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JazzShapers Every Saturday at 9am with Elliot Moss

Produced by and broadcast on Jazz FM, Jazz Shapers has been running since 2012 and is presented by Mishcon de Reya’s Partner and Chief Brand Officer, Elliot Moss.

During each programme, Elliot interviews founders – business shapers - who, like the shapers of jazz soul and blues have defied convention, broken the mould and gone on to achieve great success.

Listen live at 9am, every SaturdayJazz FM

Recent Programmes

Joe McDonald head & shoulder

7 Jun 2025

Elliot chats to Joe McDonald from tem energy

David Abrahamovitch Headshot

31 May 2025

Elliot chats to David Abrahamovitch from Grind

A woman with straight shoulder-length black hair sits on a mustard-yellow couch, leaning against a wooden wall.

24 May 2025

Elliot chats to Flavilla Fongang from Black Rise

head&sholder image of a woman wearing a black dress

17 May 2025

Elliot chats to Elizabeth Rossiello from AZA Finance

Two men standing together in a narrow alleyway

10 May 2025

Elliot chats to Ed Currie and Andy Coxon from AKT London

head and shoulder photo

3 May 2025

Elliot chats to Justin Basini from ClearScore

Hannah Chappatte

26 Apr 2025

Elliot chats to Hannah Chappatte from Hybr

a person holding a microphone

19 Apr 2025

Elliot chats to Jonny Goldstone from Green Tomato Cars (GTC)

a person with her arms crossed

12 Apr 2025

Elliot chats to Vinita Rathi from Systango

Programmes

Jazz Shapers features interviews with entrepreneurs – Business Shapers – who have broken the mould and achieved success in their fields alongside music from the category defining risk takers of jazz, blues and soul.

British Podcast Awards Nominee 2020

Business Shapers

  • Lex Deak

    Lex Deak

    22 Mar 2025

  • Sir John Timpson

    17 Apr 2019

  • Robin Rowland

    Robin Rowland

    13 Apr 2016

  • Peter Usborne

    Peter Usborne

    13 Apr 2016

  • Itay Talgam

    Itay Talgam

    13 Apr 2016

  • Lord Bilimoria

    Lord Bilimoria

    11 Dec 2014

  • Jacqueline Gold

    Jacqueline Gold

    26 Apr 2014

  • Jo Malone

    Jo Malone

    28 Jan 2014

  • Jude Kelly

    Jude Kelly

    18 Dec 2013

  • Nick Wheeler

    Nick Wheeler

    18 Nov 2013

  • Ben Elliot

    Ben Elliot

    16 Apr 2013

  • Matthew Slotover

    Matthew Slotover

    16 Apr 2013

  • Justine Roberts

    Justine Roberts

    16 Apr 2013

  • Luke Johnson

    Luke Johnson

    7 Dec 2012

  • John Vincent

    John Vincent

    7 Nov 2012

  • Lara Morgan

    Lara Morgan

    7 Nov 2012

  • Annabel Karmel

    Annabel Karmel

    7 Nov 2012

  • Carole Hayes

    Carol Hayes

    20 Oct 2012

  • Sir John Hegarty

    Sir John Hegarty

    20 Oct 2012

Future Shapers

  • Jonny Rosenblatt

    Jonny Rosenblatt

    19 Nov 2016

  • Tom Broughton

    Tom Broughton

    16 Jul 2016

  • Claire Vero

    Claire Vero

    2 Jul 2016

  • Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood

    Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood

    11 Jun 2016

  • Anika Islam

    Anika Islam

    7 May 2016

  • David Benigson

    David Benigson

    26 Mar 2016

Jazz Shapers Encore

  • Ciro Romano

    2 Jul 2022

  • Tom Thirlwall

    27 Nov 2021

  • Tom Broughton

    2 Oct 2021

  • David Benigson

    4 Sep 2021

  • Andy Puddicombe

    19 Jun 2021

  • Edwina Dunn OBE

    8 May 2021

  • Henrietta Morrison

    17 Apr 2021

  • Tony Wheeler

    27 Jun 2020

  • Afroditi Krassa

    Afroditi Krassa

    20 Jun 2020

  • Vanessa Brady

    20 Jun 2020

  • Danny Rimer

    13 Jun 2020

  • AlexandDaniel

    Alexander de Carvalho & Daniel Korski

    13 Jun 2020

  • Marcus Wareing

    6 Jun 2020

  • Nick Keller

    23 May 2020

  • David Duke

    23 May 2020

  • Dame Rosemary Squire OBE

    16 May 2020

  • Debbi Wosskow

    Debbie Wosskow

    16 May 2020

  • Ash Atalla

    9 May 2020

  • Jimmy Mulville

    9 May 2020

  • Saasha Celestial-One

    2 May 2020

The News Sessions

  • Blockchain technology futuristic hud background with blockchain polygon

    Blockchain

    8 Nov 2019

  • Fake news, online hate speech & the regulation of social media

    Fake news...

    1 Aug 2019

  • Cryptocurrency

    Cryptocurrency

    8 Oct 2018

  • Gig Economy

    The Gig Economy

    7 Jul 2018

  • Microphone

    GDPR

    2 May 2018

Jazz Shapers Live

  • Sir Rocco Forte

    30 Nov 2019

  • Nicole Farhi

    Nicole Farhi

    31 Mar 2018

  • Kelly Hoppen

    Kelly Hoppen

    23 Dec 2016

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  • Vanessa Vallely

    Vanessa Vallely WeAreTheCity

    Saturday 28th December 2013

    In 2008, Vanessa started the networking site: www.wearethecity.com, as a vehicle to help other City Women connect and grow professionally and personally. WeAreTheCity experiences over 4 million hits per month and an average of 260,000 unique visitors. Today, WATC has become the Little Black Book for London’s female workforce. Its’ 30,000+ members rely on WATC for information ranging from professional to personal to connect with others or to access interests that are centric to working in the City. Vanessa also recently created www.careerscity.co.uk, which is a niche female job board aimed at raising visibility of the opportunities open to Women in terms of their careers.

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  • James Averdieck

    James Averdieck

    Saturday 21st December 2013

    Born in Yorkshire in 1965, James was educated at Uppingham School before studying Economics at Durham University from 1985 to 1988. At Durham, James set up his first business, a Direct sales shoes, sourcing from quality UK manufacturers and selling on dealing floors in the City of London. After leaving university, James joined the graduate programme at strategy consultants, Arthur D. Little, where he stayed for two years, working in Europe, US and the Middle East. He enjoyed consulting and learnt about the key drivers to a successful business, but wanted to get closer to the coal-face.

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  • Rupert Gavin

    Rupert Gavin

    Saturday 14th December 2013

    Rupert Gavin is CEO of the Odeon Cinema Group, the largest cinema group in Europe. Prior to that he was head of BBC Worldwide. Rupert started life as a Hollywood script writer, before later a Director of Saatchi & Saatchi after they bought his advertising business in 1985 and served until 1987 within its Dorland Agency, during which time it grew to become the UK's third largest agency.

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  • Sally Greene

    Sally Greene

    Saturday 7th December 2013

    Sally Greene is an entrepreneur in the entertainment and arts field. Her career began when she bought the lease of the Richmond Theatre from her father, Basil Greene in 1986. She went on to acquire several key London theatres and her business portfolio now includes the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End, the Old Vic Theatre, Old Vic Productions plc, Greene Light Films Ltd, world renowned Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott’s, and two London restaurants: the Cheyne Walk Brasserie, and its sister restaurant The Waterloo Bar and Grill.

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Elliot Moss

Jazz Shapers is presented by Mishcon de Reya’s Chief Brand Officer Elliot Moss.

During each show, Elliot will be interviewing shapers of the business world, people who, like the musicians in the show, have defied convention and gone on to achieve great success.

View Elliot's profile
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