I am very pleased to welcome Kaori Ikeda, the GM of high-end Swiss cosmetic firm La Prairie. She is truly bi-cultural, educated at top French schools, and I look forward to practicing my French with her! She was our 7th member in 2024, adding to the CEOs of Keen, Port Cities, AB InBev, the VP of IMG, the CEOs of EngagedSquared and Ultra Tendency, and a partner at McKinsey, making for a year of expansion at Delphi.

Another year draws to its close. For the Delphi community, it was a good year. Members are generally thriving (despite the shock of several members dealing with newly arrived private equity owners

Like most if not all neoliberals, I have learnt the painful lesson that firing one’s seemingly un-essential and expensive admin staff makes you feel good for a bit, but you then notice that things are getting “wobbly”…Last week, I had my first “double booking” in a while (this is when I book two events at the same time, which is clearly not possible without a time machine) and I suddenly realized that unless I got my calendar seriously under control, there would be a host of others.