Company Culture
BSc Business alumnus and US General Manager at sustainable personal care company, Wild, Harry Symes-Thompson, discusses how his placement at HelloFresh led to becoming Wild’s first official employee, contributing to the company's rapid growth and leading their expansion into the US market.
Harry explains how Wild has maintained a strong company culture through hiring practices, positive leadership and employee engagement, even as the company scales.
Listen and learn more about building and sustaining a thriving company culture, the importance of employee empowerment, and the future plans for Wild’s continued growth and innovation of sustainable products.
Creators and Guests
Host
Katie Calvert-Jones
Passionate advocate of the value a strong and engaged community can bring, and the far-reaching results that can be achieved. Loves hearing, sharing, and joining-up individual stories between professionals to enable ongoing learning and success.
Host
Professor Steve Brammer
I serve as Dean of the School of Management, at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, where I began my career. Before Re-joining Bath, I held senior roles in research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom (the Universities of Warwick, and Birmingham) and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. As Dean of the School of Management, I am responsible for the strategic direction of one of Europe's leading centres of business research and education. As a member of the University's Executive Board, I also contribute to the leadership, positioning, and prosperity of the wider University. In a former life, I am a leading scholar in the fields of business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. Specifically, my research explored firm-stakeholder relationships, the strategic management of these, and corresponding impacts on company performance and reputation. I continue to serve as an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management, as a member of a number of journal editorial boards, and served for a number of years as a member of the scientific committee of the Chartered Association of Business School's Academic Journal Guide.
Producer
Becky Toogood
Becky Toogood is the Alumni Engagement Communications Officer for the University of Bath, School of Management. With a first-class degree in journalism and a marketing background, Becky has experience in digital, print and multimedia communications. Working in higher education, Becky likes to showcase those leading innovation in their respective areas to celebrate success in the community, whilst inspiring others.
Guest
Harry Symes-Thompson
Harry Symes-Thompson joined Wild in 2019 as Head of Marketing. He was the company’s first ever employee, after working closely with a co-founder during his university placement at HelloFresh. Using his experience in navigating the start-up through rapid growth, leading to acquisition by Unilever only five years after launching , Harry was recently appointed Wild’s US General Manager, leading the company’s expansion into US markets. Harry graduated from the University of Bath School of Management with a first-class bachelor’s in business administration in 2017.
