The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Stephen Jones – CEO of UK Finance May 8, 2020 Listen to our daily City View podcast as we chart the economic fallout and business impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode, Christian is joined by Stephen Jones, CEO of banking industry group UK Finance, which is at the heart of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Subscribe to The City View Podcast: [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Andy Clarke, former CEO of Asda May 7, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Asda’s former CEO, Andy Clarke, now chairman of AI-powered retail system Spoon Guru. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Andy reflects on the way in which the supermarket and grocery sector responded in the early stages of the pandemic, with panic [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Adam Smith Institute director Eamonn Butler May 6, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by economist Eamonn Butler, co-founder and director of the Adam Smith Institute. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Butler is an advocate of easing the lockdown and warns that the economic impact of the current restrictions will get worse (and harder to [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Michael Spencer May 4, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by billionaire financier and City grandee Michael Spencer. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Spencer urges the government to “be brave” in easing the UK out of lockdown – a state of affairs he described as “agonising”. He warns of lasting damage [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Priya Lakhani OBE May 4, 2020 In this episode, Christian is joined by Priya Lakhani, founder and CEO of Century – an AI-powered education platform. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Priya, who served as a business adviser to the coalition government, gives a candid and forthright assessment of the government’s support packages for businesses. [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Vivienne Artz May 1, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Vivienne Artz, President of Women in Banking and Finance, and Chief Privacy Officer at data giant Refinitiv. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Vivienne reflects on the way in which our attitudes to data have changed during the pandemic and the [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy April 30, 2020 In this episode of the City View podcast Christian is joined by Hetan Shah, formerly director of the Royal Statistical Society now chief executive of the British Academy – the National Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Hetan discusses the role that economics, [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Martin Gilbert April 28, 2020 In this episode Christian talks to City veteran Martin Gilbert on the eve of his departure from Standard Life Aberdeen, the £550bn investment management giant. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Martin founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983 and became co-CEO of SLA after a 2017 merger with Standard [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Miles Celic April 28, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Miles Celic, chief executive of The City UK – the membership group for financial and professional services, a sector accounting for 10 per cent of the UK’s economic output. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS The sector is also under intense [...]
The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Dan Korski April 27, 2020 In this episode, Christian talks to Dan Korski, who served as a senior adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Since leaving government, Dan has focused on backing startups and he’s now the CEO and co-founder of Public – supporting tech firms in [...]