This episode of The Tech Leaders Podcast takes a different format from our usual leadership interviews. 

The recent acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has sent significant ripples through the enterprise IT landscape. As one of the most widely deployed infrastructure platforms in the world, VMware sits at the heart of many global technology estates. The commercial changes that have followed the acquisition have prompted widespread discussion across the market. 

The ongoing court case involving Tesco and Broadcom has brought those issues into sharp focus. What may appear to be a contractual dispute raises much broader questions around platform dependency, vendor discretion and how resilient enterprise IT contracts are when ownership changes hands. 

In this special episode, Gareth Davies is joined by licensing specialist Barry Pilling to unpack the case, explore the latest developments, and discuss what it could mean for enterprise software licensing and commercial governance going forward. 

For CIOs, technology leaders and procurement teams responsible for major vendor relationships, this conversation looks at the wider implications, and the questions organisations should be asking right now. 

Timestamps: 

• Introduction and Barry’s Background (2:04) 
• VMWare and the Broadcom Acquisition (5:00) 
• The Rise of Virtualisation (8:50) 
• The Tesco Dispute Background (12:38) 
• Organisations Exposure to Licensing Risk (22:45) 
• Other Broadcom Cases (29:22) 
• Death of the Middleman? (37:51) 
• Potential Consequences and Advice for VMWare Customers (41:49) 
• Recent Developments (47:30) 

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders’ Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Rob Morris, Co-CEO UK and Ireland at Siemens Mobility. Rob talks about his journey to the Railways via mining, power stations and London 2012, how Siemens are managing a £340M investment, and the challenges of maintaining and upgrading the oldest rail network in the world. 

On this episode Rob and Gareth discuss digitising the railways, how AI will be employed on trains, and how in another life Rob could have been an architect. 

Timestamps: 

• Introduction and Good Leadership (2:11) 
• From Delivery to Senior Management (7:58) 
• Siemens and the Railways (12:00) 
• Digitising the Rail Network, and Building the Elizabeth Line (18:30) 
• Technology on the Railways (32:15) 
• Advice for 21-year-old Rob (41:20) 

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders’ Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Tim Cadogan, CEO at GoFundMe. Tim talks about how GoFundMe are leveraging AI to help fundraisers, joining GoFundMe at the start of the Covid19 pandemic, and why founding a start-up is like working for two or three different companies. 

On this episode Tim and Gareth discuss disaster fundraising, tips for fundraisers, and how a boy from Dorset found himself in California. 

Timestamps: 

• Introduction and Good Leadership (1:58) 
• Dorset to California, and the early days of SEO (5:10) 
• OpenX (15:10) 
• Joining GoFundMe at the start of the Pandemic (18:58) 
• Why GoFundMe works (22:46) 
• Disaster Fundraising (26:45) 
• Technology Challenges Scaling GoFundMe (34:35) 
• AI and Fundraising (39:18) 
• Advice for 21-year-old Tim (49:40) 
• Tips for Fundraisers (53:20) 

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders’ Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Paul Goodhew, Partner - EY Global Assurance Innovation & Emerging Technology Leader. Paul talks about EY’s $1 Billion investment in Agentic AI, their long term AI integration strategy, and why many organisations are building their own versions of ChatGPT. 

On this episode Paul and Gareth discuss guiding principles for good AI governance, the evolving regulatory landscape, and whether the education system is keeping up. 

Timestamps: 

• Introduction and Good Leadership (1:57) 
• Early tech interests, and the journey to EY (5:00) 
• AI and Auditing (11:30) 
• Global Audit Consistency, Agentic AI and EYQ (16:25) 
• Long Term AI Integration Strategy (22:28) 
• AI Guardrails (26:10) 
• Good Governance (29:55) 
• Is Education keeping up? (31:44) 
• AI Disruption (35:20) 
• Regulatory Landscape (38:00) 
• AI Hopes and Fears (40:00) 
• Advice for 21-year-old Paul (43:46) 

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Rupy Malizia, Chief Operating and Transformation Officer, HSBC Innovation Banking. Rupy talks about transitioning Silicon Valley Bank UK into HSBC, the cultural differences between small and large businesses, and the impact AI will have on organisations of all sizes. 

