In this episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast , Heidrick & Struggles’ Lewis Adams speaks to Luis Lozano, the president of Toyota Mexico. Adams and Lozano discuss leadership through the transformation currently taking place within the automotive industry, moving from traditional automotive to broader mobility. Lozano shares what he sees as the biggest opportunities and challenges over the next five years and what leadership skill sets and capabilities will be critical for...
Aug 08, 2023•36 min
In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jacek Chodzko speaks to Anders Nørgaard, the CEO of FirstFarms, a Danish public company focused on investing in and operating agriculture farms in Central and Eastern Europe. Nørgaard discusses the current disruptions in the agriculture sector and how FirstFarms is responding to the various challenges, and shares how and why his leadership style has become much more collaborative. He also talks abo...
Jul 31, 2023•15 min
In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Charlie Moore speaks to Carsten Brunn, the president and CEO of Selecta Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotech company with a commitment to solving the challenges associated with autoimmunityheadquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Brunn, who moved into biotech from Bayer, discusses the differences—cultural, day-to-day, and leadership capabilities needed—between biotech and big pharma. He shares what...
Jul 26, 2023•22 min
In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Andy MacLeod speaks to Mathai Mamman, the CEO of FogPharma, a company spun out of Harvard University with a mission to drastically reduce the burden of disease on patients and their families by inventing new types of drugs. Previously, Mammen was a member of the executive committee at Johnson & Johnson, where he served as executive vice president of pharmaceutical R&D. In this conversation,...
Jul 24, 2023•25 min
In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Kelley Lang and Adam Howe speak to Cynthia Burkhardt, the global head of talent acquisition at Kimberly-Clark. Burkhardt discusses the hyper-competitive talent market and how organizations must adapt to the changing needs of the workforce, including by moving from hiring for pedigree to hiring for skill. She also shares what leadership capabilities and skill sets will be needed for future success. ...
Jul 19, 2023•27 min
In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Charlie Moore speaks to Ramona Sequeira, president of Takeda’s global portfolio division. Takeda is a global research and development–driven biopharmaceutical company. Sequeira is responsible for the company’s global portfolio division and serves as a member of Takeda’s executive team. In this interview, Moore and Sequeira discuss the disruption areas in commercial pharmaceuticals and how they are ...
Jul 17, 2023•20 min
In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast , Heidrick & Struggles’ Phyllis Schneble speaks to Lisa Earnhardt, Abbott's executive vice president of medical devices, about talent in the health tech sector. Earnhardt discusses the necessary skill sets for leadership in health tech, how she thinks about successfully integrating outside talent into the organization, and the benefits of being part of a mission-driven company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Jul 10, 2023•22 min
In this episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Sean McLean speaks to Kristina Williams, the CEO of Alberta Enterprise Corporation, vice chair of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), and a non-executive director of North American Construction Group. Williams discusses her experience in the technology and investment industries and shares how her investment philosophy has changed since 2020 and her outlook for 2023, highlighting the pot...
Jun 29, 2023•18 min
In this episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Andy MacLeod speaks to Martin Mackay, co-founder and CEO of Rallybio, a biotech company. Mackay discusses his passion for science, medicine, research, and innovation, his career in the biotech and pharmaceuticals industries, and how leaders can enable innovation to translate into commercial value. He also shares insights on the importance of having a purpose, an agile mindset, and dealing with setbacks....
Jun 19, 2023•21 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Josh Clarke speaks to Diana Nole, the executive vice president and general manager for Nuance's healthcare division. Nuance, now a Microsoft Cloud and AI company, created the voice recognition space more than 20 years ago and continues to be a pioneer and leader in conversational AI innovation. Nole shares how differentiated experiences helped her grow as a leader and which leadership capabilities have ...
Jun 15, 2023•15 min
Welcome to The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast. In this new series of podcasts, “Crypto leadership & talent: Evolution of the control functions,” Heidrick & Struggles will be sitting down with leaders in crypto and digital assets to explore the current environment, the evolution of control and governance functions in these areas, expectations for the future, and what they have learned from their work in these areas. In this episode, Heidrick & Struggles’ Adrianna Huehnerg...
Jun 12, 2023•33 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Lukasz Kiniewicz speaks to Gurdeep Grewal, CEO of Intive, a global software company. Gurdeep shares his journey to becoming CEO and highlights the importance of creating a value plan, building trust, and listening. They also discuss the necessary leadership capabilities for private equity–backed CEOs, such as focusing on value creation plans and managing costs. Gurdeep explains how Intive's growth throu...
Jun 05, 2023•26 min
Welcome to The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast. In this new series of podcasts, “Crypto leadership & talent: Evolution of the control functions,” Heidrick & Struggles will be sitting down with leaders in crypto and digital assets to explore the current environment, the evolution of control and governance functions in these areas, expectations for the future, and what they have learned from their work in these areas. In this episode, Heidrick & Struggles’ David Richardson ...
Jun 02, 2023•25 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ David Burd speaks to Jonathan Graham, the executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Amgen, a leading biopharmaceutical company. Graham discusses the challenges facing the biopharmaceutical industry, including political and legislative threats, and the need to focus on patients and innovation. He highlights the importance of culture in building a thriving organization, particularly in t...
May 31, 2023•18 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jeff Boyd sits down with Dr. Bruce Levine, the Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy and the founding director of the Clinical Cell in Vaccine Production Facility in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Levine discusses the partnership between academia and industry and offers his ...
