In Conversation with Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain
For this podcast, Tamara Cincik from Fashion Roundtable speaks to Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain about her drive to lead an internationalist organisation working with the world. The Board at Best for Britain is chaired by Lord Kim Darroch, is the former UK Ambassador to the United States and previous advisor to the Prime Minister on European Affairs This podcast discusses Naomi's fascinating transition from working in the corporate sector as an accountant, into her stark career change into political leadership, showing that it is never too late for someone with a calling to follow their ambitions and use their voice as an agent for change. It also discusses Naomi's decision to launch the UK Trade and Business Commission, co chaired by Peter Norris Chair of the Virgin Group and Hilary Benn MP, with a cross-section of MPs from all political parties and business leaders, including Tamara who represents the fashion industry. An interesting conversation about Brexit impacts, female leadership and internationalist values in a recent trip that Naomi and the Commission took to Northern Ireland, seeing the reality of red tape on the ground and offering her vision for what an inclusive, internationalist truly global Britain could be.