The Tech Leaders Podcast

Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Mike Fitzgerald, Founder of Senttr. Mike shares lessons on managing AI estates, evolving consulting practices, and the skills needed for the future workforce.
On this episode, Mike and Gareth discuss the importance of governance, privacy and security when deploying hundreds or thousands of AI agents, strategies for managing enterprise AI costs and ensuring predictable licensing models, and what the future holds for AI pricing models, and the evolving MSP ecosystem.
Personal journey: From Ireland to founding Senttr (04:58)
The problem with Software Licensing  (12:03)
Building Businesses Around Unsolved Problems (15:21)
AI Governance Challenges (26:27)
Cost Management of Enterprise AI (30:19)
Will AI Take Our Jobs? (39:11)
The Evolution of IT Consulting (45:39)
Advice to a 21-Year-Old Self (50:04)
https://www.bedigitaluk.com/

Join us this week for a Tech Leaders Podcast Special, where Gareth sits down with Barry Pilling, Principal ITAM Consultant and VMware Specialist at bedigital to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing Tesco VS Broadcom court case. 
On this episode, Gareth and Barry discuss updates to the case, Broadcom’s wider business strategy, and the possible impact on future customer-vendor relationships across the industry. 
Timestamps: 
Trial date set, and Tesco’s amended claim (1:32) 
Is Broadcom market dominant? (5:10) 
Trial timetable and legal strategies (9:31) 
The Broadcom business model (13:41) 
The broader impact on customer/vendor relationships (16:08) 
Broadcom’s 1 year offer, and Computacenter’s involvement (21:04) 
Key takeaways (25:37) 
https://www.bedigitaluk.com/

Join us this week for a Tech Leaders Podcast Special, where Gareth sits down with John Abel, MD, Office of the CTO, and Alex Rutter, EMEA MD for AI, fresh from the Google Cloud Summit in London.
On this episode Gareth, John and Alex discuss how organisations can effectively deploy Agents, future skills the workforce will need to use Agentic AI, and how to simulate a virtual board meeting.
Timestamps:
John Abel Introduction (1:25)
Agentic AI Adoption and Data Readiness (3:39)
Future Skills – John’s take (12:09)
How to move beyond “Pilot Mode” (15:50)
Alex Rutter Introduction (19:16)
The Integrated Google Tech Stack (22:50)
AI Automation vs Human Oversight (27:55)
Is Agentic AI Adoption Maturing? (30:48)
Future Skills – Alex’s take (35:48)
Data Quality (38:35)
The UK’s AI Position (41:01)
https://www.bedigitaluk.com/

Join us this week for The Tech Leaders’ Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Nicola Mendelsohn, Head of Global Business Group at Meta, at Meta Conversations 2026 in the historic Methodist Central Hall in the heart of Westminster. 
Nicola talks about the new WhatsApp for Business, the technical challenges around it, the importance of data safeguarding and the role of Meta’s Chief Privacy Officer. 
On this episode Nicola and Gareth discuss the challenges around Enterprise AI adoption and governance, and her advice to UK businesses. 
Timestamps: 
Introduction (1:58) 
Meta and Enterprise Messaging (4:30) 
Technical Challenges (14:51) 
Data Safeguarding and the Chief Privacy Officer (17:52) 
Enterprise AI Adoption and Governance (18:50) 
Advice for UK Businesses (26:55) 
https://www.bedigitaluk.com/

Join us this week for The Tech Leaders’ Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Jane Mustoe, Senior Technical Director and Head of Innovation Labs at Tesco. Jane talks about her love of transformative technologies, and how Tesco are actively applying them. 

On this episode, Jane and Gareth discuss drones, robotics, staff less stores, and how AI will augment, not replace humans. 

Timestamps: 
Introduction and the Credit Crunch (2:25) 
Tesco Innovation Labs: Magic Tills and Digital Assistants (17:58) 
Innovation Culture and Digital Twins (23:10) 
AI Applications: Robotics, Dynamic Pricing and Waste Reduction (30:53) 
AI Usage, Governance and Hiring (38:50) 
The Future of Tech, and Advice for 21-year-old Jane (47:45) 
https://www.bedigitaluk.com/