The Signium Interview Podcast
Fascinating and insightful leadership interviews with some of Irelands top CEO's and business leaders.
Episodes
Kenny Jacobs - CEO, daa answers business leaders’ questions on managing stakeholder relationships in daa, tips and trips for C level roles and leadership mistakes, lessons learned for next world catastrophe and his ideal dinner party guests, among other things.
Ken Bowles, Group Chief Financial Officer, Smurfit Kappa Group answers business leaders’ questions on aligning the culture and governance of SKG with WestRock post-merger, as well as looking at IP (Intellectual Property) due diligence, artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability & ESG within the organisation.
“It’ll be culture, it’s got to be about how do we blend the good bits of Smurfit Kappa with the good bits of WestRock”
Ken Bowles, CFO of Smurfit Kappa Group, shares his insights on the recent announcement of the merger with WestRock creating the world’s largest packaging company with combined revenue of circa $34bn, EBITDA of $5.5bn and circa 100,000 employees across 42 countries. A...
“Never run out of cash, never run out of nerve.”
Aengus Kelly, CEO and Executive Director of AerCap, the largest owner of commercial aircraft in the world, shares his insights on the importance of Ireland as a global aviation finance hub, the future of the aviation industry post COVID and his views on the challenges facing the aviation sector in the race towards a more sustainable planet.
A Chartered Accountant with...
Aengus Kelly, CEO and Executive Director of AerCap, the largest owner of commercial aircraft in the world answers business leaders’ questions on whether AerCap and other aircraft lessors will play a more significant role in aircraft specification in the future; the development and use of eFuels in the airline industry; the impact on China’s demand for new aircraft and the Chinese government’s ban on purchasing air...
***Apologies for audio quality*** Senior business leaders join us for an insightful interview with Fionnuala Meehan, Head of Google Ireland. As well as career highlights, we will explore her thoughts on the future of the online technology sector in Ireland, Dynamic Problem Solving and Helicopter Management, Nurturing Culture - Diversity, Inclusion, Respect, AI & Machine Learning, Technology Optimism & Sustainability,and onG...
***Apologies for audio quality*** Fionnuala Meehan, the Head of Google Ireland answers business leaders’ questions on corporate governance and regulation in the tech sector, measuring and tracking success, sustainability and Google’s carbon neutrality, whether Ireland’s education system delivers the skill-set required to prepare graduates for tech roles, the professional development curriculum within Google and th...
Senior business leaders join us for an insightful interview with Eddie O’Connor, then Executive Chairman of Mainstream and widely acknowledged as a global leader in the renewable energy sector. We explore his thoughts on the future of the sector, as well as:
- how close he came to losing Mainstream
- why culture is the trickiest thing to deal with of all.
- the importance of purpose in your business life
- how to develop resilience
- ho...
Eddie O’Connor, then Executive Chairman of Mainstream answers business leaders’ questions on topics such as keeping people motivated, developing resilience, coping with the struggles and sleepless nights, electrifying the 2 million cars on Irish roads and the implications for the Irish electricity grid, and the possibility of a European super grid in the future.
The inaugural Signium Interview was held on the 9th March 2016 with Patrick Kennedy, then Deputy Governor of Bank of Ireland and Chairman of CarTrawler, the private-equity-backed online travel business, shares his insights on the transformation of Power Power under his 10-year leadership, their innovative and mischievous branding and marketing, the acquisition of Sportsbet Australia, the failures and learnings along the way, among ...
Patrick Kennedy, ex CEO of Power Power and then Deputy Governor of Bank of Ireland and Chairman of CarTrawler answers business leaders’ questions on topics such as whether companies should develop people internally or go external for new talent, the challenges faced in CarTrawler & Bank of Ireland, whether Ireland has the infrastructure & funding to build the tech sector, what graduates in Ireland are missing in order...
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