In April 2020, I became a father for the first time – meaning I now have a year and half’s experience combining fatherhood with being the CEO of OMNIA Global. Every single parent knows how your life changes when you become a parent; the sleepless nights, the worries and the endless love (and diapers). But what does fatherhood look like when you’re also running your own company? Since my daughter…
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As human beings, we set great store in the idea of originality. We enjoy it when we see it in sport – the footballer who plays an unthinkable pass, or the chess player who makes a move that no one else would see. These people are the norm breakers – the ones who disrupt traditional ways of doing things, and who show everyone else that there are many different ways…
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Back in November last year, OMNIA was invited to attend the Global Capital Leveraged Finance Conference in London. It was a great event – one that attracted issuers, investors and financial intermediaries from across the sector – and it was a chance to share best practice and network with some very talented and interesting people. The event was particularly interesting for me because the keynote speaker – Patrick Amis, Director…
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Here’s a prediction for you: good stories will never stop being important. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, as it becomes more and more clear that the entertainment industry is going through yet another period of dramatic change. The new medium The transformation this time – driven, as always it seems in our modern world, by radically new technology – is from creating experiences that are simply watched,…
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I don’t volunteer to make my own life better. And I certainly don’t do it to make money. There is, on the face of it, nothing to be gained from giving your time up to help others – but of course, it is, as many people will testify, one of the most transformative things you can do with your life. One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned in…
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I’m often asked about creativity, and my approach to nurturing it in the organisation I run. I guess it’s largely down to the approach that OMNIA takes as a business – in any given situation, we are constantly looking at how we can contribute to it creatively. When we speak to someone who wants to work with us, or who needs our help to solve a particular problem, our approach…
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Whether it’s through supporting investment products that further a particular social or environmental cause, or by simply by taking a more responsible approach to the businesses I back, I’m a firm believer that where I put my money matters. And I’m not alone – conscious investing is big business today. Many prospective investors – particularly younger ones, including so-called ‘millennials’ – are keen to understand more about how their money…
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I’ll admit it: I only know one way to do business – to take the personal approach. I’ve always talked about how I think the only way to be truly successful is to deal with people, not companies, and that still stands. It’s a way of working that has led me into a huge number of fascinating business relationships – some fruitful, some not so, but all have been a…
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The new year is always a time of reflection – a chance to look back on the year that has gone, to re-evaluate and to re-consider where you are. But it’s also a great opportunity to look ahead – and to think hard about what shape your business will take over the next 12 months. Here are just a few of the things I’ve been thinking about as we enter…
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You don’t need me to tell you that there is something truly magical about Hollywood – it’s a place where dreams are made – and often broken – very quickly. And of course this is one of the things that I love about the place – the entertainment industry suits my fast-paced way of working, as ideas are pitched and rejected, relationships start and blossom, and ideas flourish in an…
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