Management Meets podcast

Listen to the Management Meets podcast series, where School alumni tell tales of success, and failure, in the ever-changing world of business practice.

Financing the Future

In the series 4 finale of Management Meets, Professor Steve Brammer and Katie Calvert Jones are joined by MBA alumnus Martin Callow, Global Strategy Lead for The Nature Conservancy鈥檚 Nature Bonds Programme. Listen and discover:

the moment Martin witnessed environmental change firsthand, and how it shaped his career
why understanding finance has become essential for conservation leaders
the power of networks, partnerships, and the impact of saying 鈥測es鈥� to opportunity

From 麻豆社 to Bollywood: A Global Creative Journey

Katie Calvert-Jones and Professor Steve Brammer are joined by alumnus Nishchay Gogia, founder of 1947 Productions. Nishchay reflects on his journey from Mumbai to 麻豆社, and how his time at the School of Management shaped both his personal and professional outlook. Arriving in 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis, he shares how uncertainty, resilience, and adaptability became defining themes in his early career.

From washing dishes as a student to working on some of India鈥檚 biggest television formats, including India鈥檚 Got Talent and Indian Idol, Nishchay charts his path into the creative industries, and the bold decision to launch his own production company after 17 years in the field.

Ambition with Impact

Kelvin is a BSc Business 2010 alumnus and founder of Picanto Partners, a consultancy helping social enterprises and mission-driven organisations scale their impact. Kelvin shares his career journey from the corporate world at Morgan Stanley, Nestl茅 and Unilever to leading a sanitation social enterprise in Ghana and launching his own consultancy focused on social impact.

The conversation explores the challenges of measuring social value, the realities of implementing strategy in mission-driven organisations, and Kelvin鈥檚 ambitious vision to introduce mergers and acquisitions thinking to the charity and social enterprise sector.

Turning Strength Into a Brand: The Journey of ST脝RKE

In this episode of Management Meets, Katie speaks with international management alumna Maya Khurana, founder of ST脝RKE, a Scandinavian-inspired gym accessories brand designed for women who lift.

Maya shares her path after the School of Management, making the pivot from a career in tech in London to life as an entrepreneur living in Copenhagen, with a strong focus on marketing and design.

Listen for an open conversation on the reality of entrepreneurism, ambition, battling burnout and more.

The Management Meets podcast

Celebrating our alumni community

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Hosted by Prof Steve Brammer, Dean of the School of Management, and Katie Calvert-Jones, alumni relations professional, Management Meets shares insight from leaders within our community on a variety of topics across a range of industries.

The School of Management has over 27,000 alumni in over 130 countries, including business founders, CEOs and Olympians. In this series, we meet some of these, as we dive into the ever-changing world of business practice and learn the latest academic thinking along the way.

From sport to the secrets of the boardroom, get inspired with tales of success, and some failures, in the Management Meets podcast.