Forum Radio
A weekly interview with Forum members all around the world.
Episodes
53 episodes
Forum Radio: Rachel Pether
This is a great discussion with maths-fiend, Mensa member Rachel Pether (Abu Dhabi), who trained as a journalist before switching to finance. She packed her bags aged 21 and moved from New Zealand to London, to pursue her dream of working for t...
Forum Radio: Manoj Gursahani
Forum 500 member Manoj Gursahani (Mumbai) started India's first e-commerce travel portal, the beginning of a long career in which a blend of technology with entrepreneurial vision has been the hallmark. Chair of Tiger 21 in his home city, Manoj...
Forum Radio: Sarah Anderson
This episode sees Jessica Fellowes talking to Sarah Anderson (Boulder), the founding partner of Vault Fund, which principally invests in company builders. Sitting in her round home office – a converted silo – where she lives on 100 ac...
Forum Radio: James Arroyo
For this episode, we welcome a longstanding friend of Forum 500, James Arroyo, OBE. James is the Director of the Ditchley Foundation, an organisation established to strengthen democratic relations, to help sustain peace, freedom and the rule of...
Forum Radio: Anthony Monckton
Anthony Monckton (London, Vienna) is an expert on risk, security, negotiation and conflict resolution, having served as an army officer before moving into diplomacy, specialising in national security. He talks this week to Jessica Fellowes abou...
Forum Radio: Hanlie van Wyk
This week, we talk to Forum 500 member Hanlie van Wyk (Chicago), a social scientist, psycho-geographer and executive coach working with leaders and teams across borders, resolving polarisation and conflict. All of us, no matter what our industr...
Forum Radio: Winston Fisher
Winston Fisher (New York) is a partner and third generation of the Fisher Brothers, the royal family of real estate in Manhattan, founded in 1915. Winston directs the company’s financing and investing activities, property acquisitions and dispo...
Forum Radio: Druv Kent
Druv Kent – aka ‘Dhruv’ – is a financier turned singer/songwriter, recording in both English and Hindi. HIs 2015 debut saw him become the first Asia-based artist supported by BBC Radio 2 in twenty years. He’s since scored several #1 hits on the...
Forum Radio: Lindsay Cooper
Forum Radio host Jessica Fellowes talks in this episode with Lindsay Cooper (Singapore) about his transition from finance into the longevity and health sector. Lindsay attempted to semi-retire from business in 2017 but was scuppered when he was...
Forum Radio: Hanspeter Kipfer
This week, Jessica Fellowes talks to Hanspeter Kipfer (Zurich) about his extensive work in the tech industry, and his more recent transition to support start-ups as advisor and angel investor, focusing on emerging technologies such as AI, Web3 ...
Forum Radio: Kanna Fujita
In this episode of Forum Radio, Jessica Fellowes talks to Kanna Fujita (New York). Kanna is the founder and driving force behind Reforma Medspa & Wellness, Kirei House, and Femly Labo. Together they form an integrated ecosystem at the inter...
Forum Radio: Philippe Teixeira da Mota
This episode of Forum Radio is a conversation with Philippe Teixeira da Mota in Lisbon. Phil is one of Europe's most active fintech investors and now co-founder and CIO of Shapers, a $75 million venture capital firm dedicated to backing early s...
Forum Radio: James Ryan
James Ryan (New York) is the founder and CEO of RYCO Capital, a vertically-integrated real estate investment firm, which acquires, renovates and operates multifamily, mixed-use and office properties in NY and Rochester. In this conversation wit...
Forum Radio: Melissa Sturgess
In the week in which it was announced that Ananda Pharma has received MHRA and NHS Ethics approval for ENDOCAN-1, their Phase 2 clinical trial testing MRX1 CBD oral solution for endometriosis-associated pain (afflicting 190 million women worldw...
Forum Radio: Velitchka Hristova
Forum Radio this week is a conversation between Jessica Fellowes, co-founder of Forum 500, and Velitchka Hristova. Multi-linguist Velitchka has over 20 years experience in wealth management, and has recently established Sineva Family Office, ba...
Forum Radio: Rhea Kotecha
Jessica Fellowes talks to Dr Rhea Kotecha (Dubai) about health, longevity and the best porridge to start your day! Rhea studied pre-medicine and psychology at Boston University before completing her medical training as GP in the UK. Rhea's care...
Forum Radio: Roy Moëd and Yvette Conn
London Forum member Roy Moëd and his wife, Yvette Conn, are co-founders of LifeBook Memoirs, a private autobiography service that has produced over 20,000 books since its inception in 2011. They talk to Jessica Fellowes about the psychological ...
Forum Radio: Elise Madrick
Elise Madrick (Chicago) talks to Jessica about the huge change she had to bring about in her personal and professional life, and how it led to her establishing Cerené, following her own career path at the Kellogg School of Management and traini...
Forum Radio: Daniel Bernard
Daniel Bernard (Tel Aviv) has enjoyed over twenty years’ experience in the sports’ industry, having built operations, companies and platforms across multiple territories and jurisdictions. Born in London, he has lived in France, Spain and Italy...
Forum Radio: Efraim Chalamish
To begin 2026 and the third series of Forum Radio, we are delighted to be in conversation with our long-standing member and friend, Dr Efraim Chalamish. Condensing his CV is a challenge: Efi (as he is known) lives in New York with his family, b...
Forum Radio: Arnaud Saint Paul
In this episode, host Jessica Fellowes talks to Arnaud Saint Paul (New York/LA/Paris) during Forum 500 in New York. Arnaud's purpose is to help one billion people to open their hearts by pioneering his Heartful Method™. A philanthropist and awa...
Forum Radio: Simon Kaye
Forum Radio talks to Simon Kaye, an Englishman in New York. Simon is a third-generation transportation professional as CEO of Jaguar Freight, founded by him just over thirty years ago. In this episode, Simon talks about the challenges of ...
Forum Radio: David Kirshenbaum
Jessica Fellowes talks to David Kirshenbaum (Chicago), founder of MeadeCo, a Chicago-based merchant bank that works with companies on capital needs, business sales, restructuring and strategic connections. Given his extensive professional exper...
Forum Radio: Patrick Aisher
Forum Radio this week talks to Patrick Aisher (Gstaad), an Anglo-Austrian entrepreneur who has been involved in early-stage ventures since 1990. Over the course of his career, he has created or invested in more than fifty companies and has seen...
Forum Radio: Lila Charif
Lila Charif (Milan) is a Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist, cookbook author, former fashion entrepreneur and wellness advocate. Born in Iran and raised in France, Lila spent two decades in New York, a decade in London and several years in Pari...