The CEO

Sunday, 16 June, 2024

InterviewAli Dibadj

Janus Henderson’s Ali Dibadj: ‘You’ve just got to roll with the punches’

Head of asset manager has faced multiple problems as he tries to rebuild storied brand

Sunday, 2 June, 2024

Interviewillycaffe SPA

Illycaffè’s Cristina Scocchia: ‘I see my role as a doctor’s — once I am done I move on to the next patient’

The CEO is applying lessons learnt from Covid and cosmetics to expanding the coffee maker overseas

Sunday, 19 May, 2024

InterviewPrivate equity

‘We had no idea what private equity was about’: Japanese chipmaker CEO on buyout bosses

Fumiyuki Kanai came to value KKR as a tool for change ahead of country’s biggest IPO in five years

Monday, 6 May, 2024

InterviewJózsef Váradi

Wizz Air CEO: ‘Crisis management became a constant’

Wars, soaring oil prices and engine troubles have thrown European airline off course

Sunday, 17 March, 2024

InterviewSerhii Palkin

‘Our management team is crisis-proof’: how a Ukrainian football club battled a decade of conflict

Shakhtar Donetsk boss had faced upheaval before Russia invaded and stopped everything

Monday, 4 March, 2024

InterviewLeadership

How Makiko Ono became one of Japan’s few female CEOs

The Suntory Beverage and Food executive reflects on her setbacks and successes

Monday, 19 February, 2024

InterviewGerry Cardinale

‘The one thing I’ve always had is deal flow’: RedBird’s Gerry Cardinale

Investor behind high-profile media and sport takeovers says he has ‘no tolerance for political behaviour’

Monday, 22 January, 2024

InterviewRoly Keating

How the British Library’s Roly Keating managed a major cyber attack

The former BBC executive made it his mission to bring the nation’s book collection online — then disaster struck

Tuesday, 19 December, 2023

InterviewDe Beers

De Beers chief Al Cook seeks to restore allure of diamonds

Mining boss faces battle as lab-grown alternatives proliferate

Sunday, 26 November, 2023

SEGRO PLC

Property boss David Sleath gives warehouses the hard sell

Segro CEO says his ‘very generic boxes’ are at the forefront of digitalisation

Sunday, 12 November, 2023

InterviewLeadership

Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Uday Kotak: ‘It is better to be stupid now than sorry later’

The decision by Asia’s richest banker to start his own business was unusual in an economy dominated by family dynasties

Monday, 23 October, 2023

InterviewMike Wirth

Chevron’s Mike Wirth: ‘We are not selling a product that is evil’

Oil and gas executive says he will defy critics to make a ‘real world’ case for fossil fuels

Sunday, 1 October, 2023

InterviewLeadership

‘Talk to everyone you can’: Plaid’s Zach Perret on navigating a failed sale and Covid upheaval

The fintech boss says he ‘over-communicated’ with staff as they suffered a period of uncertainty

Sunday, 17 September, 2023

Leadership

American Express’s Steve Squeri: ‘If you’re not ready for the upswing, you’ve missed’

Chief executive who made bold moves during pandemic is facing fresh economic upheaval

Sunday, 20 August, 2023

InterviewLeadership

Booking.com’s Glenn Fogel: ‘Every day we have to fight for customers’

Online travel group boss on his AI-driven effort to take the friction out of holiday planning

Sunday, 30 July, 2023

InterviewMaxim Timchenko

DTEK’s Maxim Timchenko: ‘If we are crushed, technically or financially, then we would lose this war’

Head of Ukraine’s largest private energy supplier is fighting to keep the lights on while also attempting to plan future expansion

Sunday, 16 July, 2023

InterviewLeadership

LinkedIn’s Ryan Roslansky: ‘You can only learn how to be a CEO by being a CEO’

Head of networking site says building a strong team and avoiding day-to-day minutiae are key to the job

Sunday, 2 July, 2023

InterviewJesper Brodin

‘We like Ikea, but it’s not working for us’: how Jesper Brodin dealt with unhappy customers

Furniture group’s CEO invested in online business and tested smaller stores as rivals circled