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In the CEO, high profile bosses reveal the challenges they face and the leadership styles they apply. In conversation with the FT's best business writers, they delve into successes and setbacks, from changing corporate culture to leading major acquisitions to tackling unexpected crises.

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  • 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’

    Gerry Cardinale sits in an armchair in his office
  • 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

    Roly Keating stands in front of a black metal door with ‘The King’s Librarary’ embossed on it and you can see shelves of books through the glass panels around the door
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    InterviewDE Beers Group
    De Beers chief Al Cook seeks to restore allure of diamonds

    Mining boss faces battle as lab-grown alternatives proliferate

    Al Cook, CEO of De Beers, photographed at the company’s  store on Old Bond Street
  • 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

    David Sleath, CEO of the warehouse group, Segro
  • 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

    A portrait picture of Uday Kotak in his office in Mumbai
  • 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 

    Mike Wirth, wearing suit and tie, stands with his arms crossed with his back to a large window and stares off to the side
  • 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

    Zach Perret wearing jeans, collared shirt and dark sweater sitting on a wooden bench
  • 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

    Steve Squeri
  • 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

    Glenn Fogel Booking Holdings’ chief executive
  • 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

    Jesper Brodin CEO Ikea Group - portrait shot outside Ikea in Helsingborg Sweden
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