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Andy Bostock - Leadership and career development insights from KPMG
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Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast
Andy Bostock - Leadership and career development insights from KMPG
Episode 46
Summary
Andy Bostock manages more than 1,000 staff as a senior partner with one of the world's Big Four audit companies KPMG. He also leads the annual audits of some of the biggest local councils and hospitals in the Midlands (of the UK).
In discussion with Honorary Visiting Professor Mike Sassi, Andy reflects on three decades with KPMG - and on the need for better funding for local government and the NHS.
He also highlights why local business people must talk up their cities; why staff who want to get on should spend more time in the office; and how the most successful leaders have built their careers on being kind to their colleagues.
Introduction
Andy Bostock is a Senior Partner with KPMG, one of the Big Four professional services companies.
He has been with KPMG for almost three decades – and has been a partner for more than ten years.
Based in Birmingham – from where he manages more than 1,000 staff – Andy’s expertise is in working with the Public Sector.
In recent years, he has audited some of the Midlands’ biggest local councils and NHS hospitals.
Andy is a season-ticket holder at Stoke City and has two sons who are professional and semi-professional footballers, at West Brom and Hanley Town.
Key takeaways from the conversation with Andy Bostock:
On the importance for staff to spend a wedge of their working week in the office…
He says: “If you are a junior person at the firm, where do you get your learning? [From] other people! You don’t get it from a laptop, sitting on your own, at home.”
On the long-running cuts to local, council-run amenities…
He says: “We’ll have to put more funding into some of these services if we value them… and some stronger leadership.”
On headlines created by the ‘bankruptcy’ of Nottingham and Birmingham city councils…
“It’s beholden on us as business leaders to talk up our cities.”
On the leadership benefits of taking on challenges outside your comfort zone…
“When I was younger, I was seconded to the CBI for a year and ended up as bag-carrier to the Director General Sir Richard Lambert. It was a wonderful experience. It took me to a completely different place.”
On what he looks for when he is recruiting new staff…
He says: “It’s all about getting on with people… emotional intelligence and understanding… We focus too much on hard outcomes, like As and stars. It’s the personable bits that make the difference… People don’t appreciate how important these things are.”
Andy’s advice to anyone starting out on a leadership career…
He says: “Be kind! In the world of work… treat people as you would want to be treated yourself. If you’re collegiate and positive, people will always want to work with you.”
Related links
Read more about Andy Bostock on the KPMG website here
Andy Bostock’s LinkedIn profile is here
Andy Bostock’s appointment as senior partner was reported by The Business Desk here
If you enjoyed this episode of the NBS Business Leaders’ Podcast, listen to previous episodes with…
MD of global financial services company Experian Jose Luiz Rossi
Forensic accountant at KPMG Kathryn Wasteney
Global Vice Chair at professional services company EY Errol Gardner
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