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My interview with author Neal Stephenson, 2024
Last night I interviewed one of my favourite authors, Neal Stephenson, for the How To Academy. We…
WHO Europe Public Health Leadership Course 2024 – Kyiv, Ukraine
So happy to be part of the faculty delivering a Public Health Leadership course in Ukraine. It's…
What I learnt from Professor Salvatore Babones at the India Global Forum
What I learnt from Professor Salvatore Babones at the India Global ForumFrom the middle of April…
Reflecting on FII Asia – Megatrends shaping Humanity
To bring 2023 to a close, I headed to Hong Kong to attend FII Institute's PRIORITY Asia Summit,…
FII 2023 – The New Compass
This year's Future Investment Initiative's brought together investors, business leaders,…
Strengthening UK-India relations: What’s next?
Sir Keir Starmer remains under pressure from within the Labour party over his stance on Israel and…
Pictet’s ‘Found in Conversation’ Podcast | The Future of Europe
In the coming months, I have the pleasure of hosting three episodes of Pictet’s ‘Found in…
Imagine Oxford: Learning, Collaboration and Transformation
I’ve been following Valerie Keller and Paul Polman since they launched Imagine. We made a Global…
Challenges and Opportunities: Saudi Arabia’s Soft Power Surge
Before 2016 Saudi made it easy by isolating themselves. We didn’t have to deal with the moral…
India Global Forum, London Conference
🇮🇳 🇬🇧“We desperately need to reimagine the mutual value and potential of UK-India relations in the…
This year at Davos
A month on from my visit to Davos - home of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meetings - I wanted…
ThinkPod, London
While hosting and chairing panels during the FII Institute’s inaugural regional summit at the…
Future Investment Initiative
Alongside the wonderful Oli Barrett and Ethna Treanor, I recently hosted a series of powerful panel…
Northern Tech Awards
Yesterday, I hosted the 9th annual Northern Tech Awards, presented by GP Bullhound, from…
Future Aviation Forum – Big Think Panel
Aviation accounts for around 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. It is widely recognised as both one of…
Future Aviation Forum
"Saudia Arabia is at the start of the most significant aviation industry reform in the 21st…
Innovate Finance Global Summit – UK FinTech Week
"UK FinTech has reached an all-time high, with an ncredible $11.6bn pouring into the sector in…
AlUla – Powering start-ups for Inclusive Growth event
Barely catching my breath from the Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit, I flew from Dhahran to AlUla, one…
Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit Roundup
A week on from co-hosting the inaugural Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit, I am still meditating on our…
Tackling a Digital Addiction – Simon Sinek
I have just returned from Dharan, Saudi Arabia, where I co-hosted the inaugural Sync Digital…
Journey to Ithra – Digital Wellbeing Summit
This week I visited Ithra, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, in Dharan Saudi Arabia.…
Economics is Everywhere: A conversation with John List
Last week, I spoke with John List, Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University…
Biases and barriers: A conversation with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
In 1978, at the age of 25, with ₹10,000 (approximately $130) in her bank account, Kiran…
The Power of Indian Youth – a conversation with Nirmala Sitharaman
India is home to a fifth of the world's youth demographic. For Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first…
Breaking the Bias with Meenakshi Lekhi
The theme of International Women's Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. Last Tuesday, I spoke with Meenakshi…
Indomitable Women – a conversation with Arundhati Bhattacharya
As women's history month continues, I wanted to celebrate some of the inspirational female leaders…
Influence Is Your Superpower: Five Things I Learnt from Dr Zoe Chance
As an MC, journalist and entrepreneur, I am constantly trying to influence people… from coaxing a…
How can blockchain improve the planet?
How can blockchain improve the planet? With discussions of blockchain technology and decentralised…
Why is America so angry? Interview with Evan Osnos about his new book Wildland; The Making of America’s fury
“The structural issues in the US are really profound - the compounded effects of segregation and…
New Global GoalsCast episode: how the distribution of the Covid vaccine is failing all of us
If you live in the United States or the UK - or even most of Europe - you may have the impression…
