Category Archives: Journalism

Cover story for Square Mile Magazine, December 2013. Original article here (p75-79). Generation Tech: Interview with James Gill, co-founder and CEO of GoSquared Prufrock Coffee is buzzing even though the lunch rush has come and gone, as James Gill isn’t the only startup CEO who likes hauling up in the airy Clerkenwell cafe to talkContinue reading “Generation Tech”

Sør-Trøndelag, November 2013. Språket nærmest hjertet Ingenting slår å bo i utlandet for å virkelig lære et fremmedspråk. Men hva skjer med morsmålet for nordmenn som har bodd så lenge i utlandet at norsk ikke lenger ruller naturlig av tunga? Vi snakket med Orkdalingene Jonas Fjellvær i Belgia og Eva Frengstad i Australia, samt jentegruppaContinue reading “Språket nærmest hjertet”

Portfolio Magazine, autumn 2013. Original article here. The new world of work The way we work is in a state of flux, as a Big Bang of technology, globalisation and sociological changes is sending shock waves through every aspect of life. We are in the midst of the biggest transformation the world has ever seen, evenContinue reading “The new world of work”

Interviews with alternative investment company founders, leading fund managers and industry experts, published in Hedge Magazine from 2012 to 2020.  * Erik Serrano Berntsen, CEO and co-founder of Stable Asset Management. “I was looking at starting businesses, and it so happened to be hedge fund businesses. […] What excites me is finding people who want to doContinue reading “The Hedge Magazine Interview”

Businesslife, October 2013. Original article (p48-50). Why millennials are skipping university to go straight to the office University is no longer the obvious choice for star candidates once their A-levels are done and the certificate is neatly framed. With soaring tuition fees and declining salary premiums after graduation, talented young people are increasingly choosing toContinue reading “Straight to work”

This Recording, 2013. Original article. Layer of fog The text he sent me yesterday, telling me he misses me and wants to be my friend. I respond I would like that too, but I don’t know how. We sigh, as far as that’s possible to do over text, and then do nothing. That I’m oldContinue reading “Layer of fog”

An ongoing monthly series running from 2012 to 2019, interviewing leading lights among UK technology CEOs, Chairmen, CFOs and investment professionals for Megabuyte.  * Steve Vaughan, CEO of Phoenix IT. “A lot of people have 10% of the answer, cluttered up with lots of things that aren’t part of the answer.” Vaughan’s job is to beContinue reading “The Megabuyte Interview”

Published in Businesslife, August 2013. Original article here (p48-50). What millennials want: Recruiting the next generation Money cannot buy you love, The Beatles once sang, but it turns out money also cannot buy you the loyalty of the millennials generation. Higher salaries may have been a key driving force for their parents, but for employeesContinue reading “What millennials want from work”

Published in Square Mile Magazine, April 2013. Original article here (p78-80). Interview with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Roger Gifford If the Lord Mayor is the spirit of the City, as Roger Gifford suggests, it is tempting to wonder how his particular brand of banking could stir things up in the City.Continue reading “The other mayor”

This Recording, March 2013. Original article here. Berliner pretzel; Cornish pasty The train terminal at Berlin Schönefeld Airport is just across the lawn of the terminal building. As the plane to London was set to take off in less than 25 minutes I was walking fast across the grass, but I figured there was noContinue reading “Berliner pretzel; Cornish pasty”