What after Woke? With Sir Howard Davies

We have a new short podcast series - What After Woke: Are we witnessing a great reset in corporate activism, DEI, and ESG – or just a glitch?

The first interviewee is Sir Howard Davies, who has just stepped down as Chairman of NatWest after a gruelling nine-year stint. He founded the FSA, was director general at the CBI (a gig he hated), was deputy governor of the Bank of England and a board member of both the Pru and Morgan Stanley.

He’s smart, serious and doesn’t duck difficult questions. 

In our interview, he talks about culture wars, the grim fate of ESG and diversity initiatives, Trump, Nigel Farage and how the Reform leader manipulated the Coutts bank account scandal which took the scalp of the NatWest CEO.