Exec Insight by Jackson Hogg Recruitment

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Exec Insight is a delve into the minds of the leaders of some of the most innovative companies in the UK today. In this series, Richard Hogg (CEO, Jackson Hogg Recruitment) finds out how engineering, manufacturing and technology business leaders got to where they are now and what challenges they encountered along the way.

  1. 07/21/2021

    Ian Ritchey - Former Group Chief Engineer, Rolls-Royce - From Graduate to Leading 15,000 Engineers

    In this week’s episode, we spoke to Ian Ritchey, former Chief Engineer at Rolls-Royce. Ian has been involved in some of the most demanding engineering projects, whilst leading a highly capable team of specialist engineers. During our chat, we talked through his career at one of the most prestigious engineering companies and his near-miss of being at the forefront of AI research.

    38 min

  2. 06/14/2021

    Jonathan O’Halloran, QuantumDX - Molecular Diagnostics - The Journey to Global Impact

    In this episode, we spoke to Jonathan O'Halloran, Founder and CEO at QuantumDX, a molecular diagnostics technology company based in the North-East. We talked to Jonathan about his journey from academia to business, his travels around the world working on diagnostics for Tuberculosis (TB), and the challenges that come with quickly scaling production of a product in the face of huge demand.

    42 min

  3. 03/09/2021

    Andrew Hodgson - Encouraging Ethical Capitalism

    In this episode, we spent some time with Andrew Hodgson, portfolio chairman, talking about ethical capitalism and the wonderful work that Recycling Lives is undertaking. Recycling lives is both rehabilitating offenders whilst being a strongly performing private-equity backed acquisitive recycling business. It’s fantastic to see a business that is adding significant social value whilst thinking out the box for recruiting high calibre employees from new talent pools, and we hope you enjoy the episode.

    1h 22m

  4. 01/19/2021

    Sarah Ellerby, Nova Pangaea - Harnessing Competition Across Industries

    In this edition of Exec Insight we spoke to Sarah Ellerby, CEO of Nova Pangaea and former elite professional pool player.  Nova Pangaea is a technology business dedicated to changing the way we think about biofuel processing times with its groundbreaking process, REFNOVA®. During the interview we spoke to Sarah about her break from sports, the challenges she faced in switching industries, the problems Nova Pangaea are solving to create biofuels and how mentors helped her along the way.

    53 min

  5. 12/18/2020

    Matt Boyle, OBE - The Future of Electrification

    In this episode, I spoke to Matt Boyle, MD of Collingwood Solutions, and former national Interim Challenge Director for Driving the Electric Revolution, a part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund set up by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This week we touched on his career at Sevcon and its sale to BorgWarner for $200m and the challenges the UK is facing in its quest for electrification by 2030.

    56 min

  6. 10/14/2020

    Rob Law MBE, Trunki - Building Resilience in the Face of Adversity

    In this episode, I spoke to Rob Law, CEO and Founder of Trunki. Trunki is a children's lifestyle brand, made famous by its ride-on suitcases. We talked about his journey from the flames of Dragon's den, building resilience in the face of adversity and the process of writing his new book, 65 Roses and a Trunki.

    57 min

  7. 10/06/2020

    Robin Ferris, Bankuet - Revolutionising how we support food banks

    In this episode, I spoke to Robin Ferris, CEO and Founder of Bankuet. Bankuet is the UK's first online food bank donation platform, and has revolutionised how people support food banks. We talked about his journey from the music industry to the third sector, transferring ideas between sectors and using technology for the benefit of everyone in society.

    54 min

  8. 07/20/2020

    Rob Moore, The Disruptive Entrepreneur - Pivoting, Disruption & Opportunities

    In this episode of Exec Insight we speak to Rob Moore. Rob is the co-founder of Progressive Property, the UK’s leading property training company, the founder of digital agency Progressive Media, and is known globally as the host of the “Money Podcast” and the “Disruptive Entrepreneur”. In this episode we talked to Rob about running a business during the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of flexibility in business and the power of social media. For more information about Jackson Hogg, please visit www.jacksonhogg.com, and to find out more about Rob, visit his website www.robmoore.com.

    47 min
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Exec Insight is a delve into the minds of the leaders of some of the most innovative companies in the UK today. In this series, Richard Hogg (CEO, Jackson Hogg Recruitment) finds out how engineering, manufacturing and technology business leaders got to where they are now and what challenges they encountered along the way.

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