CEO Stories: Jas Rohel on driving change and recognition in the education sector
Education Awards founder, Titan Partnership co-CEO and radio host Jas Rohel is the latest episode of CEO Stories, the podcast from Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce.
The episode is available to listen to on all major listening apps such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The roles are reversed for Jas, who usually finds herself in the interview's hotseat as a presenter for On Your Radio Solihull, where she hosts shows about education, hospitality and business.
Here, she talks to CEO Stories host and GBCC chief executive Henrietta Brealey about her career which spans media, education and entrepreneurship.
Jas openly admits her younger self would have dismissed the idea of a career in education.
Fast-forward to the present day, however, and the entrepreneur and broadcaster is banging the drum for the sector in her dual role as Education Awards founder and co-CEO of charitable organisation the Titan Partnership.
She tells Henrietta how a spell teaching at Solihull College & University Centre led to her becoming a ‘disruptor’ who was determined to drive change in the education world.
She did so through founding the Education Awards - designed to inspire and recognise success in the sector.
It was her first foray into being an entrepreneur and she admits: “I did everything backwards!”
CEO Stories is a monthly podcast hosted by Henrietta Brealey, who in 2021 became the youngest chief executive in the Chamber’s history.
A new episode is published on the first Monday of every month.
Throughout the series, Henrietta is joined by a variety of well-known and emerging business leaders, who will reveal what makes them tick, who inspired them and the advice they would give to aspiring CEOs.
Seasons one and two of the podcast featured a variety of guests include former NEC Group chief executive Paul Thandi, McDonald’s franchisee Doug Wright, TV chef Liam Dillon, Birmingham Royal Ballet boss Caroline Miller and Chamber presidents past and present, Deb Leary and Nasir Awan.
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