May 25, 2023•19 min
In this episode of our series, “Crypto leadership & talent: Evolution of control functions,” part of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Guy Shaul and Aliceson Robinson speak to Dan Chaplin, a partner and leader of digital assets at technology investment firm Dawn Capital. Chaplin’s investment portfolio stretches across B2B fintech and includes businesses such as Tink, Billie, Access FinTech and OpenGamma, but he has specific investments in digital asse...
May 18, 2023•22 min
In this episode of our series, “Crypto leadership & talent: Evolution of control functions,” part of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Michael Held, a partner at law firm WilmerHale and former general counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, discusses how both traditional finance and crypto and fintech, can navigate the ever-evolving regulatory environment. He shares what his transition from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to a law firm was like as well as his fir...
May 11, 2023•29 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Lukasz Kiniewicz and Aliceson Robinson speak to Jamie Fly, the president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's mission is to promote democratic values and institutions and to advance human rights by reporting news in countries where free press is banned or not fully established. Fly discusses the benefits and complexities of being a non-profit, highly purpose-driv...
May 08, 2023•24 min
In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Leanne Arcinue speaks to Katie Stein, the chief strategy officer and global business leader of enterprise services and analytics at Genpact, a global professional services firm, and a non-executive director at CTG, a leading provider of digital transformation ID solutions and services. Stein discusses the evolution of the chief strategy officer role and its integration with a digital transformation leader role, sharing who she collaborates most with and...
May 04, 2023•23 min
Given the recent controversies that made some question its credibility, how would the crypto industry start moving forward? In this second episode of our podcast series with crypto and digital assets industry leaders, Heidrick and Struggles' Partner Guy Shaul from London and Sarah Sliva from our New York office speak with Marcus Hughes, the former Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of BitMex. BitMex is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, founded in 2014 and owned by HDR Global...
Apr 26, 2023•22 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles’ Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Mattias Kamber speaks to Pedro Uria Recio, the chief data analytics and AI officer at True Digital, the digital arm of Thailand’s leading telecom company, and managing director of True Analytics, a corporate venture that builds data-driven enterprise solutions in advertising, credit risk, customer intelligence, and data enrichment. Recio shares what drew him into the AI space and talks about key busine...
Apr 24, 2023•25 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Angela Gardner speaks to Danny Brooks, a brand archeologist working at the intersection of data strategy and storytelling and the co-founder at Penrose, a strategy consulting firm that puts company DNA at the center of all decision making. Brooks discusses what company DNA means to him and how organizations and people management leaders should be thinking about data in that context, as well as how to us...
Apr 20, 2023•19 min
In a series of podcasts with leaders in crypto and digital assets we will be exploring the current environment, the evolution of control and governance functions in these areas, expectations for the future, and what they have learned from their work in these areas. In this episode, Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer and head of global policy for Circle, shares his insights with Julian Ha & David Richardson on the evolution of leaders and control functions in the crypto environment and ho...
Apr 19, 2023•31 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Claudia Schneider speaks to Dietmar Knoess, the CHRO at Puma. Knoess discusses how the HR function has moved into the boardroom, what challenges the function is facing looking into the next decade, and how he promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion both within and outside Puma. He also discusses how he is building an organizational culture that is attractive to Gen Z workers and shares his advice for ...
Apr 10, 2023•18 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ David Burd speaks to Earl Barnes II, the corporate vice president and general counsel for Sentara Healthcare, a large, integrated non-for-profit healthcare delivery system. Barnes discusses what’s driving current trends in the healthcare industry and how those trends are affecting the industry’s talent needs, how not-for-profit leaders can find a balance between serving their communities and remaining s...
Apr 06, 2023•15 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Sean McLean speaks to Kelly Schmitt, the CEO of Benevity, a Calgary-based leading global provider of corporate purpose software. Schmitt discusses the importance of mental well-being and shares how she role models maintaining her own health and wellness to make sure her colleagues feel comfortable doing the same. Schmitt, who was a three-time CFO before accepting the CEO role at Benevity, also talks abo...
Mar 30, 2023•16 min
In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Laila Coffey speaks to Chris Vaughan, the general counsel and company secretary of Whitbread plc, an FTSE 100 company. Vaughan, who also leads the company’s sustainability function, shares how he has embedded ESG into the company, how he empowers other functions in the company to help drive ESG, and some advice to other legal leaders who want to actively contribute to and lead on sustainability initiati...
Mar 27, 2023•19 min
In this episode, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jean Allen sits down with two of our colleagues, our very own John Abele and Kristin Deutmeyer. Together, they discuss the blurring lines between leadership roles in communications, marketing, and digital functions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 15, 2023•16 min
In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Chiara Berlendi speaks to Luca Sburlati, the CEO of Pattern Group, which is a leading company in engineering, patternmaking for the most prestigious fashion and luxury brands. Sburlati, who started his career in HR, shares how he believes his CHRO experience prepared him for the CEO role and why HR leaders can be successful CEOs. He also discusses the leadership skills and capabilities needed to lead a sustainable industrial company, set investor expect...
Mar 13, 2023•18 min
In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Victoria Reese speaks to Kathy Card Beckles, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Verisk, an American multinational data analytics and risk assessment company. Beckles discusses the benefits of making a cross-industry move, both in terms of her own development and how it benefits her company. She also shares how her experiences as an engineer and in intellectual property management and litigation helped her progress in her career and how her n...
Mar 02, 2023•18 min
