- 16
- Episodes
- 2022
- First episode
About Founder & Chief.
Paul McGlone, Head of Business Development at Zeus talks to founders and CEOs from UK businesses
- Publisher
- zeus
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 3 May 2023
Latest episodes
16 episodes in the feed.
3 May 2023
Francis Toye, CEO and Founder Unilink
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by Francis Toye, Founder and CEO of Unilink. Unilink is a world leader in prisoner self-service and offender management software. Unilink’s main product supplied is the award winning prisoner self-service product currently carrying out around 200 million prisoner transactions every year helping prisoners to take more responsibility for their own lives and reducing prison officers’ workload. Paul and Francis discuss Francis’ background and career, the founding and evolution of the business, becoming an international enterprise and growth plans for the future. This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed, within constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.
19 Apr 2023
Ryan Dean, CEO and Founder of RD Content
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by Ryan Dean, CEO & Founder of RD Content RD Content is an award-winning global video production agency with an impressive client list. They specialise in offering strategic media planning, creative ideation, onset film work and post production editing, sound and animation all under one roof. Founded in 2009, RD Content has grown from a very small team to an international company with offices in Singapore, London and Abu Dhabi. Paul and Ryan discuss Ryan’s background and career, the founding of the business, key differentiators for the business model, and how the industry is evolving. This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed, within constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.
22 Mar 2023
David Craig, Iceotope CEO
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by David Craig, CEO of Iceotope. Iceotope (https://www.iceotope.com/) is a Sheffield-based technology business specialising in patented precision immersion cooling. Iceotope help their customers to become more sustainable by reducing their energy and water consumption and reducing the cost of data centre design, build and operations. Their technology offers extreme cooling performance whilst isolating and protecting the critical IT from the surrounding environment and atmosphere. Paul and David discuss David’s background and career, how Iceotope’s technology works and how it can revolutionise the design of data centres, the future of data storage and how Iceotope can help their customers achieve net zero carbon emissions. Read more about David’s charity Educate the Kids here - educatethekids.com (https://www.educatethekids.com/) This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed, within constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.
25 Jan 2023
George Richardson - CEO and Co-Founder of AeroCloud
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by George Richardson, CEO and Founder of AeroCloud.
12 Jan 2023
Lee Hartley, CEO and Founder of Fairstone
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by Lee Hartley, CEO and Founder of Fairstone. Fairstone is a privately-owned full-service wealth management firm with £15bn of client investment funds and employing over 1100 people. Their aim is to bring intelligent wealth management solutions to their clients across a lifetime financial journey. Lee founded Fairstone in 2008, growing the business from a start up to market leader. Lee talks about his background, how he founded Fairstone, how scale brings advantages and the impact of recent political volatility and market instability on the business. This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed, within constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.
15 Dec 2022
Charlie Cook, Founder & CEO of Rightcharge
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by Charlie Cook, Founder and CEO of Rightcharge. Rightcharge is a platform which enables great chargepoint installations to allow customers to move to an electric vehicle easily and smoothly. Rightcharge technology recommends customers the right home charger for their needs, matches them with verified installers and finds the best energy deals to save them money.
30 Nov 2022
Ian Minton CEO and Founder of Happy Drinks Co.
In this episode of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul McGlone is joined by Ian Minton, CEO and Founder of Happy Drinks. Happy Drinks is on a mission to remove artificial sweeteners from soft drinks by delivering the next generation of drinks with natural ingredients only. One of Happy Drinks Co’s brands, Eden Bay, is the third biggest brand of tonic in the UK and Ireland and sells a can every 1.3 seconds. Ian explains his personal motivation behind the brand, the importance of Stevia in making flavoursome plant-based drinks and explains how and why the company diversified into manufacturing. This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed, within constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.
7 Sept 2022
James Hind, Founder and CEO of carwow
In this episode of the Founder and Chief Podcast, Paul McGlone talks to James Hind, Founder & CEO of carwow. James explains how his passion for cars led him to start a car review aggregator and the journey from content-creator to online motor retailer. Now with over 12 million subscribers and 7.4 million YouTube subscribers, carwow employs over 250 people in the UK, Germany and Spain and partners with over 3,000 dealer partners to offer their customers a full range of vehicle brands. Based in London, James and his team have raised over £150 million to date and are an international, tech-enabled UK success story.
3 Aug 2022
Gurinder Dhillon, Founder & CEO of OTTO Car
In this episode, Zeus' Paul McGlone talks to Gurinder Dhillon, Founder and CEO of Otto Car. Otto Car is London’s largest private-hire rental fleet, and has the largest number of PCO cars (that’s taxis to most people) for sale or hire. Founded by ex-cabby Gurinder, Otto Car pride themselves on being upfront and honest; helping their clients to go from strength to strength and achieve their own aims. Gurinder shares how Otto Car survived covid and why their core company values are centred around making their mums proud.
29 Jul 2022
Patrick O'Luanaigh CEO of nDreams, Virtual Reality evangelist
What is the future for virtual reality and gaming? In this episode, Paul talks to Patrick O'Luanaigh, CEO and Founder of nDreams.
29 Jul 2022
Gurinder Dhillon, OTTO - Trailer
Coming soon: Zeus' Paul McGlone talks to Otto Car's CEO and Founder, Gurinder Dhillon about the business of love in the Founder & Chief podcast. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
6 Jul 2022
Chris Yates CEO, FFX
In this episode of the Founder and Chief Podcast, Paul McGlone talks to Chris Yates, Chief Executive of FFX. Chris hadn’t been near a power tools in his life. So why did he come out of retirement to be CEO of FFX, an online supplier of power tools and building supplies? How does he cope running the £100 million business today?
22 Jun 2022
Manav Thapar from LoveRaw®
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in a co-founder power couple? Manav Thapar of LoveRaw gave Zeus’ Paul McGlone some insights on what it’s like to have a great business idea with his wife and co-founder, Rimi.
8 Jun 2022
Strix Group CEO, Mark Bartlett
In episode two of the Founder & Chief podcast, Paul talks to Strix’s CEO Mark Bartlett. Paul catches up with Mark in Italy to discuss Mark’s career starting out, how he turned down Strix repeatedly before joining the company, the journey to IPO and how it’s changed the company for the better.
25 May 2022
Morten Toft Bech from Meatless Farm
In this episode of Founder & Chief Paul catches up with Morten Toft Bech, the founder of Meatless Farm.
6 May 2022
Founder & Chief Trailer
I’m Paul McGlone, and over the past few months, I’ve been working on a new project; meeting Founders and entrepreneurs in the UK. Coming soon we talk to Manav Thapar from LoveRaw and Meatless Farm founder Morten Toft Bech.
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