Season 21
The Global Interview season 21 featuring creatives, leaders, and thinkers.
“Be careful
what you
wish for.”
Simon Kemp
Simon Kemp
Founder and CEO, Kepios
Simon Kemp helps the world make sense of what people are really doing online. Every year, millions of people in more than 230 countries read his marketing books, guides, and widely acclaimed Global Digital Reports. Simon is the founder and CEO of Kepios, a management consultancy, and chief analyst at DataReportal. He also sits on the advisory boards of a number of the world's most progressive marketing services organisations. Over the past 20 years, Simon has helped to define brand and marketing strategies for many of the world's most admired companies, including Unilever, Google, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Diageo.
“Let your light shine.”
Juliana Linares
Juliana Linares Øverland
Creator of the blog Making Norway My Home.com
Brazilian actress, writer, blogger, and communicator. A former lawyer and language instructor at Berlitz Language Center. Norwegian and Brazilian citizens. Pedagogue at a school in Stavanger - Norway. Blogger on WordPress. Juliana is married to a Norwegian man and mother. I practice a positive mindset and meditation. I like to spend time outdoors, hiking, cycling, doing yoga, and travelling. My current project as an actress is a self-tape video. I am currently writing a book; it will be my first novel.
“Plant many
seeds and
be patient.”
Mary N. Hasavari
Mary N. Hasavari
Film director and Screenwriter, Matches Films
Mary N. Hasavari is a writer and director with an international background in countries like Thailand, Norway, and Iran. She received an MA in Film-making from The London Film School in 2015, which made her first film at the age of 16. Her short film BEFORE SPRING was nominated to best film at five film festivals, receiving honourable mention at The Isle of Wight International Film Festival. Through her work, she explores themes such as identity, psychology and dualism/non-dualism.
“Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.”
- Bill Bradley
Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe
Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe
Global Communications Leader, Turquoise River Consultancy
I am a global communications leader with over 25 years of corporate communications experience. I have experience in corporate, consumer, sustainability, and internal communications. I am seeking a leadership role in a purpose-led organisation. I am a skilled female BAME professional with global experience in UK, Middle East and Asia. My most recent role was leading communications for the London Office of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) in an interim capacity.
“We are not made wise by the recollection of the past, but the responsibility for our future.”
- George Bernard Shaw.
Anne Butterly
Anne Butterly
CEO and Founder, Easydry
Anne Butterly is the CEO and Founder of Easydry. Anne’s mission is to create a range of innovative, eco-friendly textiles to revolutionise industries that depend upon cotton, plastic and foil. One of her most successful products is the Easydry disposable towel - a biodegradable/compostable towel that replaces outdated cotton and inefficient, traditional laundry. The Easydry towel was launched almost fifteen years ago and has achieved coveted FSC Certification.
“Your value is
not in what
you do, but
who you are.”
Ashwin Chacko
Ashwin Chacko
Illustrator, Author and Speaker, Whacko Chacko
Ashwin Chacko is a seriously playful connector, bringing people together through positive storytelling with illustration & design, championing creativity to shape culture through talks, books, videos and workshops. Ashwin is a storyteller and motivational speaker based in Dublin who specialises in positive visual storytelling. He helps companies connect with their audience through illustrations and design. He is interested in uncovering the social interactions that drive culture. He seeks to capture these moments in bold lines and shapes; his compositions focus on strong characters intermingled with typography and patterns. He likes to describe his work as positively playful. Ashwin develops and designs conceptual illustrations for advertising campaigns, products, packaging, editorial, children’s books and one-off commissions worldwide.
“If you don't try, you will never know if it's going to work or not!”
Mirjana Prokic
Mirjana Prokic
Founder and CEO, hangAIR Global Ltd
Founder & CEO of hangAIR Global, the world's first smart rocking incliner with a subscription model to help people sleep, breathe and reset. Formally, I am an awarded Global Chief Marketing Officer and Business Turnaround Expert with 18 years of outstanding performance successfully managing Global and Regional B2B and B2C sales and marketing ecosystems for diverse companies and industries. Specialist chemicals, premium consumer brands, commercial/industrial goods and marketing agencies. I am a trustee of Global Angels Foundation, a charity transforming disadvantaged communities around the world, and an occasional guest lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.
“Attack the biggest problem until it is no longer the biggest problem.”
Wayne Manu Shennen
Wayne Manu Shennen
Managing Director, Rangitoto Tokyo Craft Sake
and New Zealand Wine
I was raised in New Zealand, but I've been lucky enough to have lived in Australia, Brazil, Japan, and England. I was working in Sydney as a young Reporting Analyst, feeling pretty good about where my career was taking me when out of the blue, a workplace injury made it effectively impossible to work with computers. The only thing that I could think of that seemed to fit was Hospitality. So in 2002, I took a position working as a bartender in Manly and from there never looked back.