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Alasdair is Executive Chairman of Macdoch, a private investment company with offices in Sydney and London. Macdoch comprises of Macdoch Ventures, investing in early stage tech startups, Macdoch Agriculture using capital to drive global climate solutions and the Macdoch foundation.

Al was previously a senior leader at Newscorp for over 20 years and fun fact: he is married to one of Rupert Murdoch’s daughters.

Al was born in Glasgow, Scotland and now splits his time between Sydney and London.

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Jillian Broadbent is one of the leading Business and Industry minds, with extensive investment banking industry knowledge and markets expertise, including a deep knowledge of risk management and regulation. She has served on the boards of many organisations, encompassing finance, the arts, and other sectors.

She is currently a Member of the Board of Macquarie Group, and previously Coca Cola, Qantas, Woolworths, Reserve Bank of Australia. She was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong for 11 years up until late 2020. In 2019, she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for her contribution to corporate, financial, clean energy and cultural organisations, to higher education and to women in business.

Jillian was born and lives in Sydney. She has also lived in Canada and Bolivia.

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Connor is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Tracksuit. Tracksuit provides always-on, beautiful tracking to measure brand health. Tracksuit today covers 1,300 brands including many household names and recently raised $20M dollars in funding from leading investors to fuel their next phase of Growth.

Connor co-founded Tracksuit in 2021 after five years of scaling kiwi growth companies in NYC. He brings deep experience running and growing martech, saas, and direct-to-consumer businesses having been COO of Mish Guru and Head of B2B and Business Development for Noissue. Connor started his career as a corporate lawyer and found his way to startups after raising a fund to launch Auckland’s first accelerator program, Lightning Lab.

Connor was born in California, USA and now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Grant Dooley is an experienced international funds manager and the CEO of the $2B Fund, Breakthrough Victoria, with prior roles at Hastings and heading ARA Infrastructure. Grant had a distinguished career as a Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic trade official for the Australian Government, including two years as the Australian Consul General in China and previously working in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Adam Jacobs is the Co-Founder of THE ICONIC - A globally recognised online fashion retailer, and the Co-Founder of Hatch - a new venture whose mission is for all people to find meaning in work.

Adam was born and lives in Sydney, Australia with brief stints living in Boston and Copenhagen.

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Holly Ransom is an internationally acclaimed leadership speaker and consultant – paving the way for leaders across the globe to turn knowledge into action for real-world change. She is CEO of Emergent Global and author of The Leading Edge. Holly was personally requested by Barack Obama to interview him on stage. She delivered a Peace Charter to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was chosen by Sir Richard Branson as a nominee for Wired Magazine’s prestigious ‘Smart List’ of Future Game Changers to watch.

Holly’s interview portfolio spans from thought leaders like Malcolm Gladwell to powerful figures such as Billie Jean-King, Condoleezza Rice, First Lady Michelle Obama, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and even the world’s first humanoid robot, Sophia. She has hosted conferences for renowned global entities, including the likes of Coca-Cola and James Clear.

Holly was born in Perth, Australia and now spends her time between Melbourne, Australia and the USA.

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Note: This episode is a replay of episode #44, which was recorded in September 2021.