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14. Technology, tenacity and the future of urban delivery with Stuart CEO, Cornelia Raportaru
38:22||Season 1, Ep. 14Cornelia Raportaru has built her career on curiosity and adaptability – growing up in post-communist Romania and rising to lead one of Europe’s most innovative logistics tech companies. In this episode, she shares how Stuart is transforming last-mile delivery through AI, sustainability and precise delivery models, and what she’s learned about leadership, resilience and the future of urban logistics.Visit URL: https://stuart.com/
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13. Inside the quantum revolution with Oxford Ionics CEO and Co-Founder, Dr. Chris Ballance
40:00||Season 1, Ep. 13Oxford Ionics CEO & Co-Founder, Dr. Chris Ballance, joins us to share his journey from getting (very briefly!) expelled from school to leading one of the UK’s most exciting quantum computing companies. We discuss breaking world records, building a $1bn business, the race to commercialise quantum and why brand matters as much as science.
12. Nina Mohanty on Bloom Money, savings circles and the future of inclusive fintech
39:13||Season 1, Ep. 12In this episode of “Brands Transforming Our World“, we sit down with fintech founder Nina Mohanty, whose start-up Bloom Money is reimagining financial services for immigrant communities. Drawing on her Silicon Valley upbringing and her personal experience as the child of Indian and Taiwanese immigrants, Nina explains how traditional savings circles (used by communities worldwide) can serve as powerful tools for inclusion and economic resilience.
11. Six decades of technology with Richard Holway, MBE
44:22||Season 1, Ep. 11Richard Holway MBE joins the Brands Transforming our World podcast to reflect on six decades in UK tech: from starting as a programmer in the 1960s to becoming one of the industry’s most trusted analysts and investors. He shares hard-won lessons on leadership, resilience, investment, and what makes a great tech business.
10. Dame Stephanie Shirley: The woman who rewrote the rules of tech
43:44||Season 1, Ep. 10In this episode of Brands Transforming Our World, we sit down with Dame Stephanie Shirley CH: child refugee, pioneering tech entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She shares her extraordinary journey from arriving in the UK without her parents, founding an all-female remote working start-up in the early 60s and building it into a $3bn tech company. We also explore her game-changing approach to philanthropy and what still drives her at the age of 91.
9. Executing a flawless IPO
36:33||Season 1, Ep. 9In this conversation we speak with James Robinson, an innovative senior communications leader who spent six years leading global communications for fintech pioneer Marqeta, including its successful IPO on Nasdaq in 2021. James discusses the strategies, tactics and learnings while leading Marqeta through the lead up to and through its public listing.
8. The Future of AI with Graphcore CEO, Nigel Toon
45:07||Season 1, Ep. 8Listen as we sit down with Nigel Toon, CEO of Graphcore, to hear how one of the UK’s most successful engineers, entrepreneurs and leaders is accelerating the future of AI. From a fascinating career at the cutting edge of semiconductor technology - through founding Graphcore in a Bristol pub, selling to Softbank and innovating at the cutting edge of AI - it’s a fascinating 45 minutes.