I spend my days interviewing candidates. As you can imagine, I have my standard questions to really get under the skin of a candidate. What have they actually personally achieved in each role? How robust is their early...

Last year, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold an NFT of his first-ever tweet (“just setting up my twittr”) for $2.9m. Twelve months on, and this particular NFT has not proved the best investment for the Iranian-born...

At MBS, this time of year is one of great reflection as one financial year gives way to the next. Throughout the year, we are dedicated to the best interests of our clients, but the two days when we close the office at...

It was about this time last year that I published my signature report, Boards of the Future, with great enthusiasm and hope. The result of years of reflection and, more recently, conversations with more than a hundred...

One highlight of this past August for me was going to the cinema for the first time since lockdown 2020, and watching the film Summer of Soul. In 1969, a club singer, concert promoter and raconteur named Tony Lawrence...

This week, it was a real honour to launch a project that I’ve been working on since 2017 - Boards of the Future: why the Board of the Future should be the Board of today – and how to build it.  It is my signature...

It was not all that long ago when the topic of health and safety was synonymous with a stuffy, clipboard-clad employee in a hard hat. In Britain at least, we are used to the stereotypical notions of health and safety...

The consumer healthcare sector is ripe for disruption. As technologies develop and patient expectations change, winning businesses will be those that renew their focus on customer service and evolve their propositions...

A few weeks ago, my colleague Elliott caught up with Andy Laurillard, co-founder of Giggling Squid. Andy’s Thai restaurant chain is one the restaurant sector’s few Covid-19 success stories, having transitioned...