In today’s episode, we welcome Rob Anarfi, Chief Risk Officer at the specialist insurer, Beazley and one of our long-standing mentors at Roots Inspire. Rob has a very decorated background in the area of diversity and inclusion within the insurance space, being the Co-Chair of RATL (Race Action Through Leadership) and an executive sponsor for […]
In this episode, we welcome Justin Carty, Executive Director at CBRE. Starting his career in residential real estate in the public sector, looking after local government assets – Justin then moved into the private sector where he has stayed for over 17 years. With Jamaican roots, he has been a vocal advocate for ethnic diversity […]
In this episode of the Roots Inspire podcast, we hear from Claudine Adeyemi, the Founder & CEO of Career Ear. Claudine has had a pretty exciting career journey and has experienced both sides of the mentorship coin – listen as we discuss the power of mentorship, how to leverage it in your career and being […]
The culture we were raised in has a tremendous impact on our values and who we become as a person. Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and cultural heritage often plays an important role in our leadership style. Listen to three of our mentors (Sumitra Moeller, Paul Loiz and Mayen Ekong) as they discuss […]
For our third Roots Inspire podcast, we talk to our special guest Mr Q Msimanga who was born in Zimbabwe, then moved to the UK and now runs a successful clothing brand in Singapore. He is a fashion designer of his own men’s clothing brand, The Prefecture . We pick his brain on the importance […]
Managing imposter syndrome, how can we do it? In the second episode of the Roots Inspire podcast, we talk to one of our mentors, Sue Stephens, about how to manage imposter-syndroom at the workplace. Sue has had an unconventional career path and shares with us what imposter syndrome is and how she managed it throughout […]
In this first Roots Inspire podcast, we have a special guest with a unique story. Hopewell Hlophe was the first black student in an all-white high school two years before the apartheid regime was officially abolished in South Africa. He shares with us what that was like, the positives of his experience, the challenges and […]