June 2021

The latest episode in our podcast series is with Jennifer Phin, Managing Director for A.C. Whyte and Company, a leading energy efficiency contractor in the construction industry.

Jennifer gives us a fascinating insight into her career to date - an excellent listen and a fantastic addition to our Future Leaders Forum.

Recorded: May 2021

David Sole OBE is well known both in rugby circles and business, having won 44 caps for Scotland and three caps for the successful 1989 British and Irish Lions. Highlights include winning a Grand Slam in 1990, made famous by his determined march onto the Murrayfield turf, in addition to leading Scotland to a semi-final of the Rugby World Cup in 1991.

As an experienced executive coach and a co-founder of The School for CEOs, a programme to support leaders as they transition into the CEO role by offering practical lessons for immediate use, David was a natural fit for MM Search’s launch of The Future Leaders Forum.

RECORDED: 4th FEBRUARY 2022