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The CEO

In the CEO, high profile bosses reveal the challenges they face and the leadership styles they apply. In conversation with the FT's best business writers, they delve into successes and setbacks, from changing corporate culture to leading major acquisitions to tackling unexpected crises.
  • Sunday, 1 February, 2026
    InterviewTechnogym
    Technogym CEO: ‘Showing up at the gym’ is no longer enough

    Maker of gym equipment is mining data to track fitness and flag potential health problems

    Nerio Alessandri stands in a modern office with wooden shelves, leaning on a white chair, with his reflection visible in the glass door.
  • Monday, 26 January, 2026
    InterviewManagement
    Baillie Gifford’s CEO on the fight to save active investing

    UK asset manager is pushing into faster growing areas such as wealth and private markets

    Tim Campbell
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    InterviewLeadership
    Mandarin Oriental CEO: ‘Guest is God, this is fact’

    Hospitality newcomer hopes to bring fresh take on luxury to expansion of international hotel brand

    Laurent Kleitman poses in a suit on a marble staircase with ornate railings at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
  • Tuesday, 9 December, 2025
    InterviewJon Stannah
    UK stairlift maker Stannah hands controls to first non-family CEOs

    Jon and Sam Stannah step up to board level in shake-up designed to boost governance and accountability

    Jon Stannah and Sam Stannah sit outdoors in business attire with tall grasses and London architecture in the background.
  • Sunday, 30 November, 2025
    InterviewTechnology sector
    Logitech CEO: ‘The mouse built this house’

    Hanneke Faber says Swiss company known for everyday tech will become the ‘eyes, ears and hands’ of AI

    Hanneke Faber stands on a rooftop with city skyscrapers in the background, wearing a white blouse and dark trousers.
  • Monday, 24 November, 2025
    InterviewIonQ
    ‘We’re physicists who are also capitalists,’ says quantum CEO

    Niccolo de Masi insists IonQ’s tech is better than rivals’ — but some investors say it is unproven

    Niccolo de Masi sits at a table with hands clasped, wearing a suit and red tie, in a modern office setting.
  • Monday, 10 November, 2025
    InterviewArtificial intelligence
    ‘People like dealing with people’: Reed boss on the challenge of AI in hiring

    Technology offers new tools for recruiters but threatens to take jobs, says James Reed

    James Reed stands smiling in front of a lit sign reading "love MONDAYS" with a heart symbol.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    InterviewOmar Abbosh
    Pearson chief: ‘The majority of kids are not supported sufficiently’

    Omar Abbosh argues technology can be transformative in education, but only if it enhances the human touch

    Omar Abbosh stands indoors with arms crossed, wearing glasses and a navy jacket, looking directly at the camera
  • Sunday, 26 October, 2025
    InterviewEastman Kodak Co
    The ‘blue-collar CEO’ trying to fix Kodak

    Turnaround specialist Jim Continenza is focused on putting the brand back on the right path

    Jim Continenza, CEO of Kodak, poses in front of Kodak-themed wall displays at Kodak HQ.
  • Saturday, 4 October, 2025
    DoorDash
    ‘We’re all in’: DoorDash CEO turns to Deliveroo to boost global growth

    Tony Xu says bar is high for deals as M&A is ‘mostly littered with failure’

    Tony Xu sits in a modern chair at Deliveroo offices, hands clasped, looking slightly to the side and smiling.
  • Sunday, 21 September, 2025
    InterviewAmanda Blanc
    Aviva boss Amanda Blanc: ‘The word relentless will have been used about me’

    Head of UK insurer has taken a bold approach to restructuring but must now deliver further growth

    Amanda Blanc stands in front of two abstract landscape paintings, wearing a green textured jacket and black dress.
  • Sunday, 31 August, 2025
    Travel & leisure industry
    Dryrobe CEO Gideon Bright: ‘I wear it pretty much everywhere’

    After creating a cult product, the surfing entrepreneur is now dealing with imitations — and a backlash

    Gideon Bright, founder of Dryrobe, sits on rocky terrain near the coast wearing a Dryrobe.
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    InterviewEni SpA
    Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi: ‘I hate to be politically correct’

    Energy boss has broken ranks with rivals as he faces the challenge of diversifying beyond oil and gas

    Claudio Descalzi
  • Sunday, 8 June, 2025
    InterviewLuis Von Ahn
    Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’

    Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs

    Luis von Ahn in jeans, black T-shirt and glasses, sitting in an armchair
  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    InterviewRecruitment
    ‘Clients cannot do nothing forever’: Randstad CEO on recruiting in a stalled market

    Sander van ’t Noordende hopes technology can energise a jobs market hampered by low vacancies and productivity

    Sander van ’t Noordende at home in Miami with ‘Fall Leaves, left, and ‘Vivid Colloid’ by the artist Fara Thomas, and ‘Cube’ by Heidi Spector, behind
  • Sunday, 11 May, 2025
    InterviewLeadership
    Dr Martens’ Kenny Wilson: ‘I’m not going to sit here and say I’m pleased’ 

    The bootmaker’s recently departed boss on IPO regret and whether the group can recover

    Kenny Wilson
  • Sunday, 27 April, 2025
    InterviewJill Popelka
    Darktrace CEO: ‘We didn’t have the valuation we knew we could get’

    Jill Popelka has tried to strengthen the cyber company’s operations and cast off the shadow of early backer Mike Lynch

    Jill Popelka at the Darktrace office overlooking the river Thames in London
  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    InterviewVirgin Atlantic Airways Ltd
    Virgin Atlantic’s Shai Weiss: ‘In aviation, you need to be paranoid’

    Airline boss has returned company to profit but challenges loom

    Shai Weiss
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    InterviewRolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Turning round Rolls-Royce: ‘If you don’t score quickly, you lose people’

    How CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç restored growth at the 119-year-old British engineering group

    Tufan Erginbilgiç, CEO of Rolls-Royce, at its headquarters in London. The speed of the change in fortune has stunned the company’s long-term followers
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    InterviewDavid Rhodes
    ‘It’s gonna be some work’: David Rhodes on saving Sky News from a TV grave

    Pivoting to premium, big-name content demands an organisational overhaul for the 24/7 broadcaster

    A man in a suit stands in a TV newsroom
  • Sunday, 2 February, 2025
    Work & Careers
    Mining CEO Jonathan Price: ‘It takes a lot to knock me off course’

    Head of Canadian Teck Resources on fending off a hostile takeover by Glencore and learning from the night shift

    A man in a suit sits on a desk while holding samples of iron ore
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    InterviewRetail & Consumer industry
    Tony’s Chocolonely boss tells opinionated CEOs to ‘stay in your lane’

    Head of Dutch chocolate maker says trend for outspoken executives has gone too far

  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    InterviewEben Upton
    ‘We didn’t have a sales person’: Raspberry Pi CEO on building a tech start-up

    Group’s microcomputers are used widely but Eben Upton worries about losing entrepreneurial spirit after listing

    Eben Upton at Raspberry Pi offices in Cambridge
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    InterviewKristina Blahnik
    Kristina Blahnik on switching architecture for Manolos

    Manolo Blahnik’s niece led the British luxury shoemaker to its best ever financial performance in 2022

    Kristina Blahnik wearing a sky blue dress stands at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    InterviewLeadership
    Working on the frontline of disaster: Tim Cadogan on leading GoFundMe

    Crowdfunding platform has generated $30bn for users since 2010 but faced criticism over a lack of transparency

    Tim Cadogan
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