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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, 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
  • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
    InterviewLeadership
    Hilton CEO: ‘Complacency is a disease that can be very dangerous’

    Chris Nassetta has turned round the hotel group through measured expansion and consistent service

    Chris Nassetta
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    InterviewChristian Kullmann
    The chemicals boss standing up to Germany’s far right

    Evonik chief Christian Kullmann pulls no punches when it comes to the AfD

    Christian Kullmann at Evonik headquarters in Essen
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    InterviewNatarajan Chandrasekaran
    Tata chair on ‘painful’ transitions: ‘We have to do this’

    Natarajan Chandrasekaran says the $365bn Indian group is undergoing multiple changes to prepare for the future

    Natarajan Chandrasekaran
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    InterviewLuis Gallego
    ‘Some people don’t want to challenge themselves’: Luis Gallego on leading IAG

    The aviation chief executive on driving change in the face of resistance at historic airlines

    Luis Gallego
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    InterviewManagement
    Veuve Clicquot CEO: ‘Let’s break the chains to consuming champagne’

    Jean-Marc Gallot’s efforts to broaden occasions when people drink bubbly butts up against tradition

    A photo of Jean-Marc Gallot, the CEO of Veuve Clicquot
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    InterviewWork & Careers
    ‘I saw a massive opportunity for what this organisation could be’: Hilary Evans-Newton on transforming Alzheimer’s Research UK

    Decision to associate charity with a cure turned it into Europe’s biggest funder of dementia research

    Hilary Evans-Newton
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    InterviewAli Dibadj
    Janus Henderson’s Ali Dibadj: ‘You’ve just got to roll with the punches’

    Head of asset manager has faced multiple problems as he tries to rebuild storied brand

    Ali Dibadj in suit and tie standing next to a boardroom table
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Interviewillycaffe SPA
    Illycaffè’s Cristina Scocchia: ‘I see my role as a doctor’s — once I am done I move on to the next patient’

    The CEO is applying lessons learnt from Covid and cosmetics to expanding the coffee maker overseas

    Cristina Scocchia
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    InterviewPrivate equity
    ‘We had no idea what private equity was about’: Japanese chipmaker CEO on buyout bosses

    Fumiyuki Kanai came to value KKR as a tool for change ahead of country’s biggest IPO in five years

    Fumiyuki Kanai in suit and tie with hands in trouser pockets
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    InterviewJózsef Váradi
    Wizz Air CEO: ‘Crisis management became a constant’

    Wars, soaring oil prices and engine troubles have thrown European airline off course

    József Váradi
  • Sunday, 17 March, 2024
    InterviewSerhii Palkin
    ‘Our management team is crisis-proof’: how a Ukrainian football club battled a decade of conflict

    Shakhtar Donetsk boss had faced upheaval before Russia invaded and stopped everything

    Serhii Palkin stands with one hand in his suit jacket pocket while casting a big shadow on the wall behind him
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    InterviewLeadership
    How Makiko Ono became one of Japan’s few female CEOs

    The Suntory Beverage and Food executive reflects on her setbacks and successes

    Makiko Ono, seated with her hands on her lap, wears a blue blazer and trousers
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