All Episodes

Ep 58. Private Equity to Public Purpose: Inside Ashish Dhawan’s mission to build India’s future

Ep XTRA 13. Music, Masala and Malgudi: Inside the world of Shankar Mahadevan

Ep 57. Rebuilding a Bank in the Age of AI: Inside Emirates NBD’s transformation

Ep 56. 25 Years, 500 Million Visas: Zubin Karkaria on building VFS Global

Ep 55. Amplify, Adapt, Advance: Thriving in the AI age. A discussion with Dr Ayesha Khanna

Ep XTRA 12. Beats, Brand and Legacy: Inside the Rhythm of Bickram Ghosh

Ep 54. Innovation, Inclusion & Intelligence: Dimitrios Dosis of Mastercard on the future of money

Ep 53. Inside MENA’s New Payments Powerhouse: Murat Suzer on Network International’s next chapter

Ep 52. Wio, Women and What’s Next: A Conversation with Amina Taher

Ep XTRA 11. Beyond 1983: Kapil Dev on Cricket, Culture and Courage

Ep 51. Flying high : a conversation with Paul Griffiths, aviation’s Willy Wonka

Ep 50. Networks, Neural Links and Net Zero: Two futurists on tomorrow’s economy

Ep 49. Augmented, Not Replaced: The AI-Native Future of Wealth Management

Ep 48. Democratising Finance: Kim Fournais on the story of Saxo Bank and honest capitalism

Ep 47. Fintech for the Many: Tariq bin Hendi on rewiring everyday money

Ep XTRA 10. Culture, Curiosity, and the Future of Universities : Dr Ranjan Banerjee on re-imagining education

Ep 46. Beyond Apps: Why the Next Tech Revolution Must Tackle Energy, Food, and Poverty

Ep 45. Zain Verjee: From CNN frontlines to amplifying Africa’s creative voice

Ep XTRA9 : Money with Meaning: The story of purpose-driven leadership with Tariq Al Gurg, Dubai Cares

Ep 44. ESG is not enough: Rajeev Peshawaria on Doing Well by Doing Good

Ep 43. Ahmed Bin Sulayem: Building Dubai’s Global Trade Powerhouse

Ep 42. Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow : futurist Brett King on the new economics of banking

Ep XTRA 8. Painting with Light: The bold cinematic journey of of Nayla Al Khaja

Ep 41. Banking on Purpose & People: The Samit Ghosh playbook

Ep 40. Culture, Connection, and Change: Adrian Simpson’s guide to effective leadership

Ep XTRA 7 : Megacities, Migration, and Money: futurist Parag Khanna on what’s next

Ep 39. with Noor Sweid Conviction Capital: Lessons in grit, growth and globalisation

Ep 38. From Microcredit to Mainstream: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh and the Bandhan Bank Revolution

Ep 37. From Miles to Moments: The Skywards Revolution with Nejib Ben-Khedher

Ep 36. Agents of Change, part 2 : Eran Agrios of Salesforce on how AI and humans will change tomorrow’s banks

Ep 35. Agents of Change, part 1: Bill Borden of Microsoft on how agentic AI is reshaping global finance

Ep 34. Trust, Tech, and Transformation: Sopnendu Mohanty on Singapore’s Fintech Revolution

Ep 33. Advertising Unplugged: Sasan Saeidi on leading brands in a changing world

Ep EXTRA 6 : Stepping Into Hope: The Jaipur Foot Story with D. R. Mehta

Ep 32. Inside the Checkout Revolution: Justin Grooms on Payments, Crypto, & the Future of E-Commerce

Ep 31. Pivoting from a telco to a techco: A discussion with Khalifa Alshamsi on the ambitious transformation of e&

Ep 30. India: the start-up centre of the world? A debate with Mohandas Pai

Ep 29. Loyalty is dead. Long live loyalty. A discussion with Ajay Row, the guru of customer loyalty

Ep 28. Will our money think for us in the future? A conversation with Chris Skinner

Ep 27. Is money rational or emotional? A debate with Ashok Vaswani

Ep XTRA 5. Will China lead the world in digital innovation and green energy? A conversation with China expert, Christina Boutrup

Ep 26. Breaking free of the money trap : a conversation with Alok Sama, former president & CFO of SoftBank

Ep 25. The future of investing : a conversation with Mark Mobius

Ep 24. Can P2P platforms address the huge SME lending gap?: a discussion with Craig Moore of Beehive

Ep 23. Is brand marketing less relevant in the age of digital and AI? : A discussion with Bharat Puri

Ep 22. Corporate Venture Capital : nothing ventured, nothing gained

Ep 21. The rise and rise of the Indian opportunity : in conversation with Bharat Shah

Ep XTRA 4. Consistency plus creativity - the formula for success in the restaurant business

Ep 20. The Great Wealth Transfer : are banks ready?

Ep XTRA 3. From a banker to a best-selling author : a tete-a-tete with Amish Tripathi

Ep 19. Middle East versus Asia: how are fintechs shaking up the ecosystem?

Ep 18. Innovation in action : how DBS earned the title of the world’s best digital bank

Ep 17. Profits are not everything : a discussion on development banks with Ahmed Al Naqbi

Ep 16. The future of technology: a conversation with Arvind Krishna, Chairman & CEO - IBM

Ep 15. The future of transformation: in discussion with John Duigenan of IBM.

Ep XTRA 2 : Gender parity at work and home : a dialogue with Carla de la Vega

Ep 14. The future of fintechs : in conversation with Vijay Shekha Sharma

Ep 13. Will crypto change the world? A conversation with Phil Sham, founder CEO of Aquanow.

Ep 12. Is Marketing today an art, a science or a craft? A conversation with Raja Rajamannar.

Ep 11. Story of a powerhouse entrepreneur : A dialogue with Yashish Dahiya of Policy Bazaar

Ep 10. How to create a challenger bank within a legacy bank: A discussion on Marcus with Harit Talwar

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Ep 9. Trends in the payment industry in MENA : a discussion with Nandan Mer

Ep 9. Trends in the payment industry in MENA : a discussion with Nandan Mer

Ep 8. Fintechs in the Middle East : A conversation with start-up mentor P K Gulati

Ep 7. Cashless banking in UAE - a discussion with Jan Pilbauer

Ep 6. Banking in transition : A conversation with Surya Subramanian

Ep 5. Banking in 2050 - What does the future of banking look like?

Ep 4. Growth on steroid – a discussion on the payments industry in the Middle East with Saeeda Jaffar.

Ep 3. The Customer Experience Revolution in Middle Eastern Banking with Suhail bin Tarraf

Ep 2. Rebooting Banking in the Middle East: A Conversation with Jayesh Patel

Ep 1. The future of money and banking with Ronit Ghose