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Mark Andrew Foster is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and world championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games.

David Gandy is a British male fashion model who began his career after winning a televised model-search competition. For several years, Gandy was the lead male model for Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana.

Sahar Hashemi OBE is best known as the co-founder of the coffee chain Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy.

Charley Boorman is an English TV presenter, travel writer and actor. He is known for his enthusiasm for motorbikes, as demonstrated in several documentaries of his travels, including three with his friend, actor Ewan McGregor.

Ollie Ollerton is a former UK Special Forces Soldier and directing staff (DS) from Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth | The Makers Podcast 

Graeme Swann is a former English cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Born in Northampton, he attended Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire. He was primarily a right-arm off-spinner, and also a capable late-order batsman with four first-class centuries.

Denise Lewis, OBE is a British female sports presenter and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was twice Commonwealth Games champion, was the 1998 European Champion and won World Championships silver medals in 1997 and 1999

Katya Jones is a Russian dancer and choreographer. She is best known for being a professional dancer on the competition show Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2017 with dance partner Joe McFadden.

Jonathan Stephen Ross OBE is an English television and radio presenter, film critic, actor and comedian best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.  Hosted by Ollie Forsyth 

Chris Robshaw is an English rugby union player. He was the captain of the England national rugby union team from January 2012 until December 2015. Robshaw's position of choice is in the back row of the scrum, usually flanker. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth 

Gabby Logan MBE is a British presenter and a former international rhythmic gymnast who is best known for her presenting roles with BBC Sport and ITV. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth. 

Gregg Wallace is an English media personality, presenter, writer, and former grocer - mostly known for co-presenting MasterChef.  Hosted by Ollie Forsyth 

William Chase was born in Herefordshire, UK. He founded Tyrrells crisps, and his current business ventures include Chase Distillery and Willys.  Hosted by Ollie Forsyth. 

Alexandra Burke is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008, she also appeared on BBC’s, Strictly Come Dancing. Hosted by Ollie Forsyth

Hello! I’m Ollie Forsyth and welcome to my podcast, The Makers. A show where I talk to some of the most fascinating people from all walks of life; from acclaimed entrepreneurs, to actors and actresses, tv and sports stars, and musicians, and many more.  This season we are going to be focusing on mental health, discussing how my guests have overcome personal challenges, and how they have stayed positive even in the face of hardship. I hope you enjoy our conversations of inspiration. 

John Vincent MBE (born 28 September 1971) is a British entrepreneur best known as the chief executive and co-founder of Leon Restaurants, which has 70 high-street restaurants throughout the United Kingdom, as well as restaurants in Washington DC, Dublin, Oslo, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Gran Canaria. Vincent is also known for his work in developing the School Food Plan, for which he was appointed an MBE; for chairing the Council for Sustainable Business; and for co-authoring seven LEON cookbooks.

I am so excited to release this special episode with Marc Randolph co-founder of Netflix. In this episode, we discuss:    1. How to build a business that WILL work  2. Company Culture  3. Scaling  plus Marc's latest book, That will never work! 

My latest guests on The Makers Podcast are the founders from: Tandem Bank, Soldo, OakNorth & Dozens. In this episode, we discuss The future of FinTech as well as:   1. How regulators and governments can help FinTech companies grow in the UK and outside of the UK 2. Which countries are FinTech’s expanding in  3. Hiring the best talent 4. Fundraising and why some of the companies went to the crowd to raise  5. What FinTech company would they be running apart from their own?    Plus so much more… 

How did the most successful entrepreneurs screw-up?  We talk to Philip Eeles co-founder of Honest Burgers which currently sell 50,000 burgers a week, Renée Elliott, founder of Planet Organic - the first certified organic supermarket in the UK and Tony Wheeler, the co-founder behind the world famous travel guidebook company, The Lonely Planet.  Recorded and hosted at The Makers Live Podcast event that took place on July 2nd.