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Susan Allen

Susan Allen

CEO of Yorkshire Building Society

Sep 8, 2026

JulieHOST
8:08
It's the nurse in me.
8:10
Thank you.
8:11
Yeah.
8:13
I had been helping people with end of life for their pets and end of life for their people.
8:21
And it was when Rosie passed, even though she had a serious illness, insulinoma.
8:27
which was serious where I had to like give her dexterous water through the night to keep her alive.
8:34
And your dog, my dog, I'm always like, Rosie, the dog, the Frenchie.

11 MINS LATER

JulieHOST
19:55
I did, however, have a
3:13
So how does the impossible changes, like what does that mean? How does it show up in people's businesses?
3:20
So I've noticed, Ray, that there are these power pivots.
3:24
That's what I call it on my LinkedIn.
3:26
I'm putting memes with power pivots.
3:28
Because if you don't see something, for example, one of my biggest deals was teaching a man how to sell his company, even though his three partners had refused to sell it the year before.
3:45
Within four months working with me, the company was sold for $205 million.
3:51
And he retained his seat on the board.
6:42
The idea that the reason that
2:51
Okay.
2:52
And then I, my children went to school there, and they, I then moved to Aberlemno in Forfar, out in the country, and then I moved to Forfar again, but out in the country again, and then I moved to Arbroath.

10 MINS LATER

13:23
Mm-hmm
13:23
...
13:23
the blue water, the fish.
13:25
Um, through the mountains.
13:28
We used to see foxes and hedgehogs and mice, and it was just...
13:32
And the birds.
17:43
Mm
17:43
... about sort of being hidden.
17:45
Um, and it's, it's natural things.
17:48
It's what our bodies do.
17:49
We should be able to talk about it.
17:51
Um, and for us, I think it, it, sort of connecting it to a health message, I think people can say, "Oh, like it's not a big deal if you're hiding your, your tampon or your pad up your sleeve." But how we've seen that manifest is that people then, they don't ever talk to their, uh, you know, feel comfortable talking about their periods, and they're ex- experiencing all these symptoms and pain, and then it's like- You have endometriosis or you have PCOS, um, and then you get into the GP's office, and you don't feel comfortable sort of advocating for yourself.
18:24
Yeah
18:24
Because women's health is so under-researched, your GP might not know what's going on with you, and so you might need to ask for a second or third opinion to really get support.

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