Season 30
The Global Interview Season 30 featuring creatives, leaders, and thinkers.
“Success has many fathers and failure is an orphan!”
Alan Tyrrell
Alan Tyrrell
Managing Director, Teneo
Alan Tyrrell, managing director, strategy and communications in Teneo, Ireland. With almost 20 years of experience creating and delivering innovative award-winning campaigns in the core areas of corporate reputation, leadership communication, and issues management, Alan helps clients resolve critical business issues with sound counsel grounded in a strategic and results-driven advisory. Alan is a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in Teneo, Ireland.
“It's better to regret something that you have done than regret something that you have not done.”
Andrew Lawless
Andrew Lawless
Chief High Performance Coach, Team Lawless
Do you know those people who are over-achievers in their career or business, but their success comes at the cost of their health or relationships? That's the people Andrew Lawless helps by coaching them to increase income, impact, and well-being. He is certified in High Performance Coaching through Brendon Burchard's Institute and a finalist for the Kolbe Professional Award, recognising him as one of the world's leading experts in human instincts coaching.
My boss once told me.
“Aisling, always take up space. Don't shrink yourself because you feel intimidated or think you don't belong - you do. Some people will make spaces for you and invite you in, and sometimes you will have to make it for yourself.”
Aisling Nolan
Aisling Nolan
Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy Focus Ireland and President Elect Soroptimist International Republic of Ireland
Aisling Nolan is Head of Partnerships and Philanthropy for Focus Ireland, the leading homeless and housing charity. She oversees the acquisition and stewardship of all transformative partnerships and gifts to the charity. She has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over a decade and has previously held roles with the international aid agency GOAL and with the fundraising foundation for NUI Galway- Galway University Foundation.
“Success is how you feel about yourself when you are alone with your thoughts and feelings.”
Caspar Craven
Caspar Craven
Motivational Speaker and CEO, Big Bold Goals
Caspar Craven is a leading authority in achieving Big Bold Goals through high-performance teamwork. A serial entrepreneur, he has built and sold a tech business for a seven-figure sum, worked as a CFO and at KPMG. He has twice sailed around the world – the first time as a team leader on a trophy-winning racing yacht in the BT Global Challenge in 2000-2001. And the second time as captain and team leader of his family team in 2014-2016 with his wife and three young children under ten years of age.
“Finding happiness in small wins along the way and building on them to get the next small win, for me, feeds into an overall larger sense of success.”
Conor Byrne
Conor Byrne
Global Marketing Director, NextGen Markets, Indeed
It has definitely been a non-linear path that has led Conor to his current role at Indeed, where he is responsible for the marketing of Indeeds Next Generation Markets. Starting off wanting to be a chef, he quickly realised that after nearly burning down a top Dublin restaurant, he may not be the best path he worked in Hospitality Management for a few years.
“All things done with love will eventually lead to greatness.”
Ulrik Nerloe
Ulrik Nerloe
Chief Energy Officer, Unified People
Ulrik speciality is empathetic dialogue and the work of clarifying and realising dreams. As a holistic coach and mentor, Ulrik helps people to encourage the joy of life and find themselves. As a result, the energy is high, happy and caring. Ulrik is a good host whether it is in a meeting, in a conversation or in private. His expectation of life is high, and sometimes he gets disappointed with the non-redemption, but fortunately only for a brief period of time.
“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Paula Thomas
Paula Thomas
Professional Podcaster, Let's Talk Loyalty
With over twenty-five years of blue-chip marketing experience, Paula is now an award-winning podcaster. She hosts interviews and articles for her show "Let's Talk Loyalty", the world's first podcast for loyalty marketing professionals. As an expert loyalty practitioner, her clients have included Telefonica O2 Priority, Electric Ireland and Allied Irish Bank, as well as Avios – the global points currency for some of the world's top airlines.
“Greatness can be born from anywhere in the world and is not geographically defined.”
Lisa S. Jones
Lisa S. Jones
Founder and CEO, EyeMail Inc.
Lisa is the Chief EyeMail and Technology officer of EyeMail Inc. For 17+ years, she has continued to be a catalyst for digital disruption and a prolific innovator with multiple, patent-pending technologies in the video-in-email marketing communications industry. She has received multiple awards, including a Stevie Award for 'Innovator of Year' and Delta Airlines' Catalyst of the Year' award for her impact on digital email strategy. In addition, industry Wired magazine was most recently recognised as 'The Top 10 Most Influential Leaders to Follow in 2021'.