Elizabeth Jenkins-Smalley

In this exclusive interview with The Executive Magazine, Bella Syme discusses her remarkable transition from professional freeride skier to founder of ALS Private, the ultra-luxury travel company redefining bespoke experiences for discerning global clientele. She shares insights on evolving client expectations, accessing extraordinary properties worldwide, and maintaining unparalleled service quality across diverse destinations from private islands to Arctic expeditions

In this exclusive interview with The Executive Magazine, Jean-Eudes Fauville, Head of Partnerships & Business Development at GlobeAir, discusses GlobeAir's commitment to the customer journey, the company's exciting partnership with The Executive Magazine. Through innovative customer journey initiatives and strategic collaborations, Jean-Eudes has positioned the company at the forefront of making private jet travel accessible to a broader professional audience seeking efficiency and quality

The UK government is reshaping public research with a £38.6 billion strategy led by UKRI, backing AI, quantum, and engineering biology while reserving £14 billion for curiosity-driven science. Universities such as Cardiff, Oxford, and the John Innes Centre benefit, alongside innovative firms including Paragraf, IFast, and Ceres Power. Initiatives like the Global Talent Fund, Metascience Unit, Innovate UK's Women in Innovation Awards, and MRC fellowships aim to attract world-class researchers

London's Bayes Business School has reimagined executive education, blending academic rigour with practical application through flexible formats and real-world projects. Harry Young's rise from Group Financial Controller to Global Finance Director showcases how the Executive MBA programme enables senior professionals to accelerate careers whilst driving organisational growth, with his MBA learning directly shaping his company's acquisition strategy and international expansion

Transport for London has introduced a new tiered congestion charge, reflecting the changing mix of vehicles in central London. Electric cars now contribute to congestion management while retaining significant financial advantages over petrol and diesel alternatives. The revisions, effective from January 2025, balance incentives for zero-emission vehicles with broader objectives of managing traffic and funding the capital's transport network

The most valuable marketing asset a business can have is a room full of the right people. Benjamin Senior understood this when he founded the Property Poker Network, a live events concept that has attracted more than 300 companies across two London editions, with a third now heading to Manchester. Part networking platform, part charitable initiative, it is fast becoming one of the most commercially astute ways to build relationships and brand presence in the property sector

In this exclusive interview for The Executive Magazine, Gianvito Mangano, Owner and Director of Operations at Canne Bianche Lifestyle Hotel in Torre Canne, Puglia discusses the strategic thinking behind the hotel's evolution from four to five stars, the philosophy driving its personalised approach to luxury, and his vision for the future of boutique hospitality in one of Italy's most distinctive regions

Britain's Sovereign AI Unit, championed by Technology Secretary Liz Kendall and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, has made its first moves, backing infrastructure startup Callosum with direct equity investment and granting supercomputing access to six further companies: Prima Mente, Cosine, Cursive, Doubleword, Twig Bio and Odyssey. Chaired by James Wise, the £500 million unit is designed to ensure the UK's brightest founders build and scale at home

Pat Murphy has spent two decades quietly reshaping how the advertising industry thinks about production. As founder and CEO of MurphyCobb Associates, he has built a global consultancy on a deceptively simple premise: that great creative work deserves equally great production thinking. In this exclusive interview with The Executive Magazine, Murphy reflects on 20 years of the business, the opportunities that AI is opening up for brands and agencies, and why the future of advertising belongs not to those with the most tools, but to those who know what to do with them

Companies listed in London still trade below their global rivals, and private capital has moved fast to buy them. Intertek, the FTSE 100 testing group, agreed a takeover of around £10.6 billion by the Swedish firm EQT in June 2026, while the asset manager Schroders agreed a £9.9 billion sale to the American investor Nuveen and Bridgepoint opened the year by buying the advisory firm Interpath. Andre Lacroix, who leads Intertek, framed private ownership as a chance to invest for the long term. This piece looks at what buyers pay for, and how owners can gain on both sides of a deal