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A Class Act: Conversations in Data and Leadership

S1E3: Elizabeth Hollinger on Leading with Trust and Building Award-Winning Teams at the Cutting Edge of Data

June 17, 2025 • Michael Young • Season 1 • Episode 3

What does it take to lead with trust, earn credibility, and build exceptional teams in today’s data-driven world?

In this episode, Michael Young sits down with Elizabeth Hollinger, a data and technology leader whose career spans actuarial roots, enterprise transformation, and building award-winning teams.

From feeling out of her depth in her first technology project at Deloitte, to leading cutting-edge data strategy at Aggreko, Elizabeth opens up about the real lessons that shaped her leadership journey.

This is a conversation about what it actually takes to earn trust, build capability, and lead people through complexity - without burning out or bluffing your way through. Elizabeth shares how she used vulnerability as a strength, made space for cognitive diversity, and focused relentlessly on creating real business value through data.

You’ll Learn:

Why trust beats control when leading high-performing teams
How to lead without knowing all the answers
The link between cognitive diversity and better decision-making
How to balance delivery with culture in fast-moving environments
What great leadership actually looks like in the data space

Connect with Elizabeth Hollinger: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-hollinger-31055234/overlay/about-this-profile/

About Your Host: Michael Young is the Managing Director of MBN Solutions and host of A Class Act: Conversations in Data & Leadership. With nearly two decades of experience helping organisations build high-performing data, analytics, and AI teams, he brings frontline insight into what makes exceptional talent and leadership.

Please note: The views expressed by Elizabeth Hollinger in this episode are her own and do not reflect those of her current or former employers.

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