Shows
Being InvestedS2 Ep2: Lee Spelman: Holiday Special with JPMorgan Chair of Global Equities - Keeping it real on the rise - perpectives from a career in the inner circle of US marketsHello and welcome to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. For Ep2 of Season 2 we have something really special, finishing off the year strong. I’ve chosen and carefully wrapped up a conversation with one of the most influential investors in the world, Lee Spelman, JP Morgan’s chair of global equities. Now advising on trillions of dollars of assets, Lee grew up in a family that didn’t even own stocks. Yet when she was told there was no way she’d get a job on Wall Str...
2024-12-2055 minBeing InvestedS2 Ep1: Yrenilsa Lopez: Gamechanger undistracted by shininess: earnestness makes better returnsWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. I’m your host, Susannah Nicklin, and I’m hugely excited to launch Series 2 of the podcast with today’s episode. For Series 2, I’m taking you on a trip across The Pond. We will meet US-based investors who have lived fascinating lives, sharing hard-won lessons and insights from their own journeys and the coal face of the markets. But I’m not bringing you just any US investors. You are going to hear from the top women inves...
2024-10-251h 14Being InvestedEp12: Diana Noble: Choosing brave over boring - with rigour and kindnessWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. My guest today is the brilliant and indomitable Diana Noble. We talk about how motivation changes everything, how success can vary at different life stages, how going to Harvard for an executive MBA gave her the confidence to step into leadership, and what it takes to go from investor to business builder. Diana started in the vanguard of PE/VC in the UK and later was at the forefront of international development, taking bold career moves at each stage. She is n...
2024-07-1556 minBeing InvestedEp11: Nick Kirrage - Drawn to the difficult: the values of value investingWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. My guest this time is Nick Kirrage, co-head of the Global Value Team at Schroders, and it’s a really fun conversation. Nick is one of those people who takes on difficult things with a light touch. He has a contagious enthusiasm and openness about how human emotion – his own included – can be the curse of the investor but how acting with awareness of this can generate reliable returns time and again. Nick and I explore how AI migh...
2024-05-3156 minBeing InvestedEp.10: Michele Giddens: A master of imagining better - building the impact market and how shyness fuels determinationWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets.For our first podcast of 2024, I am joined by a true pioneer – Michele Giddens, one of the ‘founding parents’ of impact investment globally and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Bridges Fund Management. Our conversation goes deep, exploring how shyness as a child cultivated a purposeful orientation to contribute and perform. Born in Leicester, with early years in Canada and California, Michele has always embraced new frontiers, and woven purpose into her hugely successful investing and business-building career. Undeterred by extreme condit...
2024-02-041h 11Being InvestedEp.9: Andrew Noble: Finding the edge - from Olympic skier to VC business builderWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. This is a holiday treat … taking us to snowy peaks and flying through a fascinating career from top-level skiing to the prizes of early-stage business building. My guest for this episode is Andrew Noble, our first Olympic athlete on the podcast. Andrew was an Alpine skiier for Team GB who has converted the agility, risk-tolerance and mental sharpness needed to fly through the gates into a successful career in venture capital investing, with a focus on Scotland and the north of Engl...
2023-12-221h 00Being InvestedEp.8: Mike Reid: Acing growth - the art of contending, building trust and staying calmWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. My guest for Episode 8 is Mike Reid, founder and senior partner of Frog Capital, based in London and investing across Europe. We get into critical, thorny and transformational aspects of scale-up investing, emphasising effective processes and human interactions as the engines of great returns. Frog invests growth capital in software scale-ups that have a clear net positive impact on society, high growth potential, and proven revenues and profitability. I have the pleasure of working with Mike as a non-executive director on...
2023-11-0449 minBeing InvestedEp7: Robin Hindle Fisher: Investor-turned-leader who's all about people, courage and impactWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. Today’s episode with my brilliant guest Robin Hindle Fisher packs a punch: it’s a story about the power of self-belief and tenacity, bold lifelong learning and reinvention, and how great investment firms need leaders who know how to invest, and how to lead. I have known Robin since he became the Non-Executive Chair of Big Society Capital last year. He brings to his leadership the lived experience of social inequality, having been born with disabilities caused by the drug Thal...
2023-10-031h 02Being InvestedEp6: Lawrence Evans: "Self-awareness (+ discipline) wins" - lessons from coaching the world's best investorsWelcome back to Being Invested, where we explore the personal stories of the people who make the markets. We take a fun, fascinating summertime detour in Episode 6, for a conversation with one of the world's top investment coaches, Lawrence Evans. We all know the value of coaches in sport and other walks of life. But like me, you may not have heard of an investment coach - they are not standing by any sidelines and their names don't appear in headlines. But they can be game changers, integrating lessons from high performance sport and other fields...
2023-08-261h 01Being InvestedEp5: Marine Mallinson: An adventurer with a smile on her faceWelcome back to Being Invested. In this absorbing Ep5, I'm joined by Marine Mallinson, datatech business-builder, cross-cultural navigator, status quo questioner and now an investor in mental healthcare innovations. Marine's story starts in Western France and takes us on a journey of bold adventuring, and then returning with powerful focus to what is most meaningful and essential. She reflects on the excitement and empowerment of entrepreneurship in Asia, the value of taking time to pause and pay attention, and how grief has led her to purpose. She is passionate and intentional about finding new and scaled solutions for people s...
2023-07-281h 19Being InvestedEp4: Wol Kolade: "What happens if I shake this?" A private equity powerhouse and civic leader who loves to solve problemsWelcome back to Being Invested. I’m excited to bring you Ep 4, with private equity powerhouse Wol Kolade. We explore the fascinating terrains of his life - what it was like to be the only black student in an all-white boarding school, the experience of hitting rock bottom early in his career and envisioning a solution, and the ‘let’s do it’ impetus behind the 10,000 Interns Foundation. You’ll hear why a low boredom threshold can lead you to private equity, why he cares about bringing business-mindedness to the biggest social challenges, and the photo-finish precision of card games in the Kol...
2023-06-211h 20Being InvestedEp3: Ella Hoxha: A razor-sharp hedgie inspired by beauty, open-mindedness, learningWelcome back to Being Invested. I am really excited to bring you Ep 3, with Ella Hoxha. You have ahead an hour of brilliant gems of life observations, and we explore Ella's finely honed, reflective investment process - with relevance beyond financial markets. She has managed global fixed income for over 20 years, alongside cultivating her passion for ideas, literature, wine and art. We chat about the interconnectedness of markets, the professional importance of a close inner circle, the way music improves wine, and must-read great books. Ella grew up in Albania, hitting her teenage years as the country opened up. S...
2023-05-201h 02Being InvestedEp2: Jerry Biggs: Learning by doing - from army officer to healthcare investorWelcome back to Being Invested. Thank you for joining me for another fascinating, personal conversation with a skilled investor. I'm so glad you have tuned in. My guest today is Jeremy Biggs. Jerry is the founder and CEO of NCL, a UK investment management firm investing in high growth, pioneering healthcare companies.But Jerry was not always an investor, and his journey to running a venture capital firm followed a non-traditional route. When he was in primary school, his head teacher presciently noted his ‘playground leadership’ skills. It was evident even then that Jerry had the abilit...
2023-05-0545 minBeing InvestedEp1: Alexandra Ivanova: A risk-taker with a very level headI am thrilled to launch Being Invested with my first guest, Alex Ivanova. The aim of this podcast is to bring to life the people behind the markets. I'm so glad you have tuned in.Alex is the perfect guest to start us off. Her journey to a life in a town along the Thames, managing $10bn in bond portfolios for Invesco, speaking five languages, starting a non-profit, and raising two children with her husband, all started in Yakutsk, in the far east of Russia. It took determination, focus, adaptation and an ability to spot an...
2023-04-131h 04
Enter the Boardroom with Nurole18. Susannah Nicklin - Investing Time and Assessing Risk on Financial Services BoardsIn addition to her board roles within the venture capital, private equity and social impact sectors, Schroder BSC Social Impact Chair Susannah Nicklin's professional background in financial services has made her well-versed in risk management and the importance of boards that maximise their return on investment. In a close conversation with Nurole CEO Oli Cummings, Susannah discusses the core strategic and cultural differences between sitting on public and private boards, the evolution of investment trusts at the board level and the role of risk management in keeping boards goal-oriented and fiscally secure.With a highly p...
2022-10-1355 min