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Forum Radio: James Arroyo

Send us Fan Mail For this episode, we welcome a longstanding friend of Forum 500, James Arroyo, OBE. James is the Director of the Ditchley Foundation, an organisation established to strengthen democratic relations, to help sustain peace, freedom and the rule of law. The Foundation is based in the magnificent setting of Ditchley Park, a Georgian Palladian masterpiece, one of the last surviving country houses of James Gibb and where this interview took place. One of James's special interests has always been in technology – previously he was director for data at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office – and he has been looking at ways in which fast-developing tech can be aligned to the Foundation's purpose. "I think one of the things that's going to evolve is going to be an alliance...what do we build together? What supply chains do we have together? [Rather than] about what do we do diplomatically. You can think in some ways of the good old days, the unipolar moment, where it looked like serious questions were going to be settled in the UN. Then, it was important to coordinate between powers as to who would vote for this resolution, the drafting of this, who could find compromise. And that wasn't wrong, because it really was influential. But if very few things are being decided in that kind of forum, and instead things are being decided more combatively, then it changes the terms of trade. I think how are we relevant in Europe to the counterpower that America is now trying to build towards China is going to be really important." This episode was edited by Vanessa Heaney. Music by Alex Vickers

32 min
May 22

Forum Radio: Anthony Monckton

Send us Fan Mail Anthony Monckton (London, Vienna) is an expert on risk, security, negotiation and conflict resolution, having served as an army officer before moving into diplomacy, specialising in national security. He talks this week to Jessica Fellowes about ViennEast, the company he established over ten years ago as a risk advisory and due diligency consultancy. ViennEast deals with a wide range of challenges faced by individuals and companies, from retrieving money that has been stolen and transferred across several countries – one case involves dealing with lawyers in six European countries – to personal fraud. Increasingly, too, there are complicated ethical and legal implications around data training in AI. But his simplest and best tip for protecting your own digital data: do the updates on your smartphone apps! Music by Alex Vickers

26 min
May 15

Forum Radio: Hanlie van Wyk

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk to Forum 500 member Hanlie van Wyk (Chicago), a social scientist, psycho-geographer and executive coach working with leaders and teams across borders, resolving polarisation and conflict. All of us, no matter what our industry, have faced something of this nature at some point. Hanlie talks about how her own upbringing, in which she witnessed first-hand apartheid and the 1994 transition in South Africa to a democratically-elected government, informed so much of the way she works today. Hanlie brings great insight, too, to how conflict at work often starts small but if left unresolved can lead to very difficult situations: 'Death by papercuts.' There are also the bigger challenges that occur when companies merge or expand quickly, which is often the point at which Hanlie is brought in to help. Hanlie has found recently that it's become even more important to shift attention to the layer just beneath the most senior level of management, to ensure an open and fair culture. Music by Alex Vickers

29 min
Apr 30

Forum Radio: Winston Fisher

Send us Fan Mail Winston Fisher (New York) is a partner and third generation of the Fisher Brothers, the royal family of real estate in Manhattan, founded in 1915. Winston directs the company’s financing and investing activities, property acquisitions and dispositions and oversees all new development initiatives. One of the most exciting of these being Area 15 in Las Vegas, which was developed with Michael Beneville (NY/LA). Winston sits on a number of boards and is also seriously involved in several philanthropic activities, particularly the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Funds, participating in extreme sports to raise funds to support wounded US troops. Alongside all of this, Winston has an active, thoughtful interest in politics, writing a monthly newsletter on current issues. And on the subject none of us can get away from, Fisher has a stark warning for the use of AI in his industry: 'I said three years ago, there's going to be two types of people who are employed. People who use AI will have a job and people who do not will not. At the end of this year, that's going to apply to everybody. Does that mean we're going to let everybody go? No, but if you're not able to utilize it, if you're not able to vibe code, if you're not able to understand sophisticated prompt engineering and multi-agent programs, I don't know if you have a place. It's not terrible. It's exciting.' This episode was edited by Vanessa Heaney. Music by Alex Vickers

