The Executive Espresso Podcast

The Executive Espresso is a fast-paced podcast where Australia’s top executive leaders share their leadership philosophies, decision-making strategies, and career insights - all in the time it takes to enjoy a coffee. Hosted by Verge Das Neves, global executive headhunter, each episode delivers sharp, actionable takeaways for executives looking to stay ahead in an ever-evolving business landscape. Grab a coffee and tune in for a shot of leadership wisdom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  He reached the top, and then realised what it had cost him

  Aug 31, 202653 minS2

  <p>He spent years advising boards on major decisions. Then he became the person who had to make them, and live with what happened next.</p><p>Mike Ferraro built his career across law, investment banking and corporate leadership before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Alumina Limited, where he led the company through major strategic change and ultimately its sale to Alcoa.</p><p>Today, he sits on boards including Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Citywide Service Solutions and Firmus Technologies.</p><p>Mike Ferraro joins The Executive Espresso to talk about the difference between advising a decision and actually being...

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  What Bellroy Got Right That Most Startups Get Wrong

  Aug 17, 202654 minS0

  <p>They started with nine ideas. Most were expected to fail. One became Bellroy.</p><br><p>Sixteen years later, Bellroy has grown from selling seven wallets a day to building products recognised by customers around the world, working with companies including Apple and Qantas, and preparing to open its first Melbourne retail store.</p><br><p>Lina Calabria, Co Founder and CEO of Bellroy, joins The Executive Espresso to talk about what happens when engineering, product design and patience come together</p><br><p>This is not the usual founder story about explosive growth, raising huge amounts of capital...

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  No One Prepares You For This: Inside a CEO's Hardest Year

  Aug 3, 202648 minS0

  <p>She helped deliver Australia's COVID vaccine to every state in the country. Now she's building something this country has never built before. </p><br><p>Dr Bev Menner, CEO of Cell Therapies, on the pressure nobody sees, the trust nobody hands you, and the hardest calls she's made when there was no playbook to follow.Dr Bev Menner is the CEO of Cell Therapies, Australia's only commercial-scale facility for manufacturing living cell and gene therapies. </p><br><p>She spent the first half of her career as a cancer researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre...

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  The CPO Who Ran People at Tennis Australia on Why 'Walking the Floor' Still Wins | Anna Livingston

  Aug 5, 202541 minS0

  <p>What do elite athletes, instant coffee, and transparent leadership have in common?</p><br><p>In the Season 1 finale of The Executive Espresso, Verge Das Neves sits down with Anna Livingston, former Chief People Officer at Tennis Australia and now senior people leader at AIA, for a raw and refreshingly honest conversation about what really drives high-performing teams.</p><br><p>Topics covered:</p><p>- Building trust in the workplace through radical transparency</p><p>- Why “walking the floor” still matters in modern leadership</p><p>- Lessons from elite sports and corporate change</p><p>- How...

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  What Leadership Looks Like When the Stakes Are Life and Death | Sean Curtain, Peter Mac

  Jun 22, 202538 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Executive Espresso, Sean Curtain, Executive Director of People and Culture at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, shares leadership strategies from inside one of Australia’s top healthcare institutions.</p><p>With a career spanning Alfred Health, AIA Australia, and the University of Melbourne, Sean brings deep cross-sector HR expertise to the table. He discusses leading high-performing teams, managing staff wellbeing in emotionally intense environments, and transitioning from corporate HR to public healthcare.</p><p>Key topics include:</p><p>People and culture strategy in healthcare</p><p>Leadership during complexity and crisis</p><p>Building hi...

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