In this episode of the UK Director Business podcast, co-host Rob Thacker, CEO of Sona Insurance, talks to ex-MD, award-winning coach, speaker, and new head of operations at Finova Money, Anna Butcher.

There is so much to take from the episode. Anna talks candidly about being a young MD in financial services despite not being qualified in the field, how she believes that creating the best environment and culture for a team yields the best results, and how she’s grown a reputation for leading teams that deliver results.

This episode is brought to you in association with Affinia, the accountancy and tax advisory firm helping businesses and individuals make better financial decisions with confidence.

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In this episode of the UK Director Business podcast, sponsored by Unity Online, host Sue Wilcock and co-host Alex Pattenden talk to Michelle Denny, Founder and MD of Michelle Denny Recruitment.

Michelle talks about how she fell into recruitment at a fairly late stage in her career, and the pivotal point that led her to take the gigantic step and set up her own business six years ago at the age of 53. She shares her vulnerability and challenges around running her business, as well as explaining the reasons behind her a straight-talking, people-first approach. She also talks about her plans for the future, why family is so important, and how she would advise her younger self to be more courageous and to not be frightened about making mistakes.

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In this episode of the UK Director Business podcast, sponsored by Unity Online, host Sue Wilcock and co-host Matt Sykes talk to Founder and CEO of HALO.

HALO is the world’s first Purebred Unicorn and the UK’s second most valuable software company (behind sage). Paul shares his reasons behind starting the business, how they hire on character rather than experience, and how the business has grown from its HQ in Suffolk, to become a global player employing hundreds of people, competing with the leading AI platforms, Salesforce and ServiceNow. He also talks about the HALO mission to ‘change the way the world works’ and the launch of halograduates.com, aimed at supporting the next generation of talent into the industry.

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