34 min
Apr 23

Forum Radio: Druv Kent

Send us Fan Mail Druv Kent – aka ‘Dhruv’ – is a financier turned singer/songwriter, recording in both English and Hindi. HIs 2015 debut saw him become the first Asia-based artist supported by BBC Radio 2 in twenty years. He’s since scored several #1 hits on the World Indie Music Charts, the Euro Charts and the US Top 20. Recently, he featured in Rolling Stone magazine. Brought up in Kolkata before moving to America, Druv returned to India in the mid-90s to begin his banking career. In this he was very successful, and his work took him to Hong Kong and Singapore, for Credit Suisse and Deutschbank. But all the while that Druv was working as an investment banker, he was also a musician, and finally in 2013, he decided to pursue music as a career. There are some lovely thoughts in here about creativity and how to open yourself up to it: "What's changed [for me] is there's a level of quiet confidence... when I started, I was in such a rush because I could not believe that I was capable or I could channel this kind of energy through me. It's less about my own capability. It's more about this ability to get into the state of being able to move yourself out of the way, move your ego out of the way, and let the song come to you and, through exploration, figure out what it's trying to say and let it speak through you." Music by Alex Vickers

33 min
Apr 17

Forum Radio: Lindsay Cooper

Send us Fan Mail Forum Radio host Jessica Fellowes talks in this episode with Lindsay Cooper (Singapore) about his transition from finance into the longevity and health sector. Lindsay attempted to semi-retire from business in 2017 but was scuppered when he was tempted into buying a convent in the Cotswolds just before the COVID pandemic. Initially intended as a wellness retreat, the project sparked an interest in preventative health and longevity science. Through connections in Singapore – he has lived in Asia for most of his adult life –Lindsay met leading experts including Professor Brian Kennedy and Professor Andrea Meier. Together they have brought longevity science research into clinical practice with Chi Longevity, rapidly growing the business through partnerships with luxury brands like Four Seasons. Linday argues that longevity medicine represents a fundamental shift in healthcare – from reactive, specialist-driven treatment to proactive, preventative and personalised care, driven by tech advances and increased public health awareness. "We've had this wellness menu for some time, with diet, exercise, sleep and so forth. But the real excitement – and the reason that everyone's putting such huge money into this space just now – is because of the medical breakthroughs, which are increasingly beginning to break and will only be helped by the AI revolution." This episode was produced by Vanessa Heaney. Music by Alex Vickers

28 min
Apr 1

Forum Radio: Hanspeter Kipfer

Send us Fan Mail This week, Jessica Fellowes talks to Hanspeter Kipfer (Zurich) about his extensive work in the tech industry, and his more recent transition to support start-ups as advisor and angel investor, focusing on emerging technologies such as AI, Web3 and blockchain. The discussion hones in on the balance between optimism and risk in AI – how prepared is society for the rapid, exponential growth that is coming its way? Hanspeter outlines the challenges but also presents some potential solutions, with the warning that the deadline to put safeguards in place is fast approaching. "Primarily by developing systems which are safe. Okay. Sounds really trivial, but as a matter of fact, that's the primary engineering principle. We need to apply everything we release as bulletproof technology wise. In addition, we also need to make things better aligned again with human values. [...] We need to ensure that humans ultimately remain the decision makers in development, and in releasing new functionality and bringing to market new products. We need to embed safeguarding systems, eventually override mechanisms, an emergency button, so to speak. We need to control access to this technology, because if it ends up in the wrong hands it could be misused to the disadvantage of all of us." This episode was edited by Vanessa Heaney. Music by Alex Vickers

22 min
Mar 25

Forum Radio: Kanna Fujita

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Forum Radio, Jessica Fellowes talks to Kanna Fujita (New York). Kanna is the founder and driving force behind Reforma Medspa & Wellness, Kirei House, and Femly Labo. Together they form an integrated ecosystem at the intersection of regenerative health, aesthetics and luxury wellness. Kanna grew up in Japan, and is known for blending Eastern wellness philosophies with Western science and technology. At Femly Labo, a FemTech Award-winning innovation from Japan, they pioneer hormone balance and menopause wellness solutions through stem cell and NMN-based formulations. In this conversation, Kanna offers great advice on maintaining good health – blending the best of what she grew up with, alongside new favourites in her adopted home of New York, having moved there just 12 years ago with her son: "We try to keep our feet grounded so that we understand both cultures and embrace both cultures. Because there is in both of the cultures something that I really love. I have built my fundamental belief system and the grounding and respect – or Kaizen – that like Japanese philosophy is grounded and rooted in myself. However, America grew me. This place really grew me and it gave me an opportunity to be able to do what I want, and be respected for going for my dream. So both cultures really have such a wonderful influence on my life." This episode was edited by Vanessa Heaney. Music by Alex Vickers

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