After a hiatus, Tregernomics is back! Much has changed in the world since my last interview: politicians and businessmen are now faced with challenges posed by COVID, continued Brexit difficulties, and the upcoming US election, just to name a few. There are new, exciting questions to be put to those who are prominent in their…

18th October 2017 Nickolay Mladenov is the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. His previous UN role was as Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. Before that, he was Minister of Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs in his home country of Bulgaria, as well as a Member…

21st March 2017 Jacob Rees-Mogg has been the Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010. A prominent figure on the Conservative backbenches, he is staunch eurosceptic. He is also a member of several respected parliamentary committees, most notably the Treasury Select Committee. Well known for filibustering, he holds the record for the longest…

13th February 2017 Garry Kasparov became the the youngest world chess champion in history in 1985, at the age of 22. Now a prominent activist for more democracy in Russia, he is also the chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation. Do you think that NATO is obsolete now that the Cold War is…

9th February 2017 Antony Blinken was Deputy Secretary of State between 2015 and 2017, second in the State Department only to John Kerry. Before this he was Deputy National Security Advisor for President Barack Obama, having previously been National Security Advisor for Vice President Joe Biden. He was part of Biden’s presidential campaign in 2008, and served…

9th February 2017 Antony Blinken was Deputy Secretary of State between 2015 and 2017, second in the State Department only to John Kerry. Before this he was Deputy National Security Advisor for President Barack Obama, having previously been National Security Advisor for Vice President Joe Biden. He was part of Biden’s presidential campaign in 2008, and served…

28th January 2017 Mmusi Maimane has been the Leader of the Democratic Alliance, the Opposition Party in South Africa, since May 2015. Before this, he was the leader of his party in the Johannesburg City Council, and in 2014, he ran for Premier in the province of Gauteng. I first interviewed Mr Maimane in 2015,…

16th December 2016 Mervyn Davies was CEO of Standard Chartered between 2001 and 2006, and then became its Chairman until 2009. He was ennobled that year and was made a Minister of State in Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under Peter Mandelson, with a particular focus on UK Trade, Investment and Small Business. Today, he is…

18th November 2016 Peter Mandelson has played a major part in British politics over the last two decades. He was influential in the rise of New Labour, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Blair and Brown. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as European Commissioner for Trade. Q: Do you think that the…

8th November 2016 Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz is an expert in financial literacy, and has served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, where she was Chair of the Partnerships Committee, as well as President Bush’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. She is Board Chair and President of the Charles Schwab Foundation, which provides financial support…