On this episode, Rupy and Gareth discuss whether Agentic AI is ready, what can be done to support female entrepreneurs, and if Quantum Computing might be closer than we think… 

Timestamps (estimated): 

• Good leadership and early years (2:30) 
• Joining Silicon Valley Bank and the ensuing turmoil (6:00) 
• The SVB UK acquisition and the transition (back) to HSBC (12:35) 
• The AI impact on organisations large and small (21:00) 
• HSBC Innovation and New Tech (31:15) 
• Female entrepreneurship (38:00) 
• Emerging Tech and Skills (42:45) 
• Advice to 21-year-old Rupy and Entrepreneurs (46:30) 

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Kate Hayward, UK Managing Director at Xero. Kate talks about how AI can make life easier for small business owners, the new skills the next generation of accountants will need, and how organisations can manage maternity leave for the benefit of everyone. 

On this episode, Kate and Gareth discuss how gymnastics breeds discipline, why Britons are generally lacking in financial literacy, and the three things Kate looks for when starting a new job. 

Timestamps: 

• Good Leadership and Early Career (1:45) 
• Xero – The "Gangly Teenager Phase" (9:00) 
• Career or Family, or Both… (13:00) 
• Discipline and Gymnastics (20:30) 
• Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship (24:20) 
• Xero and AI (31:35) 
• New Skills for Accountants (42:30) 
• Tips to stay Organised, and Advice for 21-year-old Kate (45:45) 
• Hopes and Fears for Future of AI (48:00) 

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Cindy Turner, Chief Product Officer at Worldpay. Cindy talks about Worldpay’s current priorities, the trade offs between structure and agility, and how Stablecoins can help make international payments quicker and easier. 

On this episode, Cindy and Gareth discuss the benefits of pushing ownership down to your team, launching Apple Pay back in 2014, and why we might all have our own personal shopping agent in our pockets sooner than you think… 

Timestamps: 

• Good Leadership and Early Career (1:51) 
• Corporates, Start-Ups and Scale (12:24) 
• Worldpay Priorities (16:16) 
• International Payments and Stablecoin (22:50) 
• Agentic Commerce (28:56) 
• AI Ethics and Governance (37:17) 
• Advice for 21-year-old Cindy (45:31) 

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This week on The Tech Leaders Podcast, Gareth sits down with Author, BBC / ITV Presenter, and AI Agony Aunt Lara Lewington. They discuss how AI will revolutionise personalised medicine, its impact on wearable health trackers, and what “Health-span” really means. 

Join us to hear Lara talk about fist bumping card machines, wireless urine monitoring, and being invited to the Moon by a Japanese billionaire… 

Timestamps: 

• Intro and Good Leadership (2:26)
• Breaking into TV – Celebrity interviews and Gadget reviews (5:00)
• Presenting Click, and being invited to the Moon (10:28)
• Intro to Health-span: Brian Johnson and 103-year-old Mildred (15:22)
• AI and Personalised Medicine (21:12)
• Wearables, Trackables and AI (27:09)
• The AI Agony Aunt (40:48)
• Editing “Hacking Humanity” (44:17)
• Health-span in depth (46:58)
• Hopes and fears for Gen AI, and advice to 19-year-old Lara (54:58)

You can find details of Lara's book here: BOOK | Lara Lewington

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Chris Moore, European President at Veeva Systems. Chris talks about the impact AI will have on software development and data security, how technology has transformed the life sciences industry, and the long-term implications of Covid on drug development.

On this episode, Chris and Gareth discuss how Chris helped make Veeva Europe more European, the importance of understanding the opportunities and threats associated with new technologies, and why the Y2K bug was a beautiful anti-climax.

Timestamps:

• ICI, Kinesis and PWC (3:40)
• IBM, EY and living abroad (10:28)
• Making Veeva Europe more European (17:30)
• The impact of Covid on drug development (29:05)
• The evolution of the CIO (33:00)
• AI: Hopes, fears and the impact on software development and pharma (36:33)
• Advice for 21-year-old Chris (51:46)

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Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Stuart Whayman, President of Corporate Markets at Elsevier, a part of RELX Group. They discuss how AI is revolutionising Research and Development, Elsevier-Reed’s shift from hardware to digital, and what the Red Arrows can teach us about leadership. 

Stuart also talks about how AI can augment rather than replace humans, why an LLM is not a truth model, and delves into some of the fascinating projects for the Elsevier Foundation Challenge – https://elsevierfoundation.org/chemistry-for-climate-action-challenge/. 

Timestamps: 

• Good Leadership, the Red Arrows, and studying at Oxford (2:12) 
• The Hardware to Digital Shift (10:15) 
• The Evolution of Data (17:10) 
• AI in Research and Development (21:30) 
• Will AI Augment or Replace (32:38) 
• AI Safety and Regulation (36:45) 
• The Future, Advice for 21-year-old Stuart, and the Elsevier Foundation Challenge (40:17) 

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