Tom Leathes is CEO of Motorway, the car buying and selling company that launched in 2017 and secured Unicorn status just four years later, after it was valued at over $1billion.

The brand itself has grown rapidly in the UK since it launched, with effective TV and radio marketing campaigns promoting a different way of selling your car.

In this episode Tom explains his journey to success with Motorway, reveals his customer-first approach for the business, and discusses the evolving market for used EVs.

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Zahra Bahrololoumi is CEO of Salesforce UK & Ireland, dubbed the world's number one customer relationship management software company.

The company has committed $4 billion towards AI innovation and growth in the United Kingdom over five years, and it’s building the company’s first AI Centre based in London.

Zahra herself has been named one of the best-known female leaders in the UK, and in this episode Zahra discusses how AI is ‘top of the agenda’ for businesses, why more investment is needed in digital skills in the UK, and how hugely talented women in tech can reach the top.

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Nicola Hodson is UK & Ireland CEO of multinational corporation IBM. It is the largest industrial research organisation in the world, and has been making headlines for its computer technology for decades. Today though, the company is firmly in the midst of the AI revolution and Nicola has been put in charge of continuing to push forward their artificial intelligence offering.

In this episode Nicola reveals a variety of use-cases for AI today, how they are focused on ethics, and why businesses want to use the technology to help employees and boost productivity.

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