Season 27
The Global Interview Season 27 featuring creatives, leaders, and thinkers.
“When you are worried about what other people are thinking of you - don’t worry. They are not thinking of you. Follow your path and be true to yourself.”
John Doran
John Doran
Educator and International Speaker, Ways to Wellbeing
John Doran has been a teacher and guidance counsellor for over twenty-eight years. John is passionate about the transformative power of education to disrupt poverty and help young people do all that they can, with all that they have, in the time that they have got, in the space that they are in. John speaks to management bodies, businesses, education trusts, teachers, parents and students on the topics of resilience, EQ, well-being in the workplace, stress management, and maximizing performance both nationally and internationally.
“Goals and results shift all the time, but as long as you see some progression, I would call it a success.”
Ben Austin
Ben Austin
Founder and CEO, Absolute Digital Media
Ben Austin is the Founder and CEO of the independent digital marketing agency Absolute Digital Media. Over the last thirteen years, Ben and his wife Louise have been focusing on taking the agency to a new height, now also offering digital PR as one of the primary business services alongside SEO and PPC. With a natural flair for digital marketing and a strong work ethic, Ben has remained the agencies brick and mortar, continuing to drive its success year after year.
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
Stephan Murtagh
Stephan Murtagh
Director, The Exhibition Guy Group
My real passion in business is exhibitions and being a part of organisers and exhibitors success. We have spent twenty-eight years+ walking exhibition halls to really understand what it takes to be successful at exhibiting. This is what drives me every day... I have been described as an exhibition industry expert, and I am very proud to be as I am incredibly passionate about exhibitions.
“Be yourself, people don't have to like you, and you don't have to care!”
Nic Mooney
Nic Mooney
Creative Brand Identity Designer, Nic Mooney Creative
Nic Mooney is a brand identity and creative graphic designer, creating professional, bold identities and designs for businesses who want to elevate their branding. She creates unique, bold and colourful branding for independent and female-led companies to level up their brand with purpose and personality.
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”
- Hunter S. Thompson
Andrew Ellis
Andrew Ellis
Founder, Eyetoeye Digital, Like Minds and DENA
Andrew is a serial entrepreneur and experienced business development executive. Andrew has been invited to Buckingham Palace and Parliament in the UK to advise on matters of business and enterprise and has been written about in the Sunday Times, Financial Times, and numerous other publications. After a BA Hons degree in Graphic Design at The University of the Arts in London, Andrew started his career as a designer and photographer at the seminal creative partnership Hipgnosis.
“Well-being is realised by small steps but is truly no small thing.”
- Zeno of Citium
Katie Stidolph
Katie Stidolph
Founder and Creative, The Savvy Stoic
Katie Stidolph, aka The Savvy Stoic, is a creative based in the North East of England who loves to write and share content on the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. In her final year at Newcastle University, she is studying a Combined Honours degree in business, classics, and philosophy. Katie has done talks for events like Newcastle Startup Week on Stoicism and how it can help us live well. And how it can help us overcome obstacles in life and allow us to become the best version of ourselves by applying Stoic principles to our lives.
“When I see my work improving people's lives to such an amazing degree, I want to do more of it!”
Breda McCague
Breda McCague
Transformation, Motivational Catalyst and Speaker, Breda McCague Coaching
Breda is an ex-Military Officer, Co-Founder of Lean-In Ireland, a Transformational Professional and an accredited Emotional Intelligence Coach. Over the years, Breda has educated and empowered herself and others in the area of emotional intelligence, the subconscious mind and the art of self-mastery and introspection. An accredited ECR coach in Emotional Intelligence, Breda uses both her personal experiences and her observations of the behavioural patterns she sees across the thousands of people she has coached to inspire others.
“It’s so important to have people who are peers in your world of work to talk to that aren't colleagues or partners.”
Rachel Fairley
Rachel Fairley
Global Vice President Brand Marketing, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
I love reinvigorating brands to drive growth. I've contributed to more than 25 business transformations across more than 100 countries and many industries. I started my career working in my hometown Edinburgh for the International Book and Film Festivals on programming, public relations and research. It was an invaluable experience working with artists, authors, filmmakers, marketers and producers. Edinburgh has such a great vibe working in the festivals - lots of free tickets, parties, dancing and late-night comedy.