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Ep 15 | HENRY ENGELHARDT CBE| The Man Who Proved Happy People Build Better Companies
May 25, 2026
1h 04m 57s
Ep 14 | Craig Maxwell OBE | The Man Who Was Given 12 Months - And Changed Welsh Cancer Care Forever
May 18, 2026
57m 53s
Ep 13 | Chris Macnamara | From Homeless Teenager to National Retailer
May 11, 2026
1h 11m 56s
Ep 12 | Prof. Laura McAllister | Inside the Maverick Mind | Captaining a Nation, On & Off the pitch
May 4, 2026
1h 05m 47s
Ep 11 | Spencer John | Inside the Maverick Mind - The Boy who Chose Option 4
May 3, 2026
1h 13m 45s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/25/26 |  Ep 15 | HENRY ENGELHARDT CBE| The Man Who Proved Happy People Build Better Companies | Henry Engelhardt didn't just build a successful company. He built one of the most loved workplaces in British corporate history - and did it by betting everything on a single, radical idea: that happy people build better businesses. Starting as a complete outsider to the insurance industry - a Chicago kid who'd worked a hotdog stand, the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and McDonald's on the Champs-Élysées - Henry co-founded Admiral Insurance in 1993 from a standing start, without off... | 1h 04m 57s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 |  Ep 14 | Craig Maxwell OBE | The Man Who Was Given 12 Months - And Changed Welsh Cancer Care Forever | YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: In 2022, Craig Maxwell OBE was told he had a rare form of cancer and 12 months to live. Most people would stop. Craig accelerated. In this extraordinary episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Craig — a former Welsh Rugby Union executive and one of the youngest commercial directors in world rugby — sits down to talk about the moment that changed everything. The diagnosis. The fear. The clarity that followed. But this isn't just a story about facing death. It's a story about ... | 57m 53s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | Ep 13 | Chris Macnamara | From Homeless Teenager to National Retailer | What does it take to build a premium national brand when you couldn't write your name at age 10? Chris McNamara, founder of The Brogue Trader, is living proof that instinct and resilience can outrun any traditional path. In this raw and refreshingly honest conversation, Chris opens up about struggling with dyslexia and ADHD in a school system that didn't know what to do with him, moving into a council house at 19 with a newborn, a bean bag, and a borrowed microwave - and somehow building a sh... | 1h 11m 56s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 | Ep 12 | Prof. Laura McAllister | Inside the Maverick Mind | Captaining a Nation, On & Off the pitch | What does it take to captain your country on the pitch, then go on to shape how that country governs itself? This week, we sit down with Professor Laura McAllister CBE - former Wales women's football captain, Vice President of UEFA, co-chair of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales, and one of the most compelling voices in Welsh public life. Laura takes us from kicking a ball with her grandfather in the Llynfi Valley to sitting at UEFA's top table as the o... | 1h 05m 47s | ||||||
| 5/3/26 | Ep 11 | Spencer John | Inside the Maverick Mind - The Boy who Chose Option 4 | **Inside the Maverick Mind | Episode: Spencer John What happens when a boy from Port Talbot - no father, raised by his nan, told at 12 he had three choices: the cemetery, prison, or the forces - refuses all three and builds option four? Spencer John went on to a 25-year career in investment banking across London, New York, Sydney, and the Middle East. Today he's the founder of Ethos Chain, an advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence on financial warfare, a FTSE 100 non-executive director, and ... | 1h 13m 45s | ||||||
| 4/20/26 | Ep 10 | Blanche Sainsbury - From Boardroom to Purpose | **Inside the Maverick Mind | Blanche Sainsbury - From Boardroom to Purpose: Power, Sacrifice & the National Children's Awards What does it really take to reach the top of British media - and then walk away from it all? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, host Emyr sits down with Blanche Sainsbury, former board-level executive at Trinity Mirror and Daily Mail General Trust, to explore one of the most compelling leadership stories you'll hear this year. Blanche started her career a... | 1h 10m 30s | ||||||
