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Square Mile and me

  • ‘The deal was done before the starters arrived’: Fundment CEO on the art of the business lunch

    March 27, 2025

    Fundment founder Ola Abdul secured £45m earlier this year. He tells us how he did it, including the art of the business lunch.

  • ‘I lament the pairing of trainers with suits’: Cheaney shoes’ Jonathan Church on swapping banking for brogues

    March 20, 2025

    Church's shoes Jonathan Church is a veteran of the British footwear business. He tells us why he swapped banking for brogues.

  • ‘I look up to Elon Musk’: Alex Michelin on becoming a London property magnate

    March 13, 2025

    Responsible for the sale of over 2m square feet of real estate, Alex Michelin has forged a fruitful career in property. He tells City PM how.

  • ‘It’s not enough to do good work, you have to tell people’: Naomi Tarawali on making it in law

    March 6, 2025

    Naomi Tarawali became a partner at global law firm Cleary Gottlieb aged just 33. She tells us how in this week's Square Mile and Me.

  • ‘I was in the RAF for 20 years before this’: Gavin Poole on setting up Hackney tech hub Here East

    February 27, 2025

    Gavin Poole served in the RAF for 20 years before studying for an MBA. Now he heads up powerhouse tech campus Here East. He tells us how.

  • AEG’s Paul Samuels: ‘No one believes my kids when they say I named the O2’

    February 20, 2025

    AEG's Paul Samuels helped made the Millennium Dome into the O2. He tells us about how his career has shaped up since.

  • ‘I used to be paid £1 an hour’: CEO of Tokio Marine Kiln on how he made it

    February 13, 2025

    Matthew Shaw skipped university to get into the working world as fast as he could. Now he heads up Tokio Marine Kiln. He tells City PM how.

  • ‘Those who told me to start small are eating their words’: Kate Robertson on setting up ‘the Young Davos’

    February 6, 2025

    After 30 years in advertising, Kate Robertson launched One Young World, since dubbed 'the Young Davos'. She gives us her best career advice.

  • Pembroke VCT boss Andrew Wolfson: ‘New founders aren’t blaming Brexit’

    January 30, 2025

    Pembroke VCT boss Andrew Wolfson has backed brands like TALA and Pasta Evangelists. He tells us the wisdom he's picked up along his career.

  • ‘Find me unwinding in my jacuzzi’: The life of Planet Organic founder Renee Elliott

    January 23, 2025

    Planet Organic founder Renee Elliott built a health food empire in London. She tells us how she did it and what her life's like now.

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