Vivienne is CEO of the FTSE Women Leaders Review, the UK government-backed framework tracking and driving gender representation across the boards and leadership teams of the FTSE 350 and the UK's largest private companies. Tune into this episode to hear about: How Princess Anne left Vivienne lost for words when receiving her OBE (01:20) The subprime meeting that predicated the financial crisis - and why no one listened (03:31) How to challenge without confronting: the running water approach (09:11) Why Vivienne resigned and why it wasn't walking away (11:46) The rainmaker problem: why boards protect the wrong people (16:14)  Forget the rules on data privacy (19:16) Her lessons from a real data breach (21:19) The questions every board should ask before replacing staff with AI (24:04) What good AI governance actually looks like (27:17) What it's really like to be the only woman in the room (31:06) ⚡The Lightning Round⚡(34:49)

Host: Oliver Cummings

Producer: Will Felton

Editor: Penelope Coumau

Music: Kate Mac

Audio: Nick Kold

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Web: https://www.nurole.com/nurole-podcast-enter-the-boardroom