Featuring alumni from the Women of the Future Programme and Awards, which recognises distinctive, innovative individuals in their fields. Previous winner Kim Rowell speaks to guests about their careers, big breaks, successes, failures and inspirations.
Episodes
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
A career diplomat with a wide range of experience both in policy and service delivery, Vicki Treadell is the current High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia, having taken up her posting in April 2019.
Vicki previously held the same role in Malaysia, and also served as the first woman British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of Pitcairn; before this Vicki was British Deputy High Commissioner in Mumbai, heading the UK’s Western India team, from 2006-2010.
A Eurasian born in Malaysia, to a Cantonese mother and a father of French-Dutch ancestry, Vicki’s family moved to the UK when she was a child. It was during a ‘year-out’ before hoping to go on to university that she joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the late 70s and never looked back.
A distinguished career that has navigated natural disasters, major terrorist incidents and not to mention a global pandemic; on a personal level Vicki is passionate about youth engagement, as well as women’s and children’s rights.
A believer that leadership requires compassion, collaboration, confidence and courage.
Vicki was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1989 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2010.
She won the 2009 Asian Women of Achievement Award for Public Service and received an Honorary Degree from Reading University in 2016.
Vicki is also Chair of the Women of the Future South East Asia judging panel.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
What a year it's been! For our final, very special podcast of 2020, Kim Rowell speaks to Hannah Ingram-Moore.
The owner and Director of recruitment, brand development and business training company Maytrix, you’ll probably know Hannah better from seeing her appear alongside her father, Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised millions of pounds for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday in April, 2020.
Having previously held project, operations and strategy management roles at the likes of Mulberry, Gap, Swatch, Fortnum and Mason, Liberty and Whittards of Chelsea – part of Hannah’s day job now also includes maintaining Captain Sir Tom Moore’s legacy as a part of his Foundation.
Carrying on the journey that started with a few steps in the family garden, alongside her father, Hannah and her family identified causes close to their hearts to benefit from the charity including loneliness, those facing bereavement, championing education and equality and supporting friends overseas.
“Tomorrow will be a good day”.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Fore more information on The Captain Tom Foundation, please visit: https://captaintom.org
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Heidy Quah founded Refuge for the Refugees, a non-profit organisation that seeks to raise awareness regarding the status of refugees in Malaysia as well as provide education for refugee children, when she was just 18 years old.
Refuge for the Refugees supports and empowers refugee schools, halfway homes, and a refugee vocational training school across Malaysia and Myanmar, ensuring and fighting for quality education for all.
In addition to raising awareness and providing education and entrepreneurship skills for refugees, Heidy works on the ground to rescue refugees from detention camps and human trafficking rings.
Her work was recognised by the Queen in 2017 when she was awarded the Queen’s Young Leader Award. This year Heidy was the recipient of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Award for Community Spirit and Public Service.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Dhruti Shah is an award-winning journalist, writer, producer and storyteller.
Well-versed in creating digital strategies from scratch, debunking fake news, as well as training and motivating young journalists, Dhruti describes herself as innately curious, having written on subjects including technology, business, women changing the world, comics and science.
With a grounding in local papers before jumping, or rather leaping into global newsrooms, Dhruti’s latest success is her finance and business book: ‘Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms’ – it’s a unique and beautifully illustrated guide to getting your head around the global economic language.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Julie Brown is Chief Operating and Financial Officer of Burberry, having joined the company from Smith & Nephew, where she was Group CFO from 2013 – 2017.
Julie has spent the majority of her career to date at AstraZeneca; working with them for a total of 25 years, undertaking 11 different roles in 4 countries, across 3 continents.
With a great many strings to her bow, Julie is also a Non‑Executive Director and Audit Chair of Roche Holding Limited and sits on the Business Advisory Board to the Mayor of London.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountancy and the Institute of Tax, after qualifying with KPMG, alongside this Julie is also one of the founding ambassadors of the Prince’s Trust ‘Women Supporting Women’ initiative, is a Patron of Oxford Women in Business, and a much-valued judge for the Women of the Future programme.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Susie Hills is joint CEO and co-founder of management consultancy Halpin Partnership.
Described as ‘an insightful consultant and a big thinker’, Susie is a very talented fundraiser and advises higher education institutions in this capacity.
Susie was chosen as one of 2019’s 'Kindness and Leadership 50 Leading Lights' by the Women of the Future Programme, showcased in the Financial Times and supported by Unilever. The awards recognise the contribution of kind leaders to business, the economy and society.
Susie is also the founder of the brand-spanking new virtual kindness event ‘Kindfest’ being held on World Kindness Day this year, 13th November.
The event provides a platform for a star-studded line-up of speakers, all coming together to share their collective wisdom, energy and ideas about how kindness can create a more hopeful and resilient world.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
For more information on Kindfest 2020 please visit: www.teamkind.org.uk
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Doctor Chern Ein Oon has served as an Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia since 2013.
Skilled in cancer research, drug discovery and molecular oncology, Chern has been the recipient of numerous accolades during her career for her work on novel molecular therapeutics in cancer; they include the Exiqon Young Scientist Award, as well as being selected to participate in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany where she received the L’Oreal-Unesci For Women in Science National Fellowship research grant for her work in the field of cancer research.
Chern earned her PhD in oncology at the University of Oxford and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
She was the recipient of the Women of the Future Award South East Asia in the Science, Technology and Digital category in 2018.
Kim and Chern spoke about her refreshing approach to her prestigious career and the numerous challenges she’s faced in the juggle of being both a mum and career woman whilst trying to excel in her chosen field, particularly during a pandemic.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
After studying English Literature at Durham University, conductor Tori Longdon took a circuitous route into music having seriously considered a career in law and starting out as an assistant speech therapist.
Achieving a distinction for her MA in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, amongst many commitments Tori has in her working life, she conducts the Covent Garden Choir and acts as an adjudicator for programmes such as ‘Songs of Praise’ and Gareth Malone’s ‘The Choir’.
During lockdown, Tori co-founded the ‘Stay at Home Choir’, a digital platform that has allowed classical artists to connect with music lovers all around the world.
Kim and Tori spoke about the lack of female role models in her profession, addressed her ‘harsh judge’ persona, as well as the need for constructive criticism and the serendipitous moment when a friend applied for a job on her behalf.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Hailing from what she describes as a ‘typical Filipino family’ - Lucille Dejito still lives and works on the island of Cebu in the Philippines.
Studying at a Catholic school, Lucille took early inspiration from Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, and after passing the bar began working for the International Justice Mission as a staff attorney.
Having worked at the company for nearly a decade, Lucille now leads a team of investigators, social workers and lawyers who work with local authorities to combat online sexual exploitation of children in the Philippines.
Lucille was the recipient of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Award in the Professions category in 2020.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Sonali Shah is a freelance broadcaster best known for being one of the faces of BBC Events, BBC Sport and Escape to the Country, and before that, a long-serving presenter of Newsround.
Sonali began her professional broadcasting career in BBC Radio soon after graduating from university and went on to produce and present news and business programmes on the World Service and Radio 5 live.
Known for her roles in the BBC’s coverage of many marquee live events over recent years including the Queen's 90th birthday, the Royal Wedding, the Lord Mayor’s Show, Wimbledon and the London Marathon; Sonali honed her skills during a five-year stint on the BAFTA award-winning Newsround including presenting from the Beijing Olympics and filming special reports from Haiti and Afghanistan.
Away from the camera, Sonali is an Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust and the British Asian Trust and regularly supports Great Ormond Street Hospital and Barnardo’s.
She was shortlisted for a Women of the Future Award in the Arts, Media and Culture category in 2012.
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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk