Legal & Governance Hub Podcast Show
By Gulnaz Raja
Legal & Governance Hub Podcast Show Oct 08, 2020
Episode 7: Investors and Shareholders voting with their feet
In this episode we discuss corporate governance and the interlink between ESG practices, ESG investments and recent trends of shareholders and investors voting with their feet. We also consider how businesses that prioritise purpose alongside profitability make better places to work.
Season 2: Episode 6 - The rise of entrepreneurship
The story of two founders scaling their respective businesses during the pandemic. We discuss how the legal consultancy model is arising, whether law firms are losing their touch and how business is becoming more of a partnership with clients. In this podcast we also explore how the landscape is changing for women to find confidence either in the workplace or through entrepreneurship. Great to be joined by Hannah Strawbridge in this podcast.
Episode 5: Fintechs and the human touch
In this podcast and now episode 5, our founder was joined by Niels Pedersen discussing his new book, the role of Fintechs during the pandemic and whether there is scope for digitalisation and the human touch to merge to allow greater accessibility.
Episode 4 - Founders Story: Lockdown Entrepreneur
Listen to our founder's journey on launching her legal consultancy startup during lockdown, how this was not her first exposure to business and her top tips on setting up a cost effective boutique business.
Episode 3 - navigating through uncertainty
Special guest Stephanie Wheeler joins me to discuss effective leadership and management during Covid-19, personal development and living in the present moment.
Episode 2 - New Banks: Path to Profitability
Episode 2 considers the proposed approach to supervising 'new' and 'growing' non-systemic UK banks. It considers the PRA's consultation paper CP9/20 and expectations in relation to the path to profitability, strengthening governance, increasing independence of the board as well as investing in risk management and controls as they mature. Guidance is subject to change once finalised by the PRA.
Episode 1 - Collapse of Wirecard AG
In Episode 1 we consider the collapse of Wirecard AG and the risk management and governance lessons for payment processors and new banks.