| 4/13/26 | Ep 9 | James Sills | Inside the Maverick Mind | Inside the Maverick Mind | James Sills — The Choirestarter: On Fear, Belonging & Why Everyone Can Sing What if the most powerful tool for connection, wellbeing, and culture in your workplace isn't a strategy, a workshop, or a wellbeing app - but singing? James Sills is the man they call the Choirestarter. A musician, author, facilitator and founder of Sofa Singers - the online singing community that launched in lockdown, broke the Zoom room on day one, made the six o'clock news reaching 1... | 52m 19s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | Ep 8 | Giovanni Malacrino | Inside The Maverick Mind | What does it take to build a standout hospitality business — and make it feel personal at every level? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Emyr Afan sits down with Giovanni Malacrino — restaurateur, entrepreneur, and one of the driving forces behind Cardiff’s modern food and hospitality scene. From his Italian roots to building a name in Wales, Giovanni shares the reality behind running hospitality businesses in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment. This isn’t just about food... | 1h 04m 40s | ||||||
| 3/23/26 | Ep 7 | Sunil Patel | Inside The Maverick Mind | What does it take to build one of the UK's most celebrated sports production companies from scratch - with a new baby, a gut feeling, and no safety net? Emyr Afan sits down with Sunil Patel, CEO and co-founder of Whisper, the award-winning team behind Channel 4's Formula One coverage, the Paralympics, International Cricket, and the BAFTA-winning A United Kingdom: Women's Euros 2022. Sunil opens up about growing up the son of a corner-shop family, discovering his passion for sport and T... | 1h 09m 49s | ||||||
| 3/16/26 |  Ep 6 | Mykel Dixon | Inside The Maverick Mind | What if you stopped chasing success — and started feeling alive instead? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Emyr Afan OBE sits down with the extraordinary Mykel Dixon — author, creative catalyst, and one of the most refreshingly honest voices on what it means to live and lead with aliveness. Mykel challenges one of the biggest myths of modern life: that joy, vitality, and fulfilment are waiting for you on the other side of achievement. Instead, he flips the script entirely — feel ... | 1h 08m 52s | ||||||
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| 3/2/26 |  Ep 5 | Mark Sweeny | Inside The Maverick Mind | What does it take to build a high-growth tech business from Wales and compete on a global stage? In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, I sit down with Mark Sweeny, Founder and CEO of de Novo Solutions — one of the UK’s fastest-growing cloud consultancies and winner of this years Welsh Government St Davids Awards for business. Mark walked away from corporate security to build something of his own. Since then, he’s scaled de Novo into a serious player in the cloud and digital transform... | 1h 09m 56s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 |  Ep 4 | Dr Julia Jones | Inside The Maverick Mind | In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Emyr Afan sits down with Dr Julia “Rock” Jones - a neuroscience-led performance and habit specialist who’s spent years helping leaders rethink how they think. Dr Julia’s work sits at the intersection of brain science, behaviour and high performance. But this isn’t about hacks or hustle. It’s about understanding how the brain actually works - and how small, consistent changes can shape resilience, energy and long-term success. In this conversation... | 1h 05m 33s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 |  Ep 3 | Simon Powell | Inside The Maverick Mind | In this episode of Inside the Maverick Mind, Emyr Afan sits down with Simon Powell, one of Wales’ most influential and quietly disruptive tech entrepreneurs. With more than four decades at the forefront of travel technology, Simon’s story starts in a traditional family travel agency and evolves into building systems that powered thousands of UK travel businesses. Long before “digital transformation” became a buzzword, Simon was solving real-world inefficiencies with practical, scalable tech -... | 1h 07m 07s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 |  Ep 2 | Lucy Cohen, CEO Mazuma | Inside The Maverick Mind | Picture it: 2006. A twenty‑something at a kitchen table with a battered laptop, a pile of receipts, and an idea most accountants would’ve called ridiculous… Instead of charging by the hour, she turned accountancy into a subscription — like Netflix, but for tax returns. That founder is Lucy Cohen, creator of Mazuma. She’s rock‑chic disruptor, not grey‑suit stereotype — and she built a model that became a multi‑million‑pound business helping thousands of small businesses across the country. Luc... | 1h 06m 21s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 |  Ep 1 | Aled Miles | Inside The Maverick Mind | Inside the Maverick Mind: Aled Miles - From Bridgend to Boardrooms Join us for an extraordinary conversation with Aled Miles, Welsh-born tech leader who's led Symantec's Norton Division, TeleSign, Source Labs, and now heads IntelliStack. As Welsh Government Envoy to the US, Aled bridges Wales and Silicon Valley. In this episode: 🔥 Surviving the LA Palisades wildfire - a harrowing account of losing everything and finding humanity 🎯 Leadership lessons from crisis: calmness, consiste... | 50m 52s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
2 placements across 1 market.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 1 market.