Scaling So Far

In episode #19 of “Scaling So Far”, Matt Ellis is joined by Chris Bell, Director of Global Recruiting and Employer Brand at N26. 

N26 is building the first mobile bank the world loves to use. Founded in 2013, N26 has more than 5 million customers in 25 markets who generate over €2 billion in monthly transaction volume. The company employs more than 1.500 employees across 5 office locations: Berlin, New York, Barcelona, Vienna and São Paulo.

As the leader of an award-winning team of up to 40 global recruiting and employer brand specialists, Chris shares his approach to scaling teams in hyper-growth, building a world-class candidate experience function, developing an employer brand strategy, and more.

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In episode #18 of “Scaling So Far”, Marisa Bryan is joined by Peter Anstey – talent leader for Entrepreneur First.

Entrepreneur First brings together extraordinary people to build startups from scratch in London, Singapore, Berlin, Hong Kong, Paris, and Bangalore. To date, they’ve created 350 companies, have over 1000 alumni worldwide, and a portfolio valuation of over $2 billion.

Peter shares his learnings Co-Founding _nology.io, building world-class founding and executive teams at Entrepreneur First, and his formula for identifying leadership potential.

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In episode #17 of “Scaling So Far”, Matt Ellis is joined by Siadhal Magos – Co-Founder and CEO of talent science company Metaview.

Before Metaview, Siadhal worked on product at Uber – the fastest growing company ever – where he built and led teams in a period when the company grew from 7,000 to 17,000 people in under two years.

Now, he and the Metaview team are helping companies to make better talent decisions – up-leveling the most outcome-defining part of your recruitment process: your interviews.

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In episode #16 of “Scaling So Far”, Marisa Bryan is joined by Stacey Slater – Global Talent Acquisition Team Lead at Onfido.

Onfido is the new identity standard for the internet. Our AI-based technology assesses whether a user’s government-issued ID is genuine or fraudulent, and then compares it against their facial biometrics. Their mission is to create a more open world, where identity is the key to access.

Stacey is currently scaling teams across Growth & Business Operations at Onfido; responsible for their hiring strategy and delivery across functions – fuelling the company’s incredible expansion across EMEA, SEA, and the Americas.

Stacey has extensive experience scaling teams in the tech space, having previously led talent at the likes of Contentive, Nexmo, and BounceX – the learnings she shares are super valuable!

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In episode #15 of “Scaling So Far”, Marisa Bryan is joined by Petter Torgersen – talent acquisition leader at Volkswagen’s Car.Software Organisation.

Car.Software organisation is a cross-brand, has its own operating system for all Volkswagen Group models, an automotive data cloud and a new electronics architecture.

Petter has extensive experience at the likes of Cisco and Schneider Electric, more recently heading up talent acquisition at Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID – now Argo AI).

Petter shares his learnings when it comes to building high-performing teams in a startup / scale-up environment, focusing on how to drive operational excellence with the candidate experience front of mind.

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In episode #14 of “Scaling So Far”, Matt Ellis is joined by Libby Dangoor – People Director at WhiteHat.

WhiteHat is a UK-founded, purpose-driven tech startup that’s on a mission to create a diverse group of future leaders by matching non-grad talent with apprenticeship opportunities at some of the UK’s most exciting companies.

Listed on Otta’s “Rocket List” as one of the best startups to work for in London 2020, Libby shares how they’ve built their team there and touches on the importance of early-stage talent for tech companies, as well as how to hire for potential – not just experience.

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In episode #13 of “Scaling So Far”, Marisa Bryan is joined by Beatriz Dominguez, Head of People and Talent at Avrios. 

Avrios is an award-winning fleet management software. Founded in 2015 in Zurich by a team of serial entrepreneurs, Avrios currently manages the fleet of more than 900 customers in Europe and is one of the fastest-growing companies in the SaaS space.

Beatriz shares Avrios’ scaling story so far, thoughts on talent and people as a critical business partner in times of change, as well as advice on candidate care and driving a culture of gratitude in a startup environment.

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In episode #12 of “Scaling So Far”, Matt Ellis is joined by Jan Hauke Holste – Director of People and Culture at PlusDental.

Berlin-based Healthtech startup PlusDental wants to give everyone the chance to show their most beautiful smile by democratizing access to state-of-the-art dental care. They're one of the fastest-growing MedTech companies in Europe. 

Having scaled the team at PlusDental through high-growth, Jan shares some of his biggest learnings as well as advice on the HR and people processes needed at the earlier stages of a company’s journey.

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In episode #11 of “Scaling So Far”, Marisa Bryan is joined by Ben Branson Gateley – CEO and Co-Founder of Charlie HR.

Charlie HR is the HR software for small teams with big ideas. They believe that while building a company is hard - running one shouldn’t be.

Ben shares some fantastic advice and learnings from his experience founding and scaling teams for both Charlie HR and award-winning social media agency Born Social.

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