This podcast was made from the recording of our March 2022 Goal Model Circle Event, with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month Amit Sinha. Amit Sinha is the Chief Technology Officer for Private Equity (PE) at Microsoft UK. He has worked across multiple sectors transforming small and large organizations into nimble Digital Businesses using Cloud, DevOps and Custom Development. This was an inspirational conversation from a man who beleives "My deepest conviction is that everyone I meet regardless of age, money, race, I create opportunities for them to grow and develop to reach their highest pote ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our Novemeber 2021 Goal Model Circle Event, with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month Sreeram Visvanathan Manager of IBM UK and Ireland. Sreeram Visvanathan has worked with IBM for 18 years. Sreeram and his team are responsible for business operations, driving revenue growth, client satisfaction, and employee engagement. Sreeram has a strong mix of technology and business skills. This was an inspirational conversation with the CEO of IBM who rose from a coffee boy to managing a 5 billion pound budget, in this podcast he discusses the importance of n ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our September 2021 Goal Model Circle Event, with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month Richard Iferenta. Richard Iferenta is a Partner & Vice chair at KPMG LLP, he has worked with KPMG since 2000. Richard was named among the top 10 most successful black men on Powerlist UK and is the Executive Leadership council and a trained Lawyer.  In this podcast he discusses different paths to success and how excellence leads to success, but is excellence a function of hard work or networks?   ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our July 2021 Goal Model Circle Event, with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month Carmen Watson. Carmen Watson is the Chairwomen of Pertemps Recruitment Partnership, a near 1bn turnover operation. Carmen was named Director of the year in 2018 by the Institute of Directors and steered the business through two recessions. Carmen is a strong advocate for equality and diversity and discusses how her past expiriences have helped shape her career and choices she has made in her life ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our June 2021 GMC Event with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month Rashik Parmar of IBM.  Rahsik has worked with IBM for over 38 years, working for financial, retail and manufacturing clients on IT transformation projects of all sizes. He is currently IBM Fellow and Vice President of Technology and IBM and is presently acknowledged as one the companies’ ‘most exceptional’ technical professionals having been appointed as an IBM fellow.  Rashik was awarded with an MBE from HRH Elizabeth II for his services to Innovation and Business ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our Apr 2021 GMC Event with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month, Nirupa Wikramanayake of Santander.  She is a highly experienced Executive Leader of Business Transformation & Change, with over 15 years working at C-suite level. Nirupa’s leadership story is one of change and adaptability. Her ability to adapt has helped her to survive as a leader; but it is the persistence and bravery coming out of her desire to find happiness in the face of changing circumstances, that has helped her leadership thrive.  ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our Mar 2021 GMC Event with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month, John Collins of Santander. John has worked in multiple banks and is now the Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of Santander UK. In his current role he is responsible for leading a group of multiple disciplinary teams covering a range of activities across Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Governance and Financial Crime. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Santander UK, the Executive Sponsor of the Santander Social Mobility Committee, on the Board of the Santander Foundati ..read more

This podcast was made from the recording of our Feb 2021 GMC Event with our esteemed GOAL Model for the month, Uche Onuma of IBM. Uche is a highly driven and energetic leader with over 15 years of experience in information technology and business. He has led sales teams and business units at Dell UK and IBM spanning IT services, consultancy, software and hardware infrastructure. Uche’s focus is to help his clients accelerate their growth and create competitive differentiation within rapidly changing regulatory, business and technology landscapes ..read more

In this GOAL Model Circle episode, Olukayode Okunwobi Senior Director at BNP Paribas states the evidence he has to support his view on the importance of networking to reach the top. Find out how he used networking to reach his goal and what is the way to good networking. All this and more on networking in this GOAL Model Circle episode.  ..read more

Fran Keys is a Community Hub Director at Santander and her captivating speech on trying to fit in during school is definitely a topic many people can relate to in different ways. The message of finding yourself that Fran conveys is an important one that needs to be valued ..read more