People Tell Richard Stuff

Over the course of the podcast I’ve spoken to people from two of the upstart ‘neo-banks’ – now it’s time for a different perspective on the banking industry. Today’s guest Antony Jenkins is the guy to get it from. Antony was CEO of Barclays for three years until his departure in 2015. Since then he’s […] The post Antony Jenkins, executive chairman, 10x Future Technologies appeared first on Reevoo.

We’ve been covering this new guard of startup ‘challenger banks’ for a while now – so I had to talk to Deborah Keay, chief marketing officer at Starling Bank. Starling is one of four or five smartphone-only banks which offer a more intuitive, lifestyle-based approach to managing money. These banks are all coming through at […] The post Deborah Keay, chief marketing officer, Starling Bank appeared first on Reevoo.

There’s not many people with a more impressive retail CV than today’s podcast guest, David Walmsley. David was appointed House of Fraser’s chief customer officer in mid-2016 after more than 20 years at retailers such as John Lewis, Dixons and Marks & Spencer. It’s an outstanding pedigree – you can see why I was keen […] The post David Walmsley, chief customer officer, House of Fraser appeared first on Reevoo.

2016 was a tough year for globalisation. And this year will be even tougher. People like my guest on the podcast, Claude Grunitzky, have their work cut out for them. Claude is what people call a ‘global storyteller’. A citizen of the world, Claude tells stories through culture, not geography. It’s this approach that’s made […] The post Claude Grunitzky, journalist, editor and entrepreneur appeared first on Reevoo.

It was just over a year ago when Mitch and I decided to set out on a podcasting adventure – and People Tell Richard Stuff was born. I often get asked why we started this. For me it’s all about thought leadership, creating engaging content, making new connections and, perhaps most importantly, I really enjoy […] The post The best of the podcast appeared first on Reevoo.

When brands want to know what their customers really think and feel, they call Karen Cooper. Karen is MD of Living Brands, a research-based brand consultancy. Karen’s consultancy brings brands right back to basics, and help them learn about themselves and how they should behave and interact in our digital world. As you’ll hear, her […] The post Karen Cooper, managing director, Living Brands appeared first on Reevoo.

This week the podcast goes to new depths as I make my way into John Lewis’ bunker called ‘Room Y’ to talk to innovation manager John Vary. Watch the video below, or skip to the bottom for the audio-only version. Through the reception, past the offices to the back of the building and beside some […] The post John Vary, innovation manager, John Lewis appeared first on Reevoo.

Call me old-fashioned, but I’ve always been a programmatic advertising skeptic. However, if anyone’s going to win me over, it’s Andrew Buckman. Andrew is the EMEA MD of the programmatic ad exchange OpenX. Through technological advances and a bit of old-school manual processes, OpenX has become the most trusted seller of programmatic advertising according to […] The post Andrew Buckman, MD EMEA, OpenX appeared first on Reevoo.

It all started with a massage – today I’m speaking to Lopo Champalimaud, co-founder and CEO of online beauty booking service Treatwell. Treatwell has experienced explosive growth over the past few years. It’s launched in 11 countries across Europe and is currently at around 500 employees. You might have used Treatwell yourself to book an […] The post Lopo Champalimaud, co-founder & CEO, Treatwell appeared first on Reevoo.

Today I headed to Shoreditch to talk to Mark Wilson, co-founder and managing director of digital service design consultancy Wilson Fletcher. If you don’t know them you definitely know their work – Wilson Fletcher has worked on the consumer end of BT Sport’s content offering, and (most famously) the Times and Sunday Times paywall. Mark […] The post Mark Wilson, co-founder & MD, Wilson Fletcher appeared first on Reevoo.

If you’re an Amazon Instant Video customer, you’ve got today’s podcast guest to thank. Simon Calver was CEO of LoveFilm. He built out the business and sold it to Amazon. Our chat is all about the extraordinary story of how the deal happened. Fittingly, our chat’s in video – watch below, or go to the bottom […] The post Simon Calver, entrepreneur and investor appeared first on Reevoo.

This week I’m crossing the Atlantic (virtually, at least) to chat with Ali Mitchell, co-Founder of team collaboration SaaS business Huddle. He joined me via Skype from Huddle’s new base in San Francisco. Huddle started in London, and Ali took the business across the pond, so I was really interested in his perspective on that […] The post Ali Mitchell, co-founder, Huddle appeared first on Reevoo.

For our first ever VIDEO podcast, I’m really excited to have Will Critchlow, CEO and founder of online marketing agency Distilled. Watch the video below, or go to the bottom of the post to get the audio-only iTunes version. I brought the camera crew over to Will’s London offices so that he could convert me […] The post Will Critchlow, founder and CEO, Distilled appeared first on Reevoo.

Have you ever looked at the lights in Piccadilly Circus, or the Walkie-Talkie, or a high-tech shopping centre like Trinity in Leeds and wondered about the work that must go into developing and maintaining them? I have – so this week on the show I’ve tracked down a guy from the company who owns them. […] The post Craig O’Donnell, head of information systems, Land Securities appeared first on Reevoo.

For episode 20 of the podcast I welcome David Prasher, MD of Haymarket Consumer Media. Haymarket publishes titles like What Car?, Campaign, FourFourTwo, PRWeek and loads more. However, I’m more interested in talking to David because I reckon Haymarket is a great example of a big, old company thinking like a small, young one. Haymarket […] The post David Prasher, managing director, Haymarket Consumer Media appeared first on Reevoo.

This week we’re talking Dom Perkins, commercial development director at Time Inc. Dom’s a big data guy – and I found it fascinating to talk to him about the intersection of data, content and programmatic advertising. Time Inc.’s global operations combine to more than 150 million unique views a month and the UK arm houses […] The post Dom Perkins, commercial development director, Time Inc. appeared first on Reevoo.

We’ve fired up the satellite for this week’s podcast – I’m talking to Laura Macdonald, VP at Hotwire PR from her new surrounds in San Francisco. Laura has been in SF just under a year – before that she was at Hotwire’s London office, looking after consumer brands and consumer technology sector practices. Hotwire is […] The post Laura Macdonald, VP, Hotwire PR appeared first on Reevoo.

For this week’s show I wanted to get a publisher’s perspective on content marketing. So, I tracked down Conor McNicholas – former editor of NME and Top Gear Magazine and CEO of content marketing agency AllTogetherNow for a chat in a London juice bar (rock ‘n’ roll!). Conor has used his publishing background to create […] The post Conor McNicholas, CEO, AllTogetherNow appeared first on Reevoo.

We’re getting a little bit political on the show today with Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates. TLA is an influential group of over 3000 technology entrepreneurs, established digital giants, journalists, government figures and vital suppliers to the tech industry. They’re all working together to champion and support London’s tech sector. Previously, Russ was […] The post Russ Shaw, founder, Tech London Advocates appeared first on Reevoo.

Feeling completely uncool today as I chat with serial FinTech entrepreneur and the official coolest person in UK FinTech – Tom Blomfield, founder and CEO of the bank that lives in your smartphone, Monzo (or, as they were known at the time of recording, Mondo). Journalists are climbing over each other to write about this […] The post Tom Blomfield, CEO, Monzo appeared first on Reevoo.