Podcast

Adam Krasoń, CEO of PwC in Central and Eastern Europe, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about where emerging Europe’s CEOs are looking for growth opportunities, how they are responding to short- and long-term threats, and about the region’s sustainable growth. 

Horea Popescu, managing partner at CMS Romania and head of corporate M&A at CMS CEE, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about the impact of the geopolitical and macroeconomic circumstances on investment in the region.

Bohuslav Lipovsky, managing partner at Executive Interim Management (EIM) CEE, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about the state of governance in the emerging Europe region. They also look at practical steps that can be taken to improve governance, especially in small and medium companies. 

Balázs Fürjes invites to a chat with Professor Krzysztof Klincewicz from the Faculty of Management at Warsaw University. The discussion, hosted by Andrew Wrobel focuses on the importance of collaborative innovation in boosting innovation in the European Union, particularly in countries with moderate or modest innovation scores.

Balázs Fürjes invites to a chat with Professor Guido Boella, Vice-Rector for Enterprises at the University of Turin. The discussion, hosted by Andrew Wrobel focuses on the role of digital innovation hubs in strengthening innovation in the European Union, particularly in countries with moderate or modest innovation scores.

Konstantin Vasyuk, executive director of the IT Ukraine Association, whose members employ over 85,000 IT specialists, spoke to Andrew Wrobel about the resilience of the Ukrainian IT sector. According to a recent report, Do IT like Ukraine, the industry brought six billion US dollars in export revenue to the economy and...

Simona Muršec, the president of the Ljubljana Pride Association, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about victories and defeats in the fight for equal rights for all couples in Slovenia, and about how the country’s cultural and societal specifics have played a part in the process.

Stephen Loynd, a futurist and the founder and principal at TrendzOwl speaks with Andrew Wrobel about what the metaverse and artificial intelligence might mean for the environment and how business strategists envision the potential of the metaverse in various sectors.

Traci Freeman, a global business services consultant with a focus on impact sourcing, tells Andrew Wrobel what impact sourcing involves and what benefits it brings for both the organisation and the employee.

José Miguel Salazar Hernández, ESG Hub Manager at PwC CEE, speaks with Andrew Wrobel, about the report’s key findings, the impact start-ups make on the environment, the most active investment hubs and some of the solutions the top 50 start-ups offer.

Diana Florescu, CEO of mediaforgrowth, a global network of media for growth funds, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about how start-ups can benefit from media for growth investment.  

Steffen Walvius, head of sustainability services for Central and Eastern Europe at JLL, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about how much time and effort it will take to decarbonise the built environment globally and what specifically needs to be done to address the issue.