Tom Waterhouse is an experienced investor and businessman, hailing from the illustrious Waterhouse family.

Hortense is a successful author and executive coach. She unpacks her take on leadership, including the importance of making peace with the past.

Brendan Green has been running his company for 18 years, and along with these two directors has built GCG into one of the leading independent health, safety, and hygiene companies in Australia and they are not done yet. This growing business is reinventing the way the industry delivers its services through tech enabled innovation. GCG is a great example of what happens when talented people get together and play the long game.

Episode Description: Mark Holloway is a working class guy from Birmingham in England, who is not just football crazy, but is himself a very decent centre-forward. His life changes direction when Sydney Croatia spots him and bring him to Australia to play semi-professional football. At that point, this cryogenics engineer switches to sales and becomes a very effective troubleshooter, nicknamed Mr. EBIT, for his consistent ability to make profit! He then gets to work on building a very successful eyewear company. He is currently the owner and director of Shades of Pale-sourcing antiques for over 20 years in France, Belgium, Sweden & beyond. About Mark: Mark Holloway is the owner and director of Shades of Pale- Sourcing antiques for over 20 years in France, Belgium, Sweden & beyond. They specialise in French antiques, homewares, interiors, architectural & garden pieces. Follow them @shadesofpalestore on Instagram. Contact Mark: markholloway@shadesofpale.com.au Points of interest: Life journey from football to eyewear entrepreneurship. (0:10) Upbringing, sports, and business success. (1:21) Career progression from engineering to sales management to business ownership. (3:16) Leadership and company issues. (7:43) Liquidation and survival in the fashion industry. (11:50) Overcoming business challenges in the eyewear industry. (16:35) Selling a business to a supplier. (21:13) Business ownership and sale. (25:37) Selling a business and transitioning to a new role. (31:17) Turnarounds, brands, and entrepreneurship. (36:33)