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Mark Twigg is an executive director at Cicero/AMO, he was born in Rotherham before working for the Labour Party in the late 90's. A lifelong diversity and inclusion campaigner he specialises in government relations and lobbying. Tom and him go toe to toe on the why the financial regulator is key to our society going forward and look back at what Britain could have done better in the 70's and 80's and how that might inform us as we approach the future.

Tony Langham, CEO of Lansons, joins Tom and Angus and dives into his and Lansons' history, horse racing and why he's happy defending the offshore banking sector.

Katie Crook Davies co-hosts the podcast Risky Mix, a podcast on diversity and inclusion in financial services. She also has her own consultancy, Tabei, and she’s just become a first time Mum. Massive congratulations to you Katie!

Industry giants do battle! Well it may not be a battle but it's definitely heavy hitting. Join Johnny Timpson, Peter Hamilton and Tom Baigrie as they talk about how they are attempting to make Protection better for everyone.

The handover from successful entrepreneur to successor CEO is notoriously fraught with danger. Join Tom Baigrie and LifeSearch's new CEO, Debbie Kennedy, as they look to draw up a map through the whirlpools.

Tom and Angus sit down with a leader from inside LifeSearch, Melvyn Nwajei leads a team of telephone interviewers but also after George Floyd's murder was one of the founding members of LifeSearch's Fairness and Diversity Squad. Hear him talk about a range of issues from his days spent searching people for weapons in Manchester to a massacre in 1920's Oklahoma.

Wasfi Kani is the CEO of Grange Park Opera. Born in the East London she started teaching herself the piano at 9 and was playing Violin in The National Youth Orchestra by 16. She read music at Oxford but was good at Maths so became a computer programmer but soon gave that up to become a conductor. With a story like that how could she be anything but interesting?

Apparently Podcasts require a day of celebration and apparently 30th September 2021 is it. So here's a little trailer to give you an idea of what we do and what's coming up in Season 2. Landing mid October!

Angus talks to 3 Searchers who have disabilities about their lives, covering subjects like working from home and how important that flexibility is to them, internalised ableism, and what able-bodied people do that really bugs them.

Join Luke Ambler, Baz Moffatt, Davinia Tomlinson, Nina Skero, Ally Millar and Tom Baigrie as they discuss the findings of the LifeSearch Health, Wealth and Happiness Pandemic Report. The last of our 3-part series focuses on happiness and how the picture might change as we move cautiously into the future.

Join Davinia Tomlinson, Baz Moffat, Luke Ambler, Nina Skero, Ally Millar and Tom Baigrie as they discuss the findings of the LifeSearch Health, Wealth and Happiness Pandemic Report. The second of our 3-part series focuses on wealth and how the picture might change as we move cautiously into the future.

Join Baz Moffatt, Davinia Tomlinson, Luke Ambler, Nina Skero, Ally Millar and Tom Baigrie as they discuss the findings of the LifeSearch Health, Wealth and Happiness Pandemic Report. The first of our 3-part series focuses on health and how the picture might change as we move cautiously into the future.