PowerWomen Speak
Episodes
PowerWomen Speak with Jessica Hall
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jess Hall is Chief Product Officer at Just Eat Takeaway.com, one of the world's leading on-demand delivery platforms, connecting hundreds of thousands...
PowerWomen Speak with Jennifer Tejada
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Tejada is the Chairperson and CEO of PagerDuty, the global leader in digital operations management (NYSE: PD). Jennifer brings to the role ...
PowerWomen Speak with Shiva McMahon
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shiva McMahon is the CEO and MD of Petro Australis Energy (PAE), an Australian exploration and production company. With over 30 years of experience in...
PowerWomen Speak with Emilia Wickstead
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Established in 2008, the luxury womenswear label Emilia Wickstead has become known in the industry as the epitome of modern femininity. Born in New ...
PowerWomen Speak with Serpil Timuray
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Serpil Timuray is an Independent Non-Executive Director at British American Tobacco Plc. Most recently, Serpil was the CEO of Vodafone Investments a...
PowerWomen Speak with Margarida Garcia
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margarida is a founding team member and VP of Operations at poolside. Before joining poolside, Margarida spent two years as a venture capitalist at Be...
PowerWomen Speak with Nneka Orji
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nneka is a Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal, where she leads the UK's Wealth Management Performance Improvement practice. She was previously Chie...
PowerWomen Speak with Ingvild Næss
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ingvild Næss is the CIO of Schibsted and CEO of E-Tech AB delivering IT services across Schibstead. She is on the Board of Komplett ASA, an electroni...
PowerWomen Speak with Sarah Friar
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor, soon to be the CFO of OpenAI, led the company to nearly triple its reach to over 92M Neighbors in 335,000 neighbo...
PowerWomen Speak with Joanna Jensen
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna Jensen is the founder of the UK's number one baby and child personal care brand, Childs Farm, having created the brand in 2010 as a result of h...
PowerWomen Speak with Ruba Borno
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Ruba Borno VP, Worldwide Channels & Alliances for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, Ruba leads the AWS Partner Organization (...
PowerWomen Speak with Ann Cairns
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ann Cairns started her career as a research scientist and was the first woman to work offshore with British Gas. She moved into investment banking in ...
PowerWomen Speak with Lisa McGeough
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa is Co-Head of Global Banking Coverage, alongside Gerry Keefe, responsible for a multi-billion- dollar business delivering tailored financial s...
PowerWomen Speak with Katherine Ainley
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine Ainley is the CEO of Ericsson UK and Ireland, working alongside major mobile network operators and service providers to create world leading...
PowerWomen speak with Alison Hutchinson
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Hutchinson CBE is the CEO of Pennies, an award-winning fintech charity making digital giving affordable, sustainable, and feel-good. She is als...
PowerWomen Speak with Tracy Watkinson
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Tracy Watkinson who is a Chief Operating Officer and Transformation specialist who worked in the world's largest investment bank...
PowerWomen Speak with Mary O'Connor
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be speaking today with Mary O'Connor, CEO of Howden CAP part of Howden, the global insurance group. She was most recently the acting...
PowerWomen Speak with Céline Assimon
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be speaking today with Céline Assimon, CEO of De Beers Jewellers and De Beers Forevermark. Celine has more than 20 years of exper...
PowerWomen Speak with Tina Fordham
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Fordham is a geopolitical strategist and advisor working at the intersection of geopolitics, financial markets and the drivers of social change. ...
PowerWomen Speak with Maureen Wheeler
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are delighted to welcome Maureen Wheeler, who with her husband Tony, founded the universally popular Lonely Planet guidebooks. Lonely Planet has pr...
PowerWomen Speak with Mandy Hickson
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we speak with Mandy Hickson, who has over 30 years experience within aviation. She joined the Royal Air Force in 1994 and flew the Tornado GR4 o...
PowerWomen Speak with Kumsal Bayazit
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Kumsal Bayazit, Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier. As Chief Executive Officer, Kumsal Bayazit is a strong advocate of research and in...
PowerWomen Speak with Julia Streets
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Julia Streets, founder & CEO of Streets Consulting, a business development, marketing & communications consultancy advising a wide ...
PowerWomen Speak with Carrie Coombs
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by Carrie Coombs. Carrie has become really well known in the UK and abroad for her ability to help executive, senior and high pote...
PowerWomen Speak with Aleida Rios
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we welcome Aleida Rios, SVP of Engineering at bp, leading engineering across bp's 3,000 discipline engineers globally. Aleida has spent 25 years...
PowerWomen Speak with Christine Ourmières-Widener
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Christine Ourmières-Widener, CEO of TAP Air Portugal since June 2021, with a long career in aviation and one of the few female CEOs ...
PowerWomen Speak with Tanuja Randery
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Tanuja Randery, Managing Director, EMEA for Amazon Web Services. Tanuja joined AWS from McKinsey where she was a Partner leading busi...
PowerWomen Speak with Dame Anne Richards
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Anne Richards is CEO of Fidelity International and has worked in the asset management industry since 1992, including over two decades as an analy...
PowerWomen Speak with Keri Gilder
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Keri Gilder is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Colt. Before joining Colt, Keri held several leadership roles at Ciena and was most recently Vice...
PowerWomen Speak with Melanie Richards
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Richards is a Non-executive Director of Morgan Stanley International, on the board of the Royal National Theatre and Chair of The Eve Appeal. ...
PowerWomen Speak with Jacqui Ferguson
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to welcome to our podcast Jacqui Ferguson, Non Exec Director of Croda, Wood Group, Tesco Bank and Deputy Chair of Engineering UK. Most ...
PowerWomen Speak with Sally-Ann Hibberd
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Sally-Ann Hibberd who had a successful career with Willis (now Willis Towers Watson), where she served in two sep...
PowerWomen Speak with Kate Grussing
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Kate Grussing, the founder of Sapphire Partners. Kate has worked internationally in senior positions at JPMorga...
PowerWomen Speak with Fiona Hathorn
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Fiona Hathorn, the CEO of Women on Boards UK, an Advisory Board Member to Spktral (a technology company that help...
PowerWomen Speak with Dominique Leroy
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Dominique Leroy who is a member of the board of Deutsche Telekom and leads their European business. Dominique was...
PowerWomen Speak with Dame Carolyn McCall
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today Dame Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV since 2018. Carolyn was previously CEO of EasyJet, one of five female CEOs of a FTSE...
PowerWomen Speak with Dame Cilla Snowball
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Cilla Snowball who until recently was group Chair and CEO of AMV BBDO, an advertising and communications gro...
PowerWomen Speak with Jasmine Whitbread
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of London First, convening business leaders to keep the UK's capital global...
PowerWomen Speak with Allison Kirkby
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Allison Kirkby - President & CEO of Telia Company. Allison was previously President & Group CEO of TDC Group and ...
PowerWomen Speak with Dame Inga Beale
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today by Dame Inga Beale, former CEO of Lloyds of London. She has also been Group CEO of Canopius, an insurance company wi...
PowerWomen Speak with Merle Hall
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am delighted to be joined today Merle Hall, Chief Executive Officer of Kinneir Dufort, a world leading user-centred innovation and product developme...
PowerWomen Speak with Tamara Box
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For our 2nd podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Tamara Box, Managing Partner for Europe & Middle East of international law firm Reed Smith LLP. Ta...
PowerWomen Speak with June Felix
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined today by June Felix, CEO of IG group, one of only a handful of women CEOs in the FTSE 350. June was previously President of VeriFone E...