Beacon58 brings live AI to MEIRA Connect
Holly and Ewan MacLeod brought live AI demonstrations and practical investor-relations workflows to the MEIRA Connect programme.
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MANAGING PARTNER & FOUNDER
AI, STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION
HOLLY JOINT
SERVICES
Navigate Transformation
I help leadership teams turn AI ambition into responsible and valuable impact: connecting strategy, operating models, technology and people.
Digital & AI Transformation
Connect AI initiatives to the wider transformation agenda, with a clear path from ambition to value.
Public Speaking
Bring practical, human conversations about AI, leadership and transformation to your audience.
Executive Coaching
Build leadership confidence, AI fluency and the judgement needed for human-machine collaboration.
Executive Education
Move beyond one-off training and build practical capability into everyday roles and decisions.
COMPANIES & INITIATIVES
Companies, initiatives & ventures
Alongside Beacon58, Holly builds and backs work around AI, digital transformation, leadership, practical capability and better ways of working.
LATEST NEWS
Coverage and conversations
Selected public mentions, appointments, conversations, events and Beacon58 updates from Holly’s work across AI & digital transformation, leadership and training.
Holly Joint joins The Expertise Shift
Joined The Expertise Shift at YOUth Connect Abu Dhabi to explore how technology is changing expertise, work and opportunity.
Read moreWorking On It
A fireside chat with Ewan MacLeod and new podcast recordings exploring “The Agentic Life” and what comes next for AI at work.
See the mentionClaude In Action Masterclass
Hands-on sessions led with Ewan MacLeod, helping senior professionals work with Claude, AI agents and practical AI workflows.
View eventAI use cases across fintech
Joined a keynote interview at Seamless Middle East on moving AI from proof-of-concept to production-grade value in fintech.
Read the mentionBuilding entrepreneurial ecosystems
Panelist at HCT’s International Conference on Entrepreneurship & Employability, discussing what universities can do to build successful ecosystems.
View programmeADSS appoints global COO
Coverage of Holly’s appointment as Global COO, following leadership roles across digital transformation and high-growth businesses.
Read moreADSS hires Holly Joint as COO
Coverage of the role’s focus on growth, operational efficiency and expansion across institutional and retail markets.
Read moreADSS welcomes Holly Joint
A further report on Holly joining ADSS as Global COO, bringing transformation and programme leadership experience.
Read moreStrategic COO appointment
Coverage of Holly joining Trivandi’s leadership team to strengthen operations and support the company’s global expansion.
Read moreSurveillance and diversity
A conversation with Holly about surveillance, diversity, technology and life in the Gulf.
Read moreARTICLES
Notes for leaders
Holly’s Beacon58