Portera Connect

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Frederik Maris, Head of EMEA at Zoom to talk about his story, where he comes from, ideas of leadership, purpose, authenticity and sales.

In this episode, we're joined by serial entrepreneur who's interested in inspiring founders and leaders with growing pains to ignite them to the next level. We talk about his journey, where he comes from, the evolution of his life and his ambitions for the future.

In today's episode, we're joined by Kick van der Staak, VP Omni Customer Experience at Footlocker. We talk about his journey, where he comes from, his approach towards success, happiness and much more. Kick, thanks for joining us.

In this episode, Baris Kavakli sits down with Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken. Both Bart and Floris are part of Team Portera and have put themselves on the map by winning the World Title in the 49er class for the 3rd time in a row. The Dutch duo also won Gold at the 49er test event in Marseille and recently won the World Sailor of the Year Award. In this episode, we sit down to talk about their journey, where they come from, competitive sailing and how they've been able to stay at the top-level for so long.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with Maxime Jonker. Maxime is a world-class sailor that competes in the ILCA6 class, with a 1x World Championship Medal and a 2x European Championship Medal to her name. They talk about her journey, where she comes from, how she defines success and her ambitions for the future.

In this episode, Waleed Siraj sits down with the dynamic duo of the 49’er class, Annette Duetz & Odile van Aanholt, who have their names etched in sailing history with their Conny Rietschoten Trophy win. With 4 world-titles combined, and ranked #1 in their class, Annette and Odile are at the very top of their game approaching the Olympics this year.

We talk about their roots, origins, purpose, sailing, communication and the ultimate ambition.

In today's episode, we're joined by Baris Kavakli and Annemiek Bekkering. Annemiek is a 2x World Champion, 1x European Champion and an Olympic Bronze Medalist in the Women's 49erFX class in competitive sailing. Now taking on a role as a project manager with the Sailing Innovation Center, she's looking to take this sport to the next level.

In this episode, we're joined by Paqui Lizana. Paqui is the Global Head of Technology Innovation at IKEA. We talk about innovation, technology and purpose - diving into the core story of who Paqui is as a person and her ambitions for the future. We touched on aspects of what defines innovation, what drives her, her ideas of happiness and success and much more.

In this episode, we sit down with Oliver Baggaley, the Director of Group Mechanization at Ahold Delhaize. We sit down to talk about his story, the passion he holds for addressing societal topics around food, mobility and education through technology and innovation. Now building the global capabilities in mechanization for Ahold Delhaize, he has a unique challenge ahead of him.

Waleed Siraj had the opportunity to understand why he does what he does, his belief systems and the purpose oriented approach he takes towards his work.

In todays episode, we’re joined by Sarim Sheikh. Sarim is the former Chief Operating Officer for General Electrics Winds OffShore Business & now the CEO/Non Executive Director at ORIT. With decades of experience in the energy & renewables business, we sat down to talk about his culture, origins, roots - where he comes from, what drives him, his philanthropic efforts and the fundamental goal he’s trying to achieve. Sarim has navigated some of the largest companies in the world through markets in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe, and is now pursuing his vision to make the world truly sustainable. Sarim, thakns for joining us.