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.

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Ambition Abroad: Building Careers Across Countries

In this episode of the School of Management podcast, Katie sits down with Clem Grellety, Key Account Manager for Christian Dior Fragrances based in New York.

Clem shares her journey from studying International Management at the University of Bath, School of Management, to building a successful global career working with top beauty brands including Michael Kors, Tom Ford, DKNY and Dior.

Listen and discover the impact of international industry placements, the challenges and rewards of relocating for career growth, and how to thrive in the competitive fragrance industry.

Management Meets: Max Teichert - Driving Change

In the first episode of series four, Katie sits down with Max Teichert, founder and CEO of Track Titan, an AI driver coaching startup. Max shares how studying International Management at the School of Management helped him merge his passion for racing and entrepreneurship, getting him to where he is today. His formative experiences at Bath include his involvement in the British University's karting championship and two pivotal placements at Porsche's Motorsport team and a FinTech startup in Jakarta.

We also take a look back at some personal favourites from previous series’, with in-house producer, Becky Toogood.

Management Meets: Kirsty Matthews - Management in Charities

In the final episode of series three ‘Business for Good’, Katie is joined by MBA graduate, Kirsty Matthews. Kirsty is CEO of charity DFN Project Search, a UK charity enabling young adults who have a learning disability or autism spectrum condition to secure permanent employment.

Listen and learn more about the external challenges facing charities, the importance of financial sustainability in the charitable sector, the potential positive impact of AI on accessibility, and the impact of DFN Project Search’s work on the individuals and host businesses involved in the internship programme.

Management Meets: Dr Philippa Kindon - Management in Healthcare

In this episode of 'Management Meets,' Katie and Steve talk with PhD alumna Philippa Kindon, Business Development Manager at Mayden. Mayden’s flagship product, Iaptus, supports mental health patients through providing digital technology solutions to healthcare organisations such as the NHS. Philippa discusses the evolving needs of the healthcare sector, and how Mayden’s data-driven decision-making approach, providing new offerings and acquisitions, has helped them stay ahead of the curve. The episode also touches upon the company’s flat hierarchy system and why they’ve adopted this ‘made without managers’ approach to business.

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.

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