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The CEO

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.
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    InterviewEben Upton
    ‘We didn’t have a sales person’: Raspberry Pi CEO on building a tech start-up

    Group’s microcomputers are used widely but Eben Upton worries about losing entrepreneurial spirit after listing

    Eben Upton at Raspberry Pi offices in Cambridge
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    InterviewKristina Blahnik
    Kristina Blahnik on switching architecture for Manolos

    Manolo Blahnik’s niece led the British luxury shoemaker to its best ever financial performance in 2022

    Kristina Blahnik wearing a sky blue dress stands at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    InterviewLeadership
    Working on the frontline of disaster: Tim Cadogan on leading GoFundMe

    Crowdfunding platform has generated $30bn for users since 2010 but faced criticism over a lack of transparency

    Tim Cadogan
  • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
    InterviewLeadership
    Hilton CEO: ‘Complacency is a disease that can be very dangerous’

    Chris Nassetta has turned round the hotel group through measured expansion and consistent service

    Chris Nassetta
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    InterviewChristian Kullmann
    The chemicals boss standing up to Germany’s far right

    Evonik chief Christian Kullmann pulls no punches when it comes to the AfD

    Christian Kullmann at Evonik headquarters in Essen
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    InterviewNatarajan Chandrasekaran
    Tata chair on ‘painful’ transitions: ‘We have to do this’

    Natarajan Chandrasekaran says the $365bn Indian group is undergoing multiple changes to prepare for the future

    Natarajan Chandrasekaran
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    InterviewLuis Gallego
    ‘Some people don’t want to challenge themselves’: Luis Gallego on leading IAG

    The aviation chief executive on driving change in the face of resistance at historic airlines

    Luis Gallego
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    InterviewManagement
    Veuve Clicquot CEO: ‘Let’s break the chains to consuming champagne’

    Jean-Marc Gallot’s efforts to broaden occasions when people drink bubbly butts up against tradition

    A photo of Jean-Marc Gallot, the CEO of Veuve Clicquot
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    InterviewWork & Careers
    ‘I saw a massive opportunity for what this organisation could be’: Hilary Evans-Newton on transforming Alzheimer’s Research UK

    Decision to associate charity with a cure turned it into Europe’s biggest funder of dementia research

    Hilary Evans-Newton
  • 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

    Ali Dibadj in suit and tie standing next to a boardroom table
  • 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

    Cristina Scocchia
  • 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

    Fumiyuki Kanai in suit and tie with hands in trouser pockets
  • 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

    József Váradi
  • 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

    Serhii Palkin stands with one hand in his suit jacket pocket while casting a big shadow on the wall behind him
  • 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

    Makiko Ono, seated with her hands on her lap, wears a blue blazer and trousers
  • 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
    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

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