From designing the foundations of the world’s largest offshore wind farms to achieving B-Corp certification, Co-Founders Alastair Muir Wood and Christian LeBlanc Thilsted have built Wood Thilsted into a true example of purpose-driven growth.

In this episode, CEO Alastair shares how Wood Thilsted transformed from a bold idea between friends in 2015 into a global leader in offshore wind engineering, supporting projects across multiple continents. He explores the pivotal moments that shaped the company’s journey, from international expansion and rapid organic growth to professionalising operations and partnering with Inflexion to scale. Alastair also delves into the realities of expanding in a challenging market and what it truly means to do “business for good” in the renewable energy sector. He shares how Wood Thilsted navigates shifting governmental and political landscapes and how the business continues to adapt and thrive amid change.

While still at university, Eric Everard was already juggling three businesses, studying hard, and even learning Mandarin — a true display of entrepreneurial drive. Shortly after graduating, he launched yet another venture: the beginnings of what would become Easyfairs. Fast forward two decades, and Easyfairs has evolved into a global events powerhouse.

In this episode, Eric shares the Easyfairs journey, including how he sold the business and bought it back for €1, and how his early commitment to technology has positioned Easyfairs as one of the world’s leading tech-driven event companies today, built on a scalable and purpose-built platform that continues to evolve. He also dives into the role of geo-cloning in their expansion, the growth of Comicon across Europe, the strategic M&A engine behind their success, and why, in his view, people don’t leave companies — they leave bad bosses.

From full-page newspaper ads in the 1980s to today’s cutting-edge, data-driven talent platform, YER has transformed into a leading European specialist recruitment agency. Over the decades, the company has navigated major industry shifts, weathered the financial crisis, adopted a secondment model, and expanded across Europe through strategic acquisitions, all while maintaining a strong focus on vision, leadership and adaptability.

In our latest podcast episode, YER CEO Johan Overgaauw and Inflexion’s Sander Ruijter join Tim Smallbone in Amsterdam to unpack the key milestones behind YER’s growth, from Inflexion’s minority investment to international expansion and M&A, and explore how the company continues to thrive as a people-first business in a fast-changing market.