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John Brodie CEO of ForthPoint (formerly joint CEO and Founder of Aquila Insight) is a data science veteran, devoting more than 20 years of his career to helping businesses become data led in their decision making. He grew Aquila Insight from two to 200 people and stepped out onto the global stage with its acquisition by the Dentsu Aegis Network.

John has served as an integral member of the Scottish data community – acting as a board member for The Data Lab, investor in new Scottish based start ups including Zumo, Visible Capital, Gigged AI and Pawprint. He has been named one of Data IQ’s 100 most influential people in data.

He joins MBN Solutions data science and technology podcast, In Focus, to talk about building businesses from the ground up, managing learning and development for his team and how his leadership style has evolved.

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Martin Thorn, Head of Data Science at Abrdn (formerly Standard Life Aberdeen), talks about how he's using his leadership experience to coach the next generation of data scientists and prepare them for the business world. Martin talks at length about the importance of data scientists understanding and how to communicate with the businesses they work with and where leadership skills can help.

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