STORY
Three weeks into the role, I was told one of S&P’s ExCo was visiting London. And I needed to book meetings for them…
Thankfully, I managed to book a few meetings off the bat.
Then, I pitched a meeting to the Chief Investment Officer of a major global investor.
A great excuse to start a new relationship.
I went in, all guns blazing, and pitched the meeting…
He declined.
He was too busy.
No time available on the diary right now.
I had to review my pitch. What was missing? What could I do to convince him to say yes?
So, I went back to him and suggested we record the meeting.
The idea being that we both distribute that recording to our respective teams and organisations.
That way, we spend 1 hour meeting, but hopefully hundreds of other people can listen and get value from the conversation. A much better use of the time.
Suddenly, his diary freed up!
And he accepted.
That was the very first podcast episode. And we grew it from there.
Hosting a podcast has opened doors I didn’t think possible and it continues to be one of my favourite – and most valuable – side projects.
FILMING
EPISODES
Watch all the episodes here. But below is a list of some of the notable names who have joined:
Ken Griffin, CEO & Founder, Citadel
Howard Marks, Co-Founder, Oaktree
Ray Dalio, Co-Founder, Bridgewater Associates
David Rubenstein, Co-Founder, The Carlyle Group
Michael Milken, Founder, The Milken Institute
Larry Summers, Ex-U.S Secretary of the Treasury
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder, Social Capital
Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor , Allianz
Jon Gray, President, Blackstone
John Zito, Co-President, Apollo
Mike Arougheti, Co-Founder & CEO, Ares
Ryan Serhant, CEO & Founder, SERHANT
Richard F Smith, CEO & Founder, Vista
Manny Roman, CEO, PIMCO
Rick Rieder, CIO, Blackrock
Anthony Scaramucci, Founder, Skybridge
Jarard Isaacman, Founder, Shift4
Andrew Schlossberg, CEO, Invesco
Iain Stealey, International CIO at JP Morgan Asset Management
Xavier Baraton, CIO, HSBC Global Asset Management
Jeffrey Sherman, Deputy CIO at Doubleline
Tom Keene, co-anchor at Bloomberg
Mark Haefele, Chief Investment Officer at UBS
David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management
FAVOURITE
One of my favourite episodes to date is Mohamed El-Erian. I used to book his flights when I was an assistant at PIMCO. Ten years later I was able to talk markets, economics and sports with him. A stand up guy.
A close second is Ray Dalio. Who I spoke to about investing.
And McDonalds.