S2 Episode 7 - Trainline and Havas Creative Network

Clare Gilmartin and Chris Hirst join James Ashton to discuss fostering creativity, staying resilient and reinventing yourself at Harvard.

Clare Gilmartin is chief executive of Trainline, the fast-growing rail and coach app that processes more than £3bn of tickets every year across 45 countries.

This year she led the technology company onto the stock market, 22 years after it was set up by a Virgin Trains-led consortium. Trainline is headquartered in London and employs 600 people.

Gilmartin joined the business in 2014 after spending 11 years at online retailer eBay, rising from head of motors to European vice-president.

Chris Hirst is chief executive of Havas Creative Network, part of the Havas advertising and communications group.

He oversees 8500 staff around the world who work on campaigns for clients including Nestlé, IBM and Huawei.

Hirst previously ran Havas in the UK and Europe, having joined the business in 2015. Earlier on in his career he was chief executive of another advertising agency, Grey London.

This year he published a book entitled No Bullshit Leadership.

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