25: Lunch with Leon episode 25 - Christmas special
All the enjoyable bits, plus some garnish…  Our regular podcast about all things transport-related has a different twist this week with a Christmas and New Year special. If you’ve not listened before, then give this one a try! Over the past 24 episodes, Leon Daniels has chatted with an amazing range of people and he’s filleted just a small handful of the very best, and funniest, bits. He als...
27m Dec 22, 2020
27m
24: Lunch with Leon episode 24 - Elizabeth de Jong
Leon Daniels’ lunchtime guest is Elizabeth de Jong from Logistics UK. Their starter sees them mull over working-from-home and its benefits, before they move onto the main course where they chat about the changes in logistics and deliveries this year. They debate why the government should regard freight and logistics as part of the country’s critical infrastructure and how to get more talent in...
31m Dec 13, 2020
31m
23: Lunch with Leon episode 23 - Graeme Cooper
Tools in the toolbox – how many do we need? Graeme Cooper is Project Director / Transport Decarbonisation at National Grid and, fresh from his appearance on Top Gear, he chats with Leon Daniels about how, in the last week, all the decarbonisation jigsaw bits are finally coming together. Graeme talks with an easy engaging energy and passion, presenting serious thought leadership in an easy-to-d...
31m Dec 04, 2020
31m
22: Lunch with Leon episode 22 - James Haluch
Stripping off on the roads? The Naked Highway. If you’ve not come across the expression, then the Naked Highway is not what you might think... Chatting over lunch with Leon Daniels OBE is James Haluch Managing Director – Highways and Waste Collections, at Amey (https://www.amey.co.uk/what-we-do/waste-treatment/#/) and they get to grips with what our roads should look like in the future – and th...
34m Nov 30, 2020
34m
21: Lunch with Leon episode 21 - Steve Norris
With a long and illustrious career in business and transport, Steve Norris is best-known as Minister for Transport in London (1992-7) “the toughest job I ever did.” No-nonsense and straight-talking, he ran for Mayor of London in 2000 and 2004, but lost on both occasions to Ken Livingstone who, he tells Leon Daniels, was “the best Mayor by a country mile.” There are terrific anecdotes about Lon...
36m Nov 17, 2020
36m
20: Lunch with Leon episode 20 - Guillaume Fleuti
As we navigate through uncharted territory, Leon Daniels catches up with Guillaume Fleuti - MD and Head, Infrastructure, Transport and Manufacturing and Europe at Lloyds Bank – to chat about everything from the move to zero emission stimulus, “good for business and good for the UK,” to the key role that banks are bringing to the economy at the moment. They mull over whether the ‘bundling toget...
29m Nov 05, 2020
29m
19: Lunch with Leon episode 19 - Emma Hignett
She’s the busiest person on the transport network, giving information to 6.5m people every day; but it’s her voice, rather than her face that is best known. The ‘voice’ of London Buses, Emma Hignett, chats with Leon Daniels over lunch about her work as a voice-over and how the Lancastrian’s voice is upmarket but utterly approachable. She talks about how she changed career from being a ballet ...
31m Oct 29, 2020
31m
18: Lunch with Leon episode 18 - Greg Harris
Greg Harris is right at front end of the latest developments on the road to net-zero.  As Global Electrification Services Leader at HORIBA MIRA, his role includes developing strategy around electrification. Best known as the UK industry’s first vehicle test track  - called the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) opened in 1949 on a former airfield in Leicestershire -  Greg chats over l...
30m Oct 22, 2020
30m
17: Lunch with Leon episode 17 - Matt Ginsberg
Matt Ginsberg, author, teacher and entrepreneur once tried to sell to London intelligent traffic lights to speed up the traffic. At Transport for London, MD Leon Daniels surprised him by declining since that was the opposite of what was wanted. A specialist in AI (artificial intelligence) since 1983, Matt chats with Leon about why we travel too much, but why some things will have to remain fa...
38m Oct 15, 2020
38m
16: Lunch with Leon episode 16 - Lucy Yu
Lucy Yu is the Director of Public Policy at Voi Scooters. With eScooters increasingly popular around the world, Leon Daniels chats about the Swedish company’s trials in the UK, one of 11 European countries it serves. They chew over the apparent lack of regulation and Leon discovers that while illegal on UK roads, a trial with the DfT means that a number of UK cities - but not, so far, London -...
30m Oct 08, 2020
30m
15: Lunch with Leon episode 15 - SPECIAL - Live at the ITT Hub Open Day in Warwick
This special episode comes from the recent ITT Hub Open Day at Warwick University where 30 partners, current and prospective exhibitors discovered how to plan, design and run a Covid secure exhibition stand. Leon talks to some of the key stakeholders at the event, the ITT Hub team, as well as Charlie Cox from Natural Green CS, the event partner.
25m Sep 30, 2020
25m
14: Lunch with Leon episode 14 - Bhavish Aggarwal
After a bad taxi experience in 2011, Bhavish Aggarwal resolved to do something better. The result was to co-found Ola Cabs in India.  In 2015, along with co-founder Ankit Bhati, they were the youngest to be included in that year's list of richest Indians.  Since then, Ola Cabs has expanded to Australia, New Zealand and now London. Last year the company was valued at £6.5bn and at 35-years-ol...
30m Sep 24, 2020
30m
13: Lunch with Leon episode 13 - Jane Reakes Davies
Running buses is a people business, so the appointment of HR specialist Jane Reakes Davies as MD First Cymru, shouldn’t come as a surprise.  Yet it’s still often the case that the traditional career route to becoming a bus MD, tends to be through engineering or operations. Over lunch with Leon Daniels, she chats about the different perspectives of the role of a bus MD, and what it really mean...
34m Sep 11, 2020
34m
12: Lunch with Leon episode 12 - John Clarfelt
Barrister, butcher and now busman: John Clarfelt has revolutionised on-bus payments with his start-up Ticketer which now has 25,000 on-bus electronic ticket machines (ETMs) in the UK. Having qualified as a barrister and also been a butcher, Ticketer is his third venture. Over Lunch with Leon Daniels, he chats about how cashless payments have changed society and what the possibility is for cha...
35m Sep 05, 2020
35m
11: Lunch with Leon episode 11 - Aviv Frenkel
“Data is the new oil,” says EnRoute founder Aviv Frenkel. ‘Shop with us and ride for free’ is the new calling card for retailers thanks to an entirely new transport system developed by EnRoute. Over lunch, Leon Daniels chats with EnRoute founder Aviv Frenkel about the genuinely exciting development in transport, where public transport agencies and companies come together to provide free trave...
32m Aug 26, 2020
32m
10: Lunch with Leon episode 10 - Howard Collins OBE
Young people: Don’t worry about the recession, as there are career opportunities right now in transport for engineering and other high-skill roles such as operations. That’s the upbeat message from Howard Collins OBE, who says that as other sectors shrink, transport offers good opportunities for young people aspiring for a skilled career. Chatting over Lunch with Leon Daniels, he argues that ...
30m Aug 20, 2020
30m
9: Lunch with Leon episode 9 - Dave Joshua
Dave Joshua is the man who is going to ‘revolutionise the bus industry’. That’s quite a claim for this native of Gloucestershire who is now General Manager for Optibus in the UK and Europe. With a background in data and software, he’s also a ‘newbie’ in the bus industry and brings with him clarity of thought that comes from standing outside of the wood, while the rest of us are in with the tre...
29m Aug 14, 2020
29m
8: Lunch with Leon episode 8 - Anna Delvecchio
“A force to be reckoned with,” is how Leon Daniels introduces Anna Delvecchio in his ‘Lunch with Leon’ podcast. One of the most influential women in transport, she joined the industry as an apprentice and after a rising through a varied range of posts is now Development Director of Transportation at Mott MacDonald. She talks about why the industry needs to change the perception of transport a...
30m Aug 07, 2020
30m
7: Lunch with Leon episode 7 - Joe Ma
With 23m people in city that is a modern metropolis whose location links Hong Kong to China’s mainland, Shenzhen is now well into its post-COVID-19 recovery phase. So, what’s life like post-lockdown and what lessons can we learn?  To find out Leon Daniels speaks with Joe Ma, Deputy General Manager of Shenzhen Bus Group and also Chair of UITP’s Taxi and Ride-hailing Committee. They discuss the...
35m Jul 30, 2020
35m
6: Lunch with Leon episode 6 - Jo Bamford
We need to think differently: That’s the challenge that Jo Bamford throws down to operators in a chat over lunch with Leon Daniels. Part of JCB’s global vehicle business and son of Lord Bamford, Jo is a passionate advocate for hydrogen, aiming to bring hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles to the world on a large scale . Having set up Ryse Hydrogen in 2017 to produce and supply hydrogen, last year Jo hit...
25m Jul 24, 2020
25m
5: Lunch with Leon episode 5 - Matt Eisenegger
ITT Hub’s ‘Lunch with Leon’, hosted by Leon Daniels OBE, takes a new twist as he talks with Matt Eisenegger, MD of Commercial Vehicle Media & Publishing, that publishes a suite of truck and logistics magazines. Ahead of the launch of Matt’s own ITT Hub podcast next week - called CV Focus - they discuss the sudden changes brought to freight and logistics. He also reveals who his first guest on C...
28m Jul 23, 2020
28m
4: SPECIAL: Honk for Hope. Lunch with Leon episode 4 - Steve Whiteway & Ian Jones
ITT Hub’s “Lunch with Leon” hosted by Leon Daniels OBE, features Steve Whiteway, President of the Confederation of Passenger Transport.
13m Jul 21, 2020
13m
3: Lunch with Leon episode 3 - Isbrand Ho & Frank Thorpe
ITT Hub’s “Lunch with Leon” hosted by Leon Daniels OBE, features Frank Thorpe, Managing Director BYD UK and Isbrand Ho, Senior Director of BYD Company and Managing Director BYD Europe.
27m Jul 17, 2020
27m
2: Lunch with Leon episode 2 - Prof. David Begg
ITT Hub’s “Lunch with Leon” hosted by Leon Daniels OBE, features Professor David Begg, President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Leon chats with Professor David Beg, Chief Executive, Transport Times.
34m Jul 09, 2020
34m
1: Lunch with Leon episode 1 - Paul Sainthouse
ITT Hub’s “Lunch with Leon” hosted by Leon Daniels OBE, features Paul Sainthouse FCILT, President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
32m Jul 08, 2020
32m