UPFRONT | EDITOR’ S MESSAGE Say what you want about his vacuums – and the topic has been hotly debated among the team – James Dyson is quite the leader. It’ s rare to see such tenacity, entrepreneurial spirit or implicit understanding of why failure, and learning from it, matters so much. But isn’ t that what people expect from the greats?

His spirit sets the tone for the issue, but also more broadly about what Business Chief stands for: visionary and impactful people and their businesses, trusted insight and a measure of inspiration.

That’ s true of our Top 10 most influential CEOs, our case study on boardroom alignment at Brain Corp and my conversation with Conran Design Group’ s Global CEO Thom Newton on the power of brand.

Enjoy reading this issue as much as I did putting it together.

MATT HIGH

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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