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Oxford graduate Natalie Abou-Alwan is a lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience leading City and Wall Street firms, including multinationals such as JP Morgan and BP. Alongside her legal career, she’s also a charity trustee, author and adviser, and actively mentors professionals from diverse backgrounds. Her book, ‘How To Navigate Your Career Like A Legend’, champions a fulfilling, values-led approach to work – so who better to ask about promotions, progression and making the most of your current role? Here, she answers our burning questions…
9 months ago
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In the SheerLuxe Business Edition, we often speak to founders and leaders about the journeys that shaped their success. This time, we sat down with Barbara Campos, CEO of Joseph, to find out how she navigates the pressures of modern leadership while steering a heritage fashion brand through an ever-changing retail landscape. Here, she shares the lessons she’s learned, the decisions that have defined her career and what it really takes to lead with clarity and conviction.
9 months ago
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In today’s fast-moving world, building a strong visual identity is no longer a luxury – it’s a necessity. Whether you’re a start-up founder sketching out your first logo, a small business keen to refresh your look or a marketing or social media team under pressure to deliver campaigns and assets faster, AI-powered tools are making the creative process more accessible than ever. Here are the ones we rate…
about 1 year ago
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Dawn O'Porter is a director, television presenter and author – whose latest release, Honeybee, hits bookshelves today. Described as ‘a buzzy new novel about womanhood, winging it, and the wonders of female friendship’, we sat down with her to talk about what she’s learnt about these issues and more over the years…
about 2 years ago
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Emma Willis started modelling when she was 15, but many will remember her early days as a presenter for MTV in the early 2000s and then hit reality shows like Big Brother and The Voice. Now 48, a mother of three and co-presenter of 'Love Is Blind' with her husband Matt, she sat down with us to reveal what she’s learnt about family, business and more.
about 2 years ago
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Kruti Patel Goyal is the CEO of resale platform Depop but prior to that, she worked at Etsy for over a decade, as well as in M&A at Morgan Stanley and as a growth equity investor in technology businesses. Here, we sat down with her to talk about what it’s like to run a mission-driven business – especially one that’s so focused on sustainability and the circular economy.
about 2 years ago
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In 2017, former fashion journalist Pip Durell decided to launch With Nothing Underneath – a clothing brand focused on one thing: great shirts. By eschewing trends and putting the focus back on quality and sustainability, Pip has made WNU one of the most covetable brands out there – just ask loyal customer Meghan Markle. Here, Pip tells us more about how she got the business off the ground and how she balances her future growth ambitions with the brand’s core identity.
over 2 years ago
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Remember when Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook to Meta in 2021? The metaverse was going to be the next big thing, but three years on and that hasn’t happened – yet. We asked three metaverse believers where it’s at and how it could still be transformative for businesses…
over 2 years ago
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Between interest rate rises, the spiralling cost of living and the global geopolitical situation, these feel like turbulent times in the British economy. To make sense of the variables and find out how they could affect you, we enlisted the help of former KPMG chairman and City veteran Simon Collins to break down the headlines.
about 3 years ago
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From a podcast hosted by a successful online entrepreneur to a confidence-building TED Talk, here’s a list of everything you need to have on your radar right now…
about 3 years ago
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Laura Hickman’s job as a trader is fast paced, ever evolving, and calls for a dual focus on both the details and the big picture. We asked what her days look like at a boutique investment management firm in London – and about succeeding in a male-dominated industry…
about 3 years ago
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As a young girl Manju Malhotra spent weekends and school holidays helping out in her parents’ shop off Brick Lane. In her early twenties she qualified as an accountant and went to work for one of the world’s leading department stores, Harvey Nichols, where she climbed the ladder and become CEO. Here, Manju reveals what it took to get there…
about 3 years ago
