In this episode, Jess will be speaking to Steve Butler. They discuss his story from growing up in the New Forest on the South Coast of England,  starting his career at 18 as an office junior in a life assurance company with no university degree to founding data and analytics firm CAMRADATA and his most recent role as the CEO of Punter Southall Aspire. Steve is a campaigner for developing an inclusive culture in the workplace, regularly writing and speaking on intergenerational working, retirement and older worker business management issues and they discuss this in more detail as well as his most recent book – The Diversity Project: Accelerating progress towards an inclusive culture in the investment and savings industry. 

Steve is an experienced SME business leader, chartered manager, academic researcher and business author. In recognition of excellence in leadership, he has recently been invited to join the select group of the best leaders in the UK as a Chartered Companion of the Chartered Management Institute.

 You can find Steve Butler on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbutler/?originalSubdomain=uk

Steve’s books:

The Diversity Project: Accelerating progress towards an inclusive culture in the investment and savings industry: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08ZQN89BK/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

lnclusive Cultures: Leading change across organisations and industries - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781336148/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

Manage the Gap: Achieving success with intergenerational teams: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781333939/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

The Midlife Review: A guide to work, wealth and wellbeing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781334609/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

Our host, Jess, chats to Robert Gardner about his career journey to date. They discuss everything from his upbringing, growing up in argentina, going to boarding school, why/how he ended up going to oxford, why he studied geography, the process of getting into deutsche bank and why he chose it, the different roles he had there on the grad program/how he nearly decided to be an oil trader. They discuss why he went to work for dawid at Merrill Lynch and the ins and outs of what he did there before leaving to start an Investment Consultancy, Redington. 

We find out why Rob and his business partner brought in a CEO and what his journey has looked like since his shift to become a Non Exec Director, including taking on a new role with St James Place, continuing his work with Redstart, Mallowstreet, authoring a book - save your acorns and a number of other projects. 

Rob gives great advice and tips along the way that will inspire you regardless of where you're at on your own career journey. 

Robs Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjgardner/?originalSubdomain=uk

https://www.sjp.co.uk/products-and-services/investment/responsible-investing

https://www.mallowstreet.com/

https://redstarteducate.org/

https://redington.co.uk/

TedTalk: https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gardner_if_you_leave_your_children_one_thing_make_it_this?language=en

In this episode, Jess will be speaking to Baroness Helena Morrissey, Chair of the Diversity Project, founder of the 30% club and one of the City’s most recognisable figures after a successful career in Fund Management.

They discuss how she got into the industry and dig a bit deeper into her various positions. They explore why Helena made certain decisions along the way and there is some really valuable, practical advice that can be taken away.

You can find Baroness Helena Morrissey on Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-morrissey-5835a328/ or follow her instagram - @helenamorrissey