McKay Interview

The McKay Interview airs Mondays at 8pm, Saturday at 10am and Sunday at 3pm, always straight after the BBC News.
About Michael McKay
Michael McKay spent twenty three years in the toughest of international businesses, tobacco, holding senior positions in marketing, corporate affairs and external relations.
In the mid-1980's and early 90's he created his own management consulting firm in Zug, Switzerland, with a clientele of blue-chip companies including well-known Swiss banks and prominent firms in other sectors.
As an independent advisor and founder of McKay’s consulting firm, he has addressed on behalf of corporate clients issues such as better regulation; the defence of freedom of choice, effective anti-contraband and anti-counterfeiting strategies, leveraging high-level networks in the Middle East, counselling senior executives on better management of the external environment and effective government relations, enhancing corporate reputation as well as managing communication problems that accompany change management strategies. His consulting work has been carried out in many European capitals.
Michael has been an occasional guest lecturer at the University of Geneva's and the University of Fribourg's MBA programmes and at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He is also a regular speaker at NATO Advanced Research Workshops; and is a non-executive Director of MEC International Ltd., London. He is well-known as the charismatic, former Chairman of the Geneva Chapter of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC).
Among his clients past and present are HSBC, Ernst & Young, ICRC/CICR, the U.N., JT International, EFG, The British Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Intertrust Switzerland, Geneva Trading & Shipping Association, the International Trade Centre, the United Kingdom Permanent Mission to the U.N Geneva, Edwards Lifesciences, Nestlé, Expedia and many others.
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Episodes
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H.E Jürg Lauber, Swiss ambassador to UN in Geneva
Sunday, 17 September 2023
Switzerland only joined in 2002
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Selma Galland, country manager for Etam
Sunday, 3 September 2023
Challenges of modern retail
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Jared Bibler - Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con
Saturday, 19 August 2023
The story of the most dramatic crash of a country’s economy
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UK parliamentarian, Sir Graham Brady MP
Sunday, 25 June 2023
Chair of the 1922 Committee
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Dr Matthew Goodwin - Professor of Politics
Sunday, 11 June 2023
Author of 'Values, Voice and Virtue'.
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Kirsten Neuschäfer, winner 2022 Golden Globe Yacht Race
Sunday, 28 May 2023
The first woman to take the title
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Jean-Pierre Roth
Monday, 15 May 2023
President of the Foundation for the Renovation of the Swiss Guard Barracks in the Vatican.
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Dr Ilia Kolochenko
Friday, 28 April 2023
Cyber security expert
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Bru Pearce - founder of Envisionation
Monday, 17 April 2023
Protecting the biosphere
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Lt. Gen. Thomas Süssli
Sunday, 26 March 2023
Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces
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Kinza Win - founder of WIN Advisors
Sunday, 12 March 2023
Innovative philanthropy
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Ukrainian Ambassador, Yevheniia Filipenko
Thursday, 23 February 2023
The current view from Ukraine
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Prof. Petteri Taalas, Sec Gen of WMO
Saturday, 18 February 2023
What does the WMO do?
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Professor Dr. Rudolf Minsch - Chief Economist at economiesuisse.
Monday, 6 February 2023
The state of the Swiss economy
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Leila from Iran
Monday, 23 January 2023
View from inside the country
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Vicky Pryce - Professor of Economics
Sunday, 8 January 2023
Chief Economic Adviser and Board Member, Centre for Economics and Business Research
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Charles Adams, former US ambassador to Finland and from Orrick’s International Arbitration Practice Group.
Monday, 5 December 2022
Top arbitration expert
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STEVEN MILES: Fellow at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies,
Monday, 21 November 2022
The importance of LNG
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Dr. Charles-Henry Rochat
Friday, 4 November 2022
World leading Geneva based urologist
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Lieutenant General Ben Hodges (rtd)
Monday, 24 October 2022
Former US commander in Europe
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Amb. Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann Permanent Observer of Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Friday, 7 October 2022
Permanent Mission to the UN at Geneva
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A look back at the reign of Elizabeth II
Monday, 3 October 2022
Different views from all over the world
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Dr Mukesh Kapila CBE
Monday, 19 September 2022
UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan 2003/4
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Yves Flueckiger - Rector of University of Geneva
Friday, 2 September 2022
Also President of Swissuniversities and LERU
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Simon Manley: UK ambassador to UN in Geneva
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
And other international organisations
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David Willey - former BBC Vatican correspondent
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Papal biographer
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Dan Basse, President of AgResource in Chicago
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Challenges of food production
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Christoph Maeder - head of economiesuisse
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Leading business organisation
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Debora MacKenzie - science writer
Monday, 30 May 2022
Warns on further pandemics
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General Sir Richard Shirreff, former NATO commander
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Wrote a novel called 'War with Russia' in 2017