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The Person First Podcast

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The Person First is a podcast that looks behind the career and focuses on the person

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  1. The Person First with Emma Flaherty

    Emma is an experienced Recruitment Lead with strong business acumen developed through in-house and external recruitment across the Financial Services industry. She is also the founder of award-winning social enterprise 'MoneyGirl' which seeks to improve financial literacy amongst young women from...

  2. The Person First with Tom Whitwell

    Tom This is more of a list of useful links but it should be handy for those who want to dig deeper - definitely one for the synth geeks and tech heads –––> – aunt - horse pathologist and specialises in rabbits too – used to run a blog - ‘Music Thing’ • https://musicthing.blogspot.com/ – coming…

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  3. The Person First with Raymond Sagayam

    During this episode Raymond talks to host Ben about growing up in a close knit globe trotting family with a diplomat father and a mother who was a spiritual role model. They discuss the difference between character and reputation and receptivity vs emptiness as well as the effects of alcohol and...

  4. The Person First with David Abner

    Host Ben has a wonderful podchat with David discussing his career in finance which has taken him to Wall Street and now back to London. David talks about never really having a career plan and how he bases so many of his decisions on instinct gained from being a trader. The conversation looks at...

  5. The Person First with Justin Onuekwusi

    This episode hears host Ben talking to Justin Onuekwusi about the person behind the professional. Justin talks openly about the importance of family and specifically the impact his grandmother had on him. He also discusses his thoughts on social media and the ramifications of it. Justin discusses...

  6. The Person First with Jennifer Ockwell

    Jennifer is an experienced business head with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Listen to Jennifer talk to Ben about growing up with very little money in Rutland and how that has affected her thoughts on the equation of money, happiness and success. She talks…

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  7. The Person First with Mona Shah

    Mona is a CFA charter holder and has a first class degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol. After eleven years at Rathbones Investment Management, she embarked on a new challenge at Stonehage Fleming in September 2018. Mona sits on the Investment Committee and is launching...

  8. The Person First with Barry Smith

    Barry C Smith is a professor of philosophy and directs the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. He is also the founding director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, which pioneers collaborative research between philosophers, psychologists and...

  9. The Person First with Andrew Burchill

    Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in the asset management industry, building and managing investment communication and thought leadership teams at various blue chip companies. These include Legg Mason, Legal & General Investment Management, Coutts & Co. and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers....

  10. The Person First with Sarah Angliss

    Sarah Angliss is a British composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound historian whose music combines ancient instruments with theremin, electronics and her own robotic inventions. She performs her music live and also composes for theatre. In November 2018 she received an artists award from the…

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  11. The Person First with Jagz Kooner

    Jagz Kooner is an English producer who has worked with Radio 4, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream for whom he co-produced their cover version of the song 'Some Velvet Morning' sung this time by the model Kate Moss, Garbage and Infadels. He has created remixes for Massive Attack "Butterfly...

  12. The Person First with Vian Sharif

    As financial firms become increasingly attuned to issues of reputation, CSR, and environmental social governance, Vian is privileged to be at the forefront of these initiatives at international investment firm Investec Asset Management. Heading Global Communications for all regions ex.Africa, she...

  13. The Person First with Hal Ritson

    Henry Ritson is a British musician and record producer. He is an instrumental performer, singer, writer or producer on over 700 electronic/urban music songs, including tracks by Dizzee Rascal,the Sugababes, Nas, The Black Eyed Peas, Jessie J, Iggy Azalea, Duke Dumont, Avicii, Ludacris, Lil Wayne,...

  14. The Person First with Pablo Strong

    Pablo read Music at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he was a Choral scholar and a Lay Clerk. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and participated in the ENO Opera Works programme. Aside from a successful career in opera, Pablo is behind the successful YouTube street documentary series...

  15. The Person First with David Edwards

    David is a university lecturer as well as being a stand up comedian. This interest in comedy has led to David being a co-host of the hugely successful David Earl produced podcast "Brian Gittins & Friends" We was thrilled get the opportunity to sit, talk and record this episode of The Person First.

  16. The Person First with Dr Suzi Gage

    Suzanne H. Gage is a British psychologist and epidemiologist who is interested in the nature of associations between lifestyle behaviours and mental health. She is a lecturer at the University of Liverpool and has a popular science podcast, "Say Why to Drugs", which explores substance use. Suzi...

  17. The Person First with Ruti Olajugbagbe

    Ruti Olajugbagbe , known professionally as Ruti, is an English singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after winning the seventh series of The Voice UK, where she won a recording contract with Polydor Records. In 2018, Ruti auditioned for The Voice UK, and joined Sir Tom Jones's team. After winning…

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  18. The Person First with Matt Stocks

    Matt has had a fascinating career in the media being a presenter on Scuzz TV and Kerrang! Radio. He is a established music journalist and has recently gone on to launch the successful "Life In The Stocks" podcast, talking to the likes of John Lydon, Gene Simmons and Stephen Graham etc Subscribe…

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  19. The Person First with Nick Batt

    Nick Batt was one half of production duo DNA, best known for releasing a remix of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" in 1990. As well as "Tom's Diner", the duo remixed another second Suzanne Vega track, "Rusted Pipe", and a radio mix of "Rosemary" in 2000. After a brief lull, DNA reappeared with a mix…

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  20. The Person First with Remi Ray

    Remi has a Strong business development acumen with a demonstrated history in innovation and an award winning concept in entrepreneurship. Subscribe and follow The Person First https://open.spotify.com/show/3GYODKYIfolx5dyRBxuLkF?si=Qw_Q-kdWQhWzS259XYG_-Q...

  21. The Person First with Bev Shah

    The Person First Episode 10 Special Guest Bev Shah Bhavini ‘Bev' Shah, is the Founder and CEO of City Hive, the only professional network dedicated to uniting, supporting and championing women at all levels of asset and investment management. Prior to setting up City Hive she clocked up over...

  22. The Person First with Matt Oomen

    Matt Oomen is the global head of distribution at BNY Mellon Investment Management Responsible for sales, product development and marketing for BNY Mellon Investment Management globally, covering institutional and retail channels, all asset classes including fixed income, equity & alternatives and...

  23. The Person First with Guy Hughes Wilson

    Guy is a creative and entrepreneurial marketing and advertising practitioner, having worked in media agencies in UK and International pitch management and consulting and most recently in commercial partnerships and sales at BBC Worldwide. Subscribe and follow The Person First...

  24. The Person First with Bobby Bloomfield

    Bobby is a dance, rock and indie record producer and audio engineer living in Stoke Newington, London. He is co-founder of The Rattle. The co-working studio complexes shared by artists and music startups in London and Los Angeles. He is also a former member of the British dance-punk group Does It...

  25. The Person First with Jason Reed

    Jason is the founder and host of the hugely successful Stop & Search Podcast, which is part of Scroobius Pips Distraction Pieces Network. Alongside this Jason is also a writer who has a regular column in the Pod Bible publication Subscribe and follow The Person First...

  26. The Person First with Gary Hayes

    In the days following the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, acting sergeant Gary Hayes of the British Transport police (BTP) was assigned to the temporary mortuary where bodies were being brought for identification. “When we got bodies in they’d been down in those tunnels for two or three days, the...

  27. The Person First with Jordan Gray

    Jordan is an English comedian, recording artist, radio host, actress and author. She came to fame on BBC1’s The Voice UK in 2016 #TeamPaloma. Jordan made TV history as the show’s first ever Transgender contestant – and the first competitor ever to be asked back to the show within the same series....

  28. The Person First with Gary Mansfield

    At the age of 18, Gary Mansfield was given a prison sentence for actual bodily harm, following an incident where £4.2m of heroin was found in his car. Now a professional artist, encouraged by a teacher in prison and urged on by leading lights in the artistic community, Gary is in a very different...

  29. The Person First with PC Leon McLeod

    Leon McLeod was one of the first police officers on the scene of the London Bridge terror attack. The father-of-one and his colleague PC Wayne Marques, armed only with their batons, gave chase to the knife-wielding terrorists, with little thought for their own safety. Among the screams and chaos,...

  30. The Person First with Stewart Roberts

    Hairdresser Stewart Roberts, 56, knows only too well the issues facing people dealing with substance abuse and homelessness. So in 2014, he set out to make a difference. He went down to the Salvation Army in Romford, bringing his scissors, and offered to trim whoever was waiting in line for a hot...

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The Person First is a podcast that looks behind the career and focuses on the person

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