Today on Capstone's Talent Talks Podcast, Managing Director, Sarah Davenport, and Data Centre and Real Estate Sector Lead, Oli Coote, speak with Isabelle Kemlin, Business and Innovation Executive at RISE and Vice Chair of SweDCI and EUCDA. Isabelle reflects on her non-linear career journey, from industrial engineering to leading operations across critical environments, before finding her passion in the data centre industry. She shares insights into her instrumental work driving Sweden's position as a global hub for responsible, energy-efficient data centres and her commitment to collaboration, diversity, and sustainability.

Today on Capstone's Talent Talks Podcast, Managing Director Sarah Davenport and Data Centre and Real Estate Sector Lead Oli Coote speak with Dame Dawn Childs, CEO of Pure Data Centres Group, who was awarded a damehood for her outstanding services to engineering.

With a career spanning major critical environments in the military and civilian sectors, Dawn reflects on her journey from the Royal Air Force through roles at Gatwick Airport and National Grid, before discovering the data centre industry.

She shares insights into her transition to CEO, her commitment to building diverse teams, and her passion for attracting new talent to the sector while driving sustainability and community engagement.

Join us for a thoughtful conversation with Stefan Riedmann, Associate Director at BCS Consultancy. He reflects on his career journey, from a civil engineering education to project management in healthcare, before a lateral move into the data centre space. He also shares insights into BCS's innovative athlete conversion scheme and his commitment to prioritising mindset and soft skills when building high-performing teams.