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Inclusive innovation in haircare: in conversation with Winnie Awa,…
Winnie Awa wants to change the lives of one billion people. Specifically, she wants to give one billion people their best hair ever. And by developing AI tools and applying them in the textured haircare market, she is...
The power and purpose of the Senior Independent Director
In the early 2000s, the UK saw two high-profile business failures. In 2001, the industrial giant Marconi broke records by generating an overall loss of £5bn, following a misguided strategy of acquisitions. Around the...
How should CFOs be thinking about AI in the…
At the beginning of this month, the UK hosted the first-ever AI Safety Summit. Held at Bletchley Park – the base for second world war codebreakers – the summit brought together world leaders, technology executives,...
Creating a jewel in the UK’s crown, and lessons…
Few chief executives spend more than a decade in any individual role: in the FTSE 100, the average tenure is six years, and CEOs in the S&P 500 rarely lead for longer than seven. Dame Cally Palmer, Chief Executive...
Good investment: in conversation with Ben Black, Co-Head of…
To most people, the chocolate and toilet paper categories have little in common. But to Ben Black, and to the team at Verlinvest, the areas are in fact closely linked – not by their product offering, but by the...
Growing a 1,000-year vision: how Global Generation is leaving…
If you have visited MBS’s offices in Primrose Mews, you may well have arrived at Chalk Farm tube station, crossed over the railway bridge, and walked up Regents Park Road towards the open green space of Primrose Hill....
Women in football: the next challenge is roles off…
The past two years have proved transformational for women’s football in Europe. In 2022, the England women’s team – the Lionesses – won the European Championship in a final which broke television viewing...
Collaboration, commitment and community: reflections from WiHTL & DiR’s…
It hard to believe that MBS is now in the sixth year of partnership with WiHTL & DiR to help the hospitality, travel and leisure sector become more diverse. In preparation for this year’s Inclusion Summit, I was...
Carrefour: a new sheriff in town?
In the 2000s, the global retail CEO community was dominated by alumni of ASDA and Walmart. In the 2010s, this nexus of power shifted to a generation of retail CEOs who trained at Tesco in its heyday. Now, in the past...
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