46 min
S2 Episode 3 - British Swimming and Anglian Water Leading with James Ashton
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- Business
Jack Buckner and Peter Simpson join James Ashton to discuss learning from the approach of top athletes, developing a winning culture and the power of long service.
Jack Buckner is chief executive of British Swimming, the elite aquatics governing body going for gold at the Olympics and other international competitions. Buckner works closely with the home nations’ swimming organisations to find and train the next Adam Peaty and Tom Daley, as well as encouraging mass participation in swimming and diving.
Buckner has also experienced the Olympics as a competitor. He was a leading 5,000-metre runner and early campaigner against drug abuse in sport. Turning to administration, he held senior roles at Sport England and led the British Triathlon Federation.
Peter Simpson is chief executive of Anglian Water, the biggest water provider in England and Wales by geography which serves more than six million customers between the Humber and Thames estuaries and employs 5,000 staff.
Since taking day-to-day control of the business in 2004, Simpson must balance the demands of customers, shareholders and the environment. He joined Anglian in 1989 - before water industry privatisation - and ran overseas offshoots in the Czech Republic and USA.
Find out more @leadingpod or www.leadingpod.com
Jack Buckner and Peter Simpson join James Ashton to discuss learning from the approach of top athletes, developing a winning culture and the power of long service.
Jack Buckner is chief executive of British Swimming, the elite aquatics governing body going for gold at the Olympics and other international competitions. Buckner works closely with the home nations’ swimming organisations to find and train the next Adam Peaty and Tom Daley, as well as encouraging mass participation in swimming and diving.
Buckner has also experienced the Olympics as a competitor. He was a leading 5,000-metre runner and early campaigner against drug abuse in sport. Turning to administration, he held senior roles at Sport England and led the British Triathlon Federation.
Peter Simpson is chief executive of Anglian Water, the biggest water provider in England and Wales by geography which serves more than six million customers between the Humber and Thames estuaries and employs 5,000 staff.
Since taking day-to-day control of the business in 2004, Simpson must balance the demands of customers, shareholders and the environment. He joined Anglian in 1989 - before water industry privatisation - and ran overseas offshoots in the Czech Republic and USA.
Find out more @leadingpod or www.leadingpod.com
46 min