How to be a CEO

By: Evening Standard
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  • The Evening Standard invites you to join us in conversation with some of the most influential people in the world’s best city for business.

    ‘How to be a CEO’ gives you exclusive access to leading business people who will give you their tips on how to get to the top and stay there.

    Networking is the key to creating a successful start-up, and once you’re up and running it’s essential to keeping your SME afloat.

    Join us fornightly on Monday mornings for a brand new episode.


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  • Motorway CEO Tom Leathes on the journey to Unicorn status

    Motorway CEO Tom Leathes on the journey to Unicorn status
    Aug 12 2024

    Tom Leathes is CEO of Motorway, the car buying and selling company that launched in 2017 and secured Unicorn status just four years later, after it was valued at over $1billion.


    The brand itself has grown rapidly in the UK since it launched, with effective TV and radio marketing campaigns promoting a different way of selling your car.


    In this episode Tom explains his journey to success with Motorway, reveals his customer-first approach for the business, and discusses the evolving market for used EVs.


    For more interviews, news and analysis, go to the business page here or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.




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    23 mins
  • Salesforce CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi on investing in AI

    Salesforce CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi on investing in AI
    Jun 24 2024

    Zahra Bahrololoumi is CEO of Salesforce UK & Ireland, dubbed the world's number one customer relationship management software company.


    The company has committed $4 billion towards AI innovation and growth in the United Kingdom over five years, and it’s building the company’s first AI Centre based in London.


    Zahra herself has been named one of the best-known female leaders in the UK, and in this episode Zahra discusses how AI is ‘top of the agenda’ for businesses, why more investment is needed in digital skills in the UK, and how hugely talented women in tech can reach the top.


    For more interviews, news and analysis, go to the business page here or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.


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    23 mins
  • IBM UK & Ireland CEO Nicola Hodson on the AI revolution in business

    IBM UK & Ireland CEO Nicola Hodson on the AI revolution in business
    Jun 10 2024

    Nicola Hodson is UK & Ireland CEO of multinational corporation IBM. It is the largest industrial research organisation in the world, and has been making headlines for its computer technology for decades. Today though, the company is firmly in the midst of the AI revolution and Nicola has been put in charge of continuing to push forward their artificial intelligence offering.


    In this episode Nicola reveals a variety of use-cases for AI today, how they are focused on ethics, and why businesses want to use the technology to help employees and boost productivity.


    For more interviews, news and analysis, go to the business page here or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.


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    21 mins

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