What needs to change to help women-led businesses get more investment? 

Self proclaimed 'startup finance geek', GlobalScot Evelyn Simpson is highly respected for her work supporting women-led businesses and advocating increased investment in them. Her past experience in finance took her to Asia. Since becoming a GlobalScot she now chairs charity Venture Scotland. 

Evelyn speaks in the week of the publication of the 2023 independent report on women in entrepreneurship, led by Ana Stewart and Mark Logan, and as the latest progress report into the Rose review of women entrepreneurship is revealed. Has the dial been shifted for supporting women in business and is the investment environment able to help  their ventures thrive?

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

Plan for uncertainty, cautions GlobalScot Vicky Brock, CEO of Vistal Works - the data technology business which protects shoppers from the harm of fake and illicit goods.

With over 20 years working with data and founder of several technology companies, Vicky shares her observations on how building a technology company has changed and the importance of thinking internationally from Day One. Today her business, Vistal Works, has offices in Estonia and Scotland, and works with governments, regulators and enforcement agencies to protectshoppers from the harm of fake and illicit goods. Vicky has herself benefited from GlobalScots during her business journey, and she offers practical advice to companies looking to navigate their business through perhaps unprecedented turbulent times both politically and economically.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

"Do your homework!" - good advice from GlobalScot Mhairi Main Garcia who shares her advice on how you can use the GlobalScot network to help you do just that in our latest podcast.

Mhairi Main Garcia is Middle East Regional Head of Energy, Transport & Infrastructure, and a Partner in the legal firm Dentons. She has been away from Scotland for more than a quarter of a century, but she will always call it home. She has a passion for renewable energy and climate related matters, and is the author of numerous publications in the energy sector - many of which she has uploaded to the GlobalScot website.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

Listen now as our dynamic duo Jamie and Lyly describe their mission to increase diversity and inclusion in tech from the start. How fostering start ups with impact at the heart of their business model builds a a better world for the next generation. 

We speak to Jamie Soon, Technical Innovation Manager, Essilor and Lyly Lepinay ahead of her start in a new role as Corporate Website Manager for Sanofi, about their longstanding partnership; working together to embed diversity and inclusion within the tech sector and how they are using the GlobalScot network to build bridges between Scotland and other tech ecosystems.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

Listen now to hear how an Angus-based farming family launched spirits company Arbikie, with sustainability and continuous innovation baked-in from the start.

This podcast episode features GlobalScot Iain Stirling, co-owner of Arbikie Distillers, a family business with its heritage in farming and now responsible for a portfolio of 'field to bottle' spirits including Nadar Gin, Kirsty's Gin and Arbikie 1794 Highland Rye Whisky. The continuously innovating family behind the Arbikie brand recently announced plans to power the distillery with onsite wind and hydrogen.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

With her unrivalled experience and expertise with some of the world’s most iconic premium brands in consumer industries, GlobalScot Jacqui Gale, CEO of Wax Lyrical shares her insights and advice for Scottish companies driving their international growth. In her numerous roles including founding her own business and working and living across the globe, ,Jacqui has been responsible for rapid international growth in the beauty, textile and home products markets – including taking a small Scottish brand to international markets. 

Listen now to the latest episode in our podcast series, with GlobalScot Jacqui Gale.
 
Jacqui is passionate about how networks and connections are vital in helping explore new market opportunities and using that knowledge to minimise risk and navigate a an industry which Jacqui observes “….in the last 10 years technology has moved retail faster than the last 40. I think in the last two it's moved it faster than the last 10.”

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and how the industry has changed and continues to change now. It's also a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

How can you use data to tell a compelling story and chart the future direction for a business, its products and services and how customers access them? Listen now to the latest episode in our podcast series, with GlobalScot Paul Pierotti.

Paul Pierotti, Partner in EY Ireland's Data Analytics & Emerging Technology Practice, is passionate about active use of analytics. Paul explains how businesses can use data to light a meaningful path forward for business strategy and to provide customers with the products and services they really want.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and how the industry has changed and continues to change now. It's also a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.

As Glasgow hosts COP26, this month’s podcast features GlobalScot Kenny Murdoch, CFO of Acteon, which focuses on the energy sector and leading on energy transition. Not only a highly experienced CFO but also actively involved in a number of communities and networks, Kenny is also a coach with learning and development platform Everwise.

In this episode he offers an abundance of practical observations including how business can embrace the opportunities of energy and also wider opportunities for businesses wishing to optimise their experiences of internationalisation.  Kenny reflects on the start of his career and learning at Paisley College of Technology – now University of the West of Scotland, which appointed him as a Governor earlier in 2021.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and how the industry has changed and continues to change now. It's also a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.
 
 Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International. 

GlobalScot Evelyn MacLean pioneered as one of the first women in oil and gas in Scotland. From her early days at the Nigg fabrication yard in the Highlands, to leading supply chain and procurement in Houston, Texas, for organisations including BP and Halliburton, she describes an approach which combines determination and collaborative leadership. She is currently advisor to the International Oil and Gas Producers Association, passionate about diversity and inclusion as a driver for the workforce of the future.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and how the industry has changed and continues to change now. It's also a chance for today's businesses to understand how they can apply expert insights from across our network, to identify distinctive opportunities for their own businesses today.

Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International. 

GlobalScot Dave Tudor - who is Co-Chair of the industry leadership group Life Sciences Scotland and Managing Director of the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) - reflects on how life sciences in Scotland is growing and how the pharma industry has changed throughout his career to date.

Our podcast theme Past, Present and Futureproofing, puts the spotlight on some of our industry leading GlobalScots across a range of sectors. It's a chance to reflect on personal experiences in business and how the industry has changed and continues to change now. In this episode, GlobalScot Dave Tudor looks at the highlights of a career in pharmaceutical manufacturing, considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and looks ahead at how collaboration, data and personalisation will change the medicines supply chain.




Any views or opinions expressed in Podcast episodes are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily represent those of Scottish Enterprise or Scottish Development International.