E20: Dr Mark Bloomfield, Founder, Turbulence
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
From commercial radio to Cambridge, Dr Mark Bloomfield charts a shift from leading transformation at Global to a portfolio career spanning consulting, board work and teaching at Cambridge Judge Business School. A COVID reset clarified priorities and sparked small, deliberate steps that built momentum, including a simple energy filter for choosing projects. Mark’s 100 people in 100 days practice - meeting with curiosity and no agenda - unlocked opportunities and reinforced that relationships beat credentials. He shares practical ways to track AI for commercial impact without the...
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E19: Andrew D'Arcy, Thought Gauge Executive Coaching
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
From leading banks to leading conversations in coaching, Andrew D’Arcy shares how he shifted from a high-profile corporate career - including CEO roles at Wesleyan Bank and senior leadership positions at RBS - to building a practice centred on curiosity, leadership, and helping others realise their potential. Andrew reflects on stepping away from the corporate treadmill, why non-executive roles weren’t the right fit, and how he chose to invest in becoming a professionally qualified coach. He talks candidly about the challenges of starting out, the importance of networking...
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E18: Andy Jones, AQ Revolution
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
From finance boardrooms to coaching breakthroughs and bare-minimum Mondays, Andy Jones shares how he rewrote the rules of working life after a high-flying corporate career. Andy reflects on what it took to step away from senior roles at investment banks and financial institutions to build a new life as an executive coach and facilitator. With warmth, humility and humour, he opens up about the moment a coach changed the course of his life, why he returned to the classroom in his fifties, and how a single coffee would kickstart a whole new chapter. This is a conversation for anyone wondering if,...
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E17 : Mark Evans of Mark Evans Associates
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
From executive boardrooms to a colourful “fruit salad” of advisory, coaching, and charitable roles, Mark Evans shares how he transformed a high-powered corporate career into a life rich in variety, purpose, and fulfilment. Mark reflects on leaving behind his role as Managing Director at Direct Line Group to build a portfolio career aligned with his values. He discusses the power of planning ahead, the importance of reframing ego, and the unexpected joys of coaching and charity work. With refreshing honesty and humour, he also unpacks what he misses from corporate life — and...
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E16 : Luisa Baldini, Co-Founder at Composure Media
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
Stepping away from a high-profile career in journalism to start a consulting business is no small shift, but in this episode, Luisa Baldini shares how she turned her experience as a BBC correspondent into a thriving consultancy in communication and media training. From covering global news stories to coaching senior leaders, Luisa’s transition was driven by a desire for more control, more impact, and a more balanced lifestyle. She opens up about the unexpected challenges of leaving a well-known brand, the power of storytelling in business, and why she believes strong communication...
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E15 : Alex Hambrook
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
Leaving the security of a corporate career can feel like a leap into the unknown, but in this episode, Alex Hambrook shares how he transformed his experience in corporate banking and FinTech into a thriving consulting practice. As a former Strategic Development Director at HPD Software and with a career that spans RBS, ABN Amro, and Ebury, Alex didn’t just survive stepping out on his own—he flourished, even amidst the challenges of the pandemic and a growing family. In this conversation, Alex reflects on how he built a flexible, fulfilling career while maintaining a strong work-life...
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SPECIAL: A droidcast!
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
A special one off edition of Full time to Fulfilled featuring content produced by Google's extraordinary new NotebookLM platform that in one click has turned my book into an AI generated podcast! It's cheesy and all a bit forced but mind blowing in terms of how easy it was to produce. What could you do with this technology?
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E14 : Richard Macklin, The Alexander Partnership
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
This fascinating episode charts the journey of a global executive leader operating at the highest level in the world of law to the life of an independent coach, advisor and educator. Richard Macklin previously served on the Global Board of the world’s largest law firm as Global Vice Chair and Global Client Partner, responsible for the global client and markets strategy for a $2.5bn business located in 82 countries. Today he's a partner at The Alexander Partnership, a teaching Associate at the Møller Institute at Cambridge University, a course contributor at Oxford Saïd Business School and...
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E13: Kevin Cunningham
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
Becoming an Independent Consultant in the first year of the pandemic might seem like a rash idea but in this episode you'll learn how Kevin turned nearly 25 years of corporate experience into a quickly successful practice. As a former senior executive with CGI and subsequently Managing Director of Expleo Technology UK, Kevin had no shortage of experience but it was turning that into a business that gives him both freedom and fulfillment that is the heart of this episode. You'll learn how to position yourself in the market, how to engage with your network, how to stay current and, best of all,...
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E12: Julian March
Full-time to Fulfilled with Matt Crabtree
An expert in the art of storytelling, Julians own career story started in television news with increasingly senior stints at (deep breath) ITN, Sky, ITV and NBC News before the door to the executive suite opened at Future and Made by Many in London and New York. Hear about his latest chapter as an independent consultant, social inclusion agency co-founder (La Piazza Group) and ceramicist (no, really!) in this brilliant conversation. In this episode you'll learn how an experience of burn out led Julian to the path of Independent Consulting and now much better balance in his life, and how he has...
info_outlineAn expert in the art of storytelling, Julians own career story started in television news with increasingly senior stints at (deep breath) ITN, Sky, ITV and NBC News before the door to the executive suite opened at Future and Made by Many in London and New York.
Hear about his latest chapter as an independent consultant, social inclusion agency co-founder (La Piazza Group) and ceramicist (no, really!) in this brilliant conversation.
In this episode you'll learn how an experience of burn out led Julian to the path of Independent Consulting and now much better balance in his life, and how he has defined and unleashed the power of CFC's - Curiosity Filled Conversations!