The Ankura Podcast

About The Ankura Podcast

Welcome to The Ankura Podcast home to our flagship series The Business Behind Sport and The Impact Exchange, as well as a range of insightful discussions with leading experts and advisors from around the world on the developments shaping the global economy. Ankura, a global expert services and advisory firm, advises the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions on their most complex challenges. Visit ankura.com Connect with us on LinkedIn for more of our latest insights: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ankura-consulting-group/

Publisher

Ankura

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Feb 2022

Latest episode

6 May 2026

Latest episodes

93 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 May 2026

   Paving the Way in Women’s Sport with Stacey Copeland, Commonwealth Boxing Champion

   From banned to Commonwealth champion. In this episode, Stacey Copeland, the first British woman to win a Commonwealth boxing title, joins Jonny Gray to share her extraordinary journey from exclusion to elite performance, forged against a backdrop of systemic bias and discrimination. Raised in sports that were never designed to include her, Stacey went on to play elite football across three countries before making history in the boxing ring. Since retiring, she has continued to challenge gende...

2. 

   22 Apr 2026

   The Performance Playbook: Rapidly Scaling Revenue Through Digital

   What if the real threat to growth right now isn’t the market — but the response to it? Matt Sgrignari, Ankura Performance Improvement expert, unpacks how organizations can drive sustainable revenue in today’s turbulent financial climate. From private equity backed roll‑ups to underperforming assets, Matt explains why ‘growth at all costs’ no longer works, how leaders can effectively align marketing activity to revenue, and why understanding what’s working (and what isn’t) is critical. This co...

3. 

   7 Apr 2026

   Volleyball World's Commercial Innovation: With Ugo Valensi, CEO of Volleyball World

   800 million fans worldwide. 24 million social media followers. Volleyball is a top three global sport entering a new phase of commercial opportunity. In this episode, Ugo Valensi, CEO of Volleyball World, joins Jonny Gray to discuss how the sport is unlocking commercial opportunity through a 67/33 joint venture model, centralised rights, and a fan-first digital strategy. The conversation covers: The future of the sport from LA 2028 to the reimagined Volleyball World CupTransforming fragmented...

Who has been a guest on The Ankura Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andrew Sotak
• Paolo Lombardi
• Chris Nutter
• Moses Swaibu
• Kate Kalutkiewicz

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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