The Venari Podcast Venari Partners

📢 ‘There have been strides made – but not enough.’Historically, transport may not be the most diverse area of the labour market – though things are slowly beginning to change.Our Senior Transport & Logistics Consultant, Gov Kandola, was delighted to welcome Cubic Transportation Systems’s Senior Global Marketing Manager, Krishna Desai, to the Venari Podcast for an enlightening discussion on making transportation more accessible, how companies in this sector can attract diverse candidates, and more.

What advice does Mycovia Pharmaceuticals CCO Tiffany Ahlers have for aspiring executives?
‘Take every experience given to you. A lot of times, I would take on additional responsibilities or roles [...] I got exposure to other areas of the business.’
Our Life Sciences consultant, Joe Knight, was delighted to welcome Tiffany to our Chief Commercial Officer series for the Venari Podcast recently. Check out the full episode now!

"External consultants can be a great way of bridging the capability gap".
Independent consultant and McKinsey alumnus Dr. Robert L. recently sat down with Senior Consultant in our Interim practice, Mhairi Geraghty, to give his thoughts on how to scope a project or interim need. He shares what good (and bad) looks like, and what it takes to increase the chances of your project’s success.
 

Having worked on 15 different launches in nine different therapeutic areas – and in varying leadership roles – Lauren D'Angelo, MBA has ample experience in the commercial side of life sciences. Now, as CCO of CNS (central nervous system) start-up Alpha Cognition, Inc., she focuses on developing corporate strategy – but what are the most important lessons she’s learned from building out commercial teams?Lauren spoke to Joe Knight, our Life Sciences & Healthcare Commercial Lead, as part of our Chief Commercial Officer series for the Venari Podcast. She gave insights from across her varied career, and offers her top three tips for biotech start-up success.

‘What is the reason that a consumer shops with you? Focus on that, and then everything else is just noise.’Heather Naylor has enjoyed varied experience in the retail and consumer goods space, both in industry as well as in consultancy. Mark Collins, Head of our Retail & Consumer Goods practice, has known Heather for a long time – and he was glad to catch up and get her insights in this episode of the Venari Podcast.Just about every P&L line has gone up for retailers, but Heather has plenty advice on keeping up with innovation.