Past Shows

Jake Heggie: Grammy-Nominated Composer

KEY POINTS

  • Receiving Grammy nominations for Best New Classical Composition in 2019, and Best Classical Solo Vocal Album in 2022

  • Reactions to being named “arguably the world’s most popular 21st century opera and art song composer”- Wall Street Journal

  • The creation of Dead Man Walking, an opera with 80+ productions across 5 continents

Adriel Lares - Chelsea Football Club, Chief Financial Officer

  • KEY POINTS

  • The significance of being a Chief Financial Officer in an environment that exudes trust

  • Defining ‘success’ in business

  • The motives behind Adriel's decision to join Todd Boehly at Chelsea Football Club

Eric Friedman - Fitbit, Co-Founder

  • KEY POINTS

  • Founding one of the largest wearable technology companies in the world

  • The key principles needed to create a multi-billion dollar company

  • The moment Eric realized the “success” of Fitbit

Meredith Roberts - Disney Television, TV Animation Executive VP

  • KEY POINTS

  • Working for Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior and more

  • Involvement in the creation of infamous shows such as 'Phineas and Ferb' and 'Lilo & Stitch

  • Perseverance getting success in Hollywood and the cutthroat film industry

Oliver Hart - 2016 Noble Prize Winner & Harvard University Professor

  • KEY POINTS

  • Winning the 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

  • Successes and struggles of Oliver’s extensive academic career at Princeton, Warwick, LSE, Harvard and Cambridge

  • Life as chairman of the Harvard Department of Economics

Roderick Jones - Former FBI Liaison & U.S Presidential Bodyguard

  • KEY POINTS

  • Working in security for Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, John Reed and Jimmy Carter

  • Briefing at The White House, The Pentagon and Downing Street

  • London’s Special Intelligence Branch, combatting Al-Qaeda and Irish-Republican terrorists

  • Working with Bill Gates in philanthropy

Juan Sanchez - Clase Azul Tequila, Co-Founder

  • KEY POINTS

  • - Establishing one of the world’s largest tequila brands

  • How collaboration and varying perspectives are key blueprints for a successful business

  • Where the future of Clase Azul Tequila lies, and the the direction of the brand’s purpose

Spyros Economides - LSE, Senior Lecturer, Intl. Relations and Erpn. Politics

  • KEY POINTS:

  • Life as a Specialist Advisor to the EU Committee of the House of Lords

  • Successes and struggles of working as an international commentator on topics pertaining to Greece and the Balkans

  • How Spyros’ dissertation on the Greek Civil War was honored the Robert Mackenzie Award

Dennis Herrera - San Francisco, Former City Attorney

  • KEY POINTS

  • Then-mayor Willie Brown appointing Dennis as President of the San Francisco Police Commission

  • Working as the city attorney of San Francisco

  • Running for mayor of San Francisco in 2011, falling third in the city’s ranked choice-voting system

  • Bringing the first lawsuit in the nation against Donald Trump over threats to withhold billions in funding from sanctuary cities

Carla Antunes da Silva - Lloyd’s Banking Group, IR Director

  • KEY POINTS

  • Managing more than 26 million customers for Lloyds Banking Group

  • Why cryptocurrency is doomed to fail among the increasing uncertainty of the cost of living

  • Why banks are struggling to find talent, and gender in the business industry

Robert Senior - Saatchi & Saatchi, Worldwide CEO

  • KEY POINTS

  • Life as Worldwide CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s most important advertising agencies

  • Turning London’s Liverpool Street Station into a T-mobile campaign “Life is For Sharing”, with 150 million+ views

  • Winning “TV Commercial of the Year” at the British Advertising Awards

Joanna Rees - Venture Capitalist, Former Californian Political Candidate

  • KEY POINTS

  • Working alongside Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Richard Branson, Quincy Jones and Reed Hastings

  • Joanna's 2011 campaign to become Mayor of San Francisco

  • Being named “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum

Robin Eggar - Celebrity Interviewer and Writer

  • KEY POINTS

  • Interviewing David Bowie and Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones

  • Art and cricket with Mick Jagger, and the hilarious interview with Sting in a sauna

  • One of the only reporters in the world to cover the Band Aid recording

Martin Green - Cambrian Asset Management, CEO & Cryptocurrency Expert

  • KEY POINTS:

  • Managing 250 million+ in cryptocurrencies

  • The competitive nature of Silicon Valley and running a quantitative investment firm for digital assets in the Bay Area

  • The importance of a ‘small circle’ and why businesses fail to hire employees

Kent Luetzen - Former KMTV News Reporter & Journalist

  • KEY POINTS:

  • Successes and struggles of on-air reporting, and why the newsroom can be a façade

  • Covering COVID-19, George Floyd and the 2020 Presidential Election

  • The importance of false confidence, and why you should “fake it ‘till you make it” in a cutthroat industry

Melinda Bihn - International School San Francisco, Head of School

  • KEY POINTS

  • Managing more than $8,000,000 in financial aid

  • The wealth inequality in private schools vs public schools

  • The importance of staying true to yourself and setting a code, even in the wrong place

Dinis Guarda - Ztudium, Founder & Award-Winning Influencer

  • KEY POINTS

  • Founding Ztudium in 2011, a tech AI blockchain

  • The direction of Fintech, Blockchain and the Metaverse

  • Leadership in managing a social media following of 800,000+

  • KEY POINTS

  • Founding the first proprietary trading desk in Italy

  • The importance of applying to 34 banks with no job acceptance

  • How Corrado’s fame on the Italian stock exchange led to Morgan Stanley offering him a job in London, trading their Italian portfolio

Corrado Abbattista - Morgan Stanley & Fenician Capital, Former CIO

Steve Bruce - ASC Advisors, Founder & Hedge Fund Counsellor

  • KEY POINTS:

  • Winning the Presidential Volunteer Award, handed by George W. Bush

  • Providing counsel to financial services clients for more than 40 years

  • Advising hedge funds and private equity firms

  • Founding ASC Advisors, the industry’s largest alternative investment communications practice

Dr Justin Shek - Justin Shek D.D.S Prosthodontics & General Dentistry, Founder

  • KEY POINTS

  • Pressures of the dental industry and how to interact with clients

  • The importance of self-control in hazardous surgeries 

  • The direction of wealth within prosthodontics and dentistry

Brian Ferguson - Expedia, Former VP of Analytics

  • KEY POINTS:

  • Working as a leading provider in premium global data benchmarking and analytics

  • Navigating the global hospitality industry

  • Successes and struggles of strategic consulting