Boardwave Live Agenda
The Great Acceleration
Catch up on any sessions you may have missed, or revisit those that inspired you, from Boardwave Live 2024.
Why is the UK so Successful in Scaling Fintechs?
The UK has become a global centre for Fintech. Second only to the US in terms of funding, the UK attracted $5bn of investment funding in 2023, more than the rest of Europe put together. In this session, we discussed the critical success factors, with heavyweights from the world’s most innovative fintech Unicorns, including Monzo, OakNorth, MoneySuperMarket, and Zilch. We delved into critical success factors, scaling and international expansion, alongside panelists' visions for the next ten years.
MB Christie
NED, MoneySuperMarket
Boardwave Member
Joel Perlman
Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, OakNorth
Boardwave Partner
Sujata Bhatia
COO, Monzo Bank
Philip Belamant
Co-Founder & CEO, Zilch
Moderator:
Bindi Karia
Innovation Expert, NED & Venture Partner Molten Ventures
Moments of Truth: It's not a Straight Line to Success
Great companies and great CEOs can be set on their course for success (or failure) by their defining moments. Boardwave members shared their ‘Moments of Truth’ – stories of pivotal moments where they made a critical decision. What decision did they make and why? What did they learn from the experience, and what might we learn from it too?
Elona Mortimer-Zhika
CEO, IRIS Software
Boardwave Patron
Martin Ott
CEO, Taxfix
Boardwave Nextwaver
Moderator:
Vin Murria
Chair, NED, CEO, Serial Founder, ADV
Boardwave Patron
Hannah Prevett
Deputy Editor,
The Times Enterprise Network
AI: The Great Accelerant
Still in its infancy, AI has the power to accelerate the pace of change exponentially. GenAI gives us a glimpse of its exhilarating potential to revolutionise healthcare & medical science, limit climate change, democratise education, and fuel economic growth. But such profound change, at this pace, also brings disruption and uncertainty. In an AI-first world, where the software sector effectively “eats itself”, how do European software leaders embrace AI, contributing to “The Great Acceleration”? How do we ensure we are the disruptors, not the disrupted?
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R. Martin Chavez
Partner & Vice Chair, Sixth Street, ex CFO, Goldman Sachs, Board Director, Alphabet
Raj Kaur Khaira
Co-Founder & Deputy Global CEO, AutogenAI
Bryan McCann
Co-Founder & CTO, you.com
Alexander Sukharevsky
Global Leader, QuantumBlack, Senior Partner, McKinsey
Moderator:
Katie Prescott
Technology Business Editor, The Times
This is unavailable on demand due to the Chatham House Rule
A CEO's Story: Accelerating Growth to Compete Globally
Good US software businesses can scale to $100m ARR in 8-10 years - a platform for global expansion. It takes a similar firm in Europe 15 years and 17 years in the UK. Founded in Madrid, Typeform, has the growth characteristics of a US company, hitting $100m in 10 years. What lessons on the power of acceleration can we learn from Kim and Typeform's incredible 10 year journey?
Interviewer:
Joaquim Lechà
CEO, Typeform
Boardwave Member
Greg Williams
Deputy Global Editorial Director, WIRED
Effective Boards: Building the Right Engine for Success
An effective board can make or break a scaling software company. How do you ensure that your board is a powerful driver of performance and force for good? The relationship between the Chair and the CEO is a pivotal component. Hear from UK business leader, Martha Lane Fox, and Netherlands-based Alexandar Vassilev, together the Chair and CEO team at WeTransfer, on the importance of highly effective boards.
Martha Lane-Fox
Chair, WeTransfer
Patron, House of Lords
Alexandar Vassilev
CEO, WeTransfer
Boardwave Member
Interviewer:
Katie Prescott
Technology Business Editor, The Times
Scale-Ups: Strategies for Sustainable Success
In this highly practical session, three founders shared their tips on how to rapidly grow a software business. From organisational structure and talent to funding and cashflow, learn how to combat the common challenges for a CEO and how to prepare for a sustainable future.
Chano Fernandez
Co-CEO, Eightfold.ai
Boardwave Patron
Jennifer Sundberg
Co-CEO, Board Intelligence
Boardwave Member
Moderator:
Stephan Sieber
CEO, Chaos
Boardwave Member
Nick Padgett
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Boardwave Partner
Workshops are not available on demand, due to their interactive nature
Sustaining High Performance
After running our most popular workshop of 2023, Rob returned to share evidence-based skills to handle pressure effectively. In this workshop Rob used the latest in cognitive behavioural science to help attendees deal with challenges, change, and stress more effectively.
Personal resillience.
Dr Rob Archer
Chartered Psychologist, Keynote speaker, Trainer, Coach, Author, Researcher,
Cognacity
General Magic; Failure isn’t the end, it’s the beginning
Set against the story of one of the greatest Silicon Valley start-ups of all time, this workshop explored how to build a culture of resilience as individuals and teams, while learning to pivot and redefine our relationship with failure.
Business resilience.
Matt Maude
Director, Producer, Writer & DP,
General Magic
Ben Strutt
Innovation Leader & Strategist,
General Magic
A Monk's Guide to Meditation
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk and celebrated author. His books include A Monk's Guide to Happiness and Handbook for Hard Times: A Monk’s Guide to Fearless Living. Thubten helps to reframe life's challenges as opportunities for growth. This session explored how to harness meditation for emotional awareness, creativity, mental focus and to reduce stress.
Emotional resilience.
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Gelong Thubten
Buddhist Monk, Author and Meditation Teacher
Fireside chat with Richard Waterworth
Interviewer:
TikTok has 150 million monthly active users and 5,000 employees in Europe. How did this challenger brand from outside Europe grow so rapidly in a competitive and mature social media landscape? Richard shared how TikTok created new commerce opportunities, faced regulatory battles and had a hand in Labour's victory.
Richard Waterworth
Former General Manager EMEA, TikTok
Phill Robinson
Co-Founder and CEO, Boardwave
Boardwave Member
This is unavailable on demand due to the Chatham House Rule
Entrepreneurial Endurance and Optimising Performance:
Lessons Learnt at the Edge of the World
Drawing inspiration from Sam’s extraordinary solo Atlantic row and Dr Jack’s expedition to the South Pole, this conversation explored the themes of personal resilience, endurance, and the lessons leaders can learn from pushing themselves to their limits.
Sam Glover
Entrepreneur & Solo Atlantic Rower
Dr. Jack Kreindler
Explorer, Founder, CEO, WellFounded
Bindi Karia
Innovation Expert, NED & Venture Partner Molten Ventures