Season 40
The Global Interview Season 40 featuring creatives, leaders, and thinkers.
“Success is doing something you know you wouldn't be able to 'not' do, for a living.”
Luis Mendo
Luis Mendo
Illustrator
After working as a creative director for 20 years in Europe, I moved to Japan and changed my career to draw. My illustrations are found on sites, in magazines and in advertising, but also in art galleries and clothing. Clients include The New York Times, Apple, Wired, New York magazine, Uniqlo, Monocle, Forbes, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair and Wieden+Kennedy.
“I have always been fascinated with metals for as long as I can remember. And it feels like I have constantly been drawn toward this wonderful material.”
Alex Pole
Alex Pole
Blacksmith and Designer, Alex Pole Ltd
Adriaan was born in Kenya to Dutch parents and first came to Ireland in 1978 to attend Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare. Having decided that a career in Hotel Management would enable him to fulfil his desire to travel the world. He graduated in 1988 from DIT, Cathal Brugha Street and Trinity College with a Degree in Hotel Management. He ended up working in the Park Hotel Kenmare and The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin in the early part of his career.
“People expect quick results. Success doesn't tend to be overnight and requires a lot of hard graft.”
Sophie Milliken
Sophie Milliken
CEO, Moja
Sophie Milliken is the founder and CEO of Moja Group. Moja works with entrepreneurs and senior executives to amplify their personal profiles and become known authorities in their industries. In her first business, Sophie led recruitment and employability experts, SRS, to become the leading provider of assessment-centre simulations for universities and trained over 30,000 students at these events.
“I would say that you need to work hard, play hard, be determined, be very patient, and never, ever give up on those things you want to achieve.”
Gwenno Dafydd
Gwenno Dafydd
Leadership and Master Public Speaking Coach
A professional broadcaster and performer with over 40 years of experience, expertise in equal opportunities and diversity, combined with the experience of working at the C level since 1998, makes Gwenno Dafydd M.Sc.Econ. (Women's Studies) a formidable bank of knowledge, skills and expertise. She works globally as a coach and public speaker. She is the author of a book full of incredibly successful women with inspirational stories of how they smashed through comedy's glass ceiling. 'Stand up & Sock it to them, Sister' shows us that the glass ceiling is the glass ceiling in whatever profession you are working in.
“I think most people fail because they give up. Of course, as an entrepreneur, you will fail, but failure isn't permanent unless you give up.”
Ruth L. Snyder
Ruth L. Snyder
Bestselling Author, International Speaker, Creativity and Book Coach, RLS Creativity
Ruth is on a mission, determined to help entrepreneurs, coaches, and other "knowledgepreneurs" get clients and build their community. She guides entrepreneurs along the book writing journey, providing a framework and time-saving tips to help them get a quality book written, published, and into the hands of readers. Ruth has shared her expertise on platforms like Thrive Global, Women in Publishing, Authority Magazine, The Write Coach, and Author Audience Academy. In addition, she guides people through practical steps that make writing a book an attainable goal.
“It should focus on what you can keep effort continuously.”
Kohei Kurihara
Kohei Kurihara
Co-founder, Privacy by Design Lab
I am the Co-founder of Privacy by Design Lab, a leading data privacy culture and social community. As a non-profit organization originally established a privacy-oriented corporate structure program. We collaborate with multi-stakeholders, public affairs, government, companies and civic organizations, and international watchdogs to enhance fundamental privacy culture.