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In the 39th episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Sofia in Bulgaria by Hristo Borisov, the CEO and Co-Founder of Payhawk, a leading spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout the UK, the US and Europe. Founded in 2018, the company achieved unicorn status in April 2022, when it became the first Bulgarian company to be valued at $1 billion.

Produced in partnership with Haven House Children’s Hospice, a charity caring for seriously ill children and their families, and released to coincide with Children's Hospice Week, Rachel Gatley hosts this episode that focuses on the concept of compassionate business practice, exploring whether the workplace has a responsibility to support employees who are experiencing challenging times with their family’s health, and if so how.

Our guests were:

1/ Ralph Coulbeck, CEO, Haven House

2/ Raphaella Corbishley, Lead Nurse, Haven House

3/ Malcolm Hitching, Partner, Macfarlanes

4/ Harry Hastings, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Ocean Holidays

5/ Chris Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, ARTes Specialty

This episode forms part of the c-suite podcast’s charity spotlight series.

The fourth and final episode recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were:

1/ Michelle Beyo, CEO, Finavator

2/ Jill Docherty, Senior Vice President, Global Issuing Nuvei

3/ Mitch Trehan, Chief Compliance Officer, Allica Bank

4/ Bahadir Yilmaz, Chief Analytics Officer, ING

5/ Anne Willem De Vries, CEO and Co-founder, Silverflow

6/ Dima Kats, CEO, Clear Junction

The third of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were:

1/ Xavier Collins, Vice President UK, Turo

2/ Russell Fisher, COO, Admiral Pioneer

3/ David Daiches, Co-Founder, INSHUR

4/ Magda Schmid-Debska, Head of Marketing and Communications, PXP

5/ Sam Seaton, CEO, Moneyhub

6/ Derek Joyce, CEO, XYB

The second of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode were:

1/ Monika Liikamaa, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Enfuce

2/ Yaacov Martin, CEO, Jifiti

3/ Jennifer Parker, CCO, Convera

4/ Nirav Patel, CEO, Andaria

5/ Charles Damen, Chief Product Officer, Token io

6/ Lynda Strutton, Chief Operating Officer, Tribe Payments

The first of four episodes recorded at Money20/20 Europe, that we produced in partnership with Remote, the global HR platform. The event took place at the RAI in Amsterdam, and we recorded our interviews on 4-5 June. Our guests for this episode, which covers some of the key announcements from this year's event plus the latest news in cross border payments, embedded finance and lots more, were:

1/ Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Money20/20

2/ Alexandra Johnson, Chief Payments Officer, Nium

3/ Jakob Pethick, Chief Commercial Officer, YouLend

4/ Hana Rolles, UK CEO, Paynetics

5/ Andy Davies, Global Head of Payments, Endava

6/ Justin Poiroux, Co-Founder and CTO, Yellow Card App

In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by Jonathan Cherki, CEO of Contentsquare, a leading digital experience analytics platform. Founded in 2012, the company achieved unicorn status in January 2020 and reached a valuation of $5.6 billion, following a raise of $600 million dollars in 2022.

This episode was recorded at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, and was produced in partnership with Cinnamon Life as they showcased Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka – the new integrated resort that is set to transform the city of Colombo when it opens later this year.

We spoke with:

1/ Mikael Svensson, CEO, Cinnamon Hotel and Resorts

2/ Suresh Rajendra, President, Leisure Group, John Keells Group

3/ Kamal Munasinghe , Area Vice President for Colombo City Hotels & General Manager – Cinnamon Grand, Cinnamon Hotel & Resorts

In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by David Obrand, the CEO of Salesloft, the AI powered revenue orchestration platform. Founded in 2011 by Kyle Porter and David Cummings, the company achieved unicorn status early in 2021. And then when Vista Equity Partners came on board as well, it raised the valuation of the business to $2 .3 billion.

Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the challenges of managing the flow of information inside organisations. They discuss how to enable effective communication processes while minimising noise and distraction.

Our guests were:

1/ Keith Berman, Strategic Communications Leader

2/ Natalie Lambracos, Communications Manager, Protiviti

3/ Niamh O'Grady, Head of Marketing - UK, PageGroup