Profiles

Visionary leadership in the renewable energy industry

Milena Videnova, of energy company Axpo Bulgaria, wins the 2023 Business Woman of the Year award in the Renewable Energy Industry. Videnova is a successful female leader in a male-dominated field who always encourages women to unleash their incredible potential

PixelPool’s Dtail leads the way on the frontlines of the fashion-tech revolution

With the advent of VR and the Metaverse, 3D imaging software companies such as Maarten Van Dooren’s PixelPool are leveraging their experience in the field to transform customer experiences

We need partnership and innovation to achieve a more sustainable future

Monica Gimre is President and CEO of Sidel, a leading global provider of packaging solutions for beverages, food, home and personal care products. The company is at the forefront of one of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges: packaging. How we safely package and transport our products, and how we dispose of our packaging, is central to our attitudes to energy, waste and recycling.

Action and accountability on gender equality

When Jane Geraghty became Global CEO at brand transformation company Landor & Fitch, she was focused on driving a business that was truly equal, one that created a sense of inclusion and belonging, and one which helped brands become as diverse as their customers.

How one man’s vision to democratise treatments transformed the cosmetics industry

We trace the rise of Sam Cinkir – head of Este Medical Group and winner of 2021’s ‘CEO of the Year in the Cosmetics Healthcare Industry’ – to find out how he has led the group to become the UK’s leading skin and hair specialist in the space of six years.

Roger Dudler didn’t know how prophetic his brand software was – until the pandemic

Building and managing a brand is exceptionally hard work and when the pandemic hit, Frontify founder Roger Dudler found his company was well-placed as it provided customers with a collaborative digital space for their brands, as well as tools for brand asset management and a comprehensive framework for brand-building

Why Aurachain CEO, Adela Wiener, dropped a successful international IT services business and started again

A look at how SaaS product company, Aurachain, is challenging the booming low-code sector

Fleur Hicks, of financial consulting firm onefourzero, wins ‘CEO of the Year in the Consulting Industry’

Hicks embodies all of the values that add up to a great leader and as a deserved winner in the European CEO awards 2021, she continues to empower and inspire those around her on the road to success

The benefit of experience: why employee wellbeing is key to post-pandemic prosperity

When Marco Fanizzi joined data management company, Commvault, as Vice President & General Manager EMEA, at the end of 2019, he was focused on leading a major region of a massively successful international technology business, globally generating over $700m in revenue and employing more than 2,800 people worldwide

How Finland’s Puro.earth plans to scale up carbon removal to help the world reach net zero emissions

With more and more companies announcing ambitions to achieve zero net greenhouse-gas emissions, the demand for voluntary carbon credits has boomed in the past year. Puro.earth co-founder Antti Vihavainen discusses why carbon removal, not offsetting, is the route to achieving net zero by 2050 – and how Puro.earth is the marketplace to do just that.

Putting ESG issues centre-stage for business success and reputational advantage

A passionate advocate of technology as the enabler for change and improvement, Advanced’s CEO Gordon Wilson outlines why an ethical agenda is central to success today

Leading the way in the digitalisation of print content

Ari Assuied has been on a 15 year journey of progress with his information streaming platform having seen the print to digital switch before many others

Rethinking our use of space for a sustainable future

The ways that people and organisations work, learn and care for their health and well-being inspire the Finnish family-owned company ISKU to actively develop safe, sustainable and timeless furniture solutions that help businesses thrive.

With success comes social responsibility

How Olive CEO, Martin Flick, is on a mission for his company to make a positive impact on society

How Swedish start-up Karma put food waste in the spotlight

CEO Hjalmar Ståhlberg Nordegren explains what it took to build Karma into a pioneer in tackling food waste

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