The team at Rowan meet with senior leaders from high-performing, high-growth SME businesses to get under the skin of the challenges and successes that form part of the SME scaling journey. Covering topics from diversity, equity, and inclusion, to what makes a great leader, the role of complementarity in leadership teams and the how, when and why of investment.
Rowan, part of The LCap Group, supports private capital and private equity backed SMEs, by defining and appointing the optimum leadership teams to deliver their value creation plans.
Rowan enable businesses to make the required leadership changes to scale and deliver accelerated growth.
Supporting Prevent Breast Cancer, A Charity Close to Louise's heart
Lou chats to her motivation and inspiration behind supporting Prevent Breast Cancer and the Yorkshire Three Peaks fundraiser challenge, Georgia Jones. Georgia a 28 years old, diagnosed with terminal cancer at 23, shares about her journey so far and her outlook on the future.
20 Sept 2023
The fight against breast cancer, with 'Prevent Breast Cancer' CEO Nikki Barraclough
Rowan Director Louise Stephenson is joined by Prevent Breast Cancer CEO, Nikki Barraclough, to learn more about the incredible work undertaken by the charity. The charity are currently focused on raising funds to build a National Breast Imaging Academy, which will be based in the north west of England.. The centre will undertake vital research to prevent and predict breast cancer, but it will also serve as a training ground for the next generation of radiographers.
20 Sept 2023
Navigating Senior Leadership and the Menopause, with Founder and CEO of The Menopause Maze, Fiona McKay
Louise talks to founder & CEO, The Menopause Maze, Fiona McKay. Known in the media as The Menopause Career Coach, Fiona is one of the top 250 global influencers in FemTech, Women’s Keynote Speaker of the year and winner of the Innospace award for outstanding entrepreneurship. She sits on the All Party Parliamentary Group for Women and Finance, and in this episode Louise was delighted to be joined by Fiona to talk all things menopause and female workplace wellbeing.
9 Aug 2022
The SME Owner's Podcast - "Driving value through data in a people-centric business"
Rowan's Head of Leadership Advisory, Johnathan Massey, is guest host for the opening episode of Season 2 of "The SME Owner's Podcast." Johnathan speaks with Non-Exec Chair Martin Boddy, and in this three-part conversation, Martin talks about using data to drive and create value in a growing business, how this relates to and affects the people within the business and the best way to manage and benefit from a hybrid working model.
18 Oct 2021
The SME Owner's Podcast - "Getting the best ROI from Sales & Marketing - with Rowan's Head of Sales & Marketing Practice Louise Stephenson"
Rowan's MD Paul Waite sits down with Louise Stephenson to discuss Sales & Marketing post-pandemic, and the best way for SMEs to maximise their Sales & Marketing ROI.
8 Jul 2021
"Working towards an IPO. Top tips from Rowan's Corporate Finance and IPO expert Mark Fahy"
The podcast's second episode features Rowan Associate Director Mark Fahy, who spent over 14 years with the London Stock Exchange, supporting companies on their IPO journeys. The IPO market hasrarely been as active as in the first half of this year , perhaps since 2007. We have seen 49 companies float on AIM or the Main Market in H1 2021, more than the whole of 2020. The pipeline for H2 looks equally as strong as more businesses seek to use the public markets to support their ambitions. For...
15 Apr 2021
"Are you fit for funding? Top tips from B2B Banking expert and latest Rowan recruit Iain Duncan"
Rowan's inaugural Podcast features its host, Rowan MD Paul Waite, talking with Rowan's Business Banking Consultant Iain Duncan. Having spent 36 years working for what is now HSBC, specialising in Business Banking for SMEs, Iain is one of the UK's leading authorities on the subject. In this episode, Iain lays out the "5 C's" that businesses should focus on when approaching a bank, namely; Character Capital Capacity or CashFlow Conditions Collateral This episode really is a must-listen fo...
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