From the high seas to corporate boardrooms: Suzanne Heywood in conversation

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  Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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  Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

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  Hi everybody, welcome to this event.

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  I am Grace Lordin, the Director of the Inclusion Initiative at the London School of Economics.

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  If you haven't heard of us, I would love if you looked us up and came to our events in the future.

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  It is my absolute pleasure tonight to have Suzanne Haywood here with me.

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  Before I introduce Suzanne, I'll just let you know some formalities.

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  We're going to have a fireside chat that will run for maybe 30-35 minutes.

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  And then I'm hoping to get lots of questions both from the in-person audience and also the online audience.

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  So for everyone online, welcome to the event.

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  Debbie, my colleague, is here to take your questions.

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  And for everyone who's in the room, I also welcome you to the event.

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  For me, this is a really special event.

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  We're going to talk about a book, Wavewalker,

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  which I absolutely don't just love myself as a personal read, but I've gifted it to a lot of people.

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  And I think if you haven't read it, you'll find out tonight just why that is.

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  It was written by Suzanne Haywood, CBE, who is also the COO of Exor,

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  one of the largest holding companies in Europe and also chairs CNH Industrial and Avika Group and is on the board of The Economist and Lou Bhutan.

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  Suzanne has written Wavewalker, which we are going to speak about tonight,

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  and also another book, which has been a bestseller, which is What Does Jeremy Think?

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