In this episode, Jeannette talks to Roger Flynn who is an investor and Non-Executive Director for a combination of media, technology, and travel businesses. Before this, he enjoyed a long career as an executive for several leading international firms like British Airways, the BBC, and Prudential. Including working for Richard Bransom, from whom he learned a huge amount.
They talk extensively about how to make the transition between CEO, chair, and non-exec. Including looking at the differences between the roles. They also discuss the three main things Roger looks for when deciding which businesses to invest in. He also explains how business owners can make their company look more attractive to potential investors.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Don´t waste time and energy trying to be something you are not. Know yourself and stick to your values.
Do what you are really interested in, when you do you will stay engaged and do well.
You cannot afford to surround yourself only with people who think like you. If you do, it is impossible to make balanced decisions.
Potential investment businesses must be operating in markets that have positive characteristics.
Before investing, look at the management team and ask yourself whether they have the necessary skills to step up when the business takes off.
Starting with the end goal in mind will help you to make good decisions.
When seeking investment, make sure that the way you and your investors work is aligned.
Don´t be afraid of failure or of managing radical change.
If you trust people to do amazing things, they will never let you down.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Be yourself. If you try to be something different you are just going to trip over yourself. ´
‘If you surround yourself with people like you… you´re not going to make the best decisions.’
‘Aim for the moon because you might just get there.’
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to join Jeannette’s FREE Business Impact Seminar just DM Jeannette on info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Roger Flynn is an investor and Non-Executive Director in media, technology and travel businesses following a successful executive career in several international organisations.
Roger is currently on the boards of Luxtripper, a UK luxury travel agency, D R Communications, a mobile phone and cloud hosted telephony business, Cooke Optics, a camera lens supplier to the Film and TV industry, Clearvac Group, an international marine servicing business and Decisive Media, a digital publishing and events business for the global telecommunications industry.
Roger was Chairman of Loveholidays, the UK’s fastest-growing online travel agency sold to Livingbridge in 2018 for £180m, Olive Communications, a mobile phone and cloud hosted telephony business sold to LDC backed OneCom in February 2021 and Masstech Innovations Inc, a media storage software business sold to Telestream in March 2021.
During Roger’s Executive career he worked for Virgin Group working directly for Sir Richard Branson on new ideas and deals and then Commercial Director of Virgin’s media group with games, radio, publishing and media services businesses, British Airways as General Manager World Sales & Distribution with a challenge to radically change distribution in the Airline Industry including tackling the £1.2billion costs of distribution and the launch of ba.com and electronic ticketing, Prudential as Managing Director, Retail where he transformed the business model and culture of the £2billion business and its’ 7,000 staff, BBC as Chief Executive BBC Ventures Group where he created 3 media services businesses from internal Public Service support functions with 4,500 staff and turned them into profitable commercial businesses which were ultimately sold realising £1billion of value and SDI Media Group Inc, as President International, a global Film and Television services business backed by Warburg Pincus and successfully sold the business for 5 x the purchase price.
CONTACT THE GUEST
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/roger-flynnuk
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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