The Business Case - with Mark Wharrier and Phil Clark
Conversations with inspiring business leaders in the UK. Presented by Mark Wharrier and Phil Clark, two experienced financial markets professionals with over 75 years combined industry experience. In each episode, we interview a founder or CEO of a UK business that has excelled in their role. We discuss the high's and low's, the lessons learned and stories behind the leader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Henry Engelhardt is one the UK's most successful business leaders. Founder of the insurer Admiral Group in 1991. We'll be deep diving into Henry's career, understanding what makes him tick, the high's and low's he has experienced and the insights that have shaped his success.
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Our first guest on the Business Case is Nigel Terrington, the CEO of Paragon Banking Group, one of the UK's largest specialist lending banks. Nigel is the longest serving CEO in the FTSE 250, having held the position since 1995. In this conversation we discover the factors behind this remarkable leadership tenure, what he believes the market is missing in the underlying quality of Paragon and how the bank is positioned to use data ...
Ric Traynor is the founder of Begbies Traynor, the UK’s market leader in business rescue and recovery services, receiving more corporate insolvency appointments than any other UK firm. Ric founded the group in 1989 and under his leadership has diversified into corporate finance, business advisory and real estate consultancy with over 100 offices across the UK. The Group has grown pre-tax profits over 20% p.a. for the last deca...
Helen Mahy is the Chair of NextEnergy Solar Fund Plc, a leading specialist solar energy and energy storage investment company and a NED at SSE Plc. In this conversation we discover the factors behind what makes a successful Board and Executive working relationship, discuss the merits of ESG and some of the challenges of the energy transition in the UK. Helen really brings to life her extensive corporate experience with some fantast...
Mark Browning is the CEO of Zinc Media, a TV production and brand content creation company listed on AIM. Mark has been CEO since 2019, during which time the Group has been transformed through a series of acquisitions and disposals.
Zinc has developed a strong track record of growth during Mark’s tenure and Mark gives some great insights into what’s been behind the Group’s success, key opportunities ahead for the Grou...
Katherine Roe is the CEO of Pharos Energy, an oil production group with assets in Egypt and Vietnam. Katherine was previously the CEO of Wentworth Resources after a career in Finance focused on the oil and gas sector.
Katherine shares some great insights into operating in both the Finance and Oil industries and the importance of building relationships with diversified stakeholder groups. Katherine explains her st...
Simon Rogerson is a Co-Founder and CEO of Octopus Group. From a start up 25 years ago Octopus is now a multi-billion pound enterprise with activities across energy, financial services and education.
In a revealing conversation, Simon explains how he and the team have achieved this success and where he sees compelling future opportunities.
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Chris Jowsey is the CEO of Admiral Taverns, one of the leading pub companies in the UK with over 1400 pubs owned by private equity group. In this conversation, Chris shares the key factors behind what has made Admiral successes and the ultimate value in being a partner of choice of all stakeholders.
Chris talks about the differences between being public and being owned by private equity. Chris has had a fascinati...
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