Jazz Shapers
Jazz Shapers
Bauer Media
Jazz Shapers features interviews with founders - business shapers – who, like the shapers of jazz, soul and blues have defied convention, broken the mould and gone on to achieve great success. In each episode host Elliot Moss persuades a business pioneer to reveal their motivations, their character and how they deal with challenges and opportunities. A Jazz FM production.
David Forbes-Nixon OBE: Founder and Chairman of the DFN Charitable Foundation and DFN Project SEARCH
David Forbes-Nixon OBE is the Founder and Chairman of the DFN Charitable Foundation and DFN Project SEARCH, born from his vision to transform the life outcomes of disabled people in the UK and build a more inclusive society. David joins Elliot to talk about how only 4.8% of UK adults with learning disabilities are in jobs, and what he - and the leading businesses he's working with - are doing to change that.
Oct 3
30 min
Ben Drury: Founder and CEO of Yoto
Ben Drury is the founder and CEO of Yoto, a screen- free audio platform for children. Ben joins Elliot to share how the scientific impact of screens on children (and the benefits of listening to audio) led him to build both an audio player that put kids in control, and a community of creators. 
Sep 26
29 min
Antonia and Jonny Philp: Co-founders of Skincare company Nursem
Antonia and Jonny Philp are the co-founders of Skincare company Nursem. They join Elliot to share how they turned the threat of Antonia losing the nursing career she loved, into a solution and thriving business.  
Sep 19
30 min
Darrel Sheinman: Founder & CEO of  Gearbox Records
Darrel Sheinman is the Founder and CEO of independent record label, Gearbox Records .  Darrel joins Elliot to share his journey from maritime satellite tracking to diving into the British Library archives for unreleased live Jazz recordings.
Sep 12
27 min
Sam Tidswell-Norrish: Founder and Chair of Opus
Sam Tidswell-Norrish is the Founder and Chair of Opus, a global platform supporting early-stage entrepreneurs by aiming to supercharge the founder journey. Sam joins Elliot to share how to unlock what he feels could be the UK's most innovative generation yet. And he reveals 'the single most important thing in business.' 
Sep 5
27 min
Dame Anya Hindmarch: Founder of luxury bags and accessories brand, Anya Hindmarch
We kick off a brand new season of Jazz Shapers with 40 years of craft and creativity, through Dame Anya Hindmarch, founder of the eponymous luxury bags and accessories brand, Anya Hindmarch. Anya shares the brilliant advice that's helped her navigate the creative dip and build a culture of kindness.
Aug 31
31 min
Michelle Feeney: Founder and CEO of Floral Street
Michelle Feeney is the Founder and CEO of Floral Street, a British fragrance brand. In the last episode of the current series, Michelle joins Elliot to chat about leading MAC cosmetics to become the world’s biggest make-up brand and how Floral Street's aiming to do everything differently, from making recyclability and sustainability the core of their brand and challenging the use of sexuality to sell scents. 
Jun 20
29 min
Hidde Hoogcarspel: Founding & Managing Partner of  DFF Ventures
Hidde Hoogcarspel is the Founding and Managing Partner at early-stage venture capital fund DFF Ventures, and the co-founder of SpaceBuzz Foundation, giving children a virtual ‘space travel’ experience. Hidde joins Elliot to talk about how his friendship with a Dutch astronaut shaped his vision and business ethos to make our life on Earth more sustainable
Jun 13
24 min
John Ramsay: Founder of Social Ability
John Ramsay is the founder of Social Ability, a health-tech company dedicated to revolutionising care through joyful, interactive, light-based activities. John joins Elliot to talk about how the experience, aged 12,  of caring for his father when he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, led him to transform the way we think about dementia care - not as something clinical and routine, but human, joyful, and deeply creative. 
Jun 6
29 min
Kanya King CBE: Mobo Awards founder and "visionary"
As the music world pays tribute to Kanya King following her death at the age of 57, this is another chance to hear the founder and "visionary" of the Mobo Awards taking with Elliot Moss on Jazz Shapers with Mishcon de Reya in 2014.
Jun 5
25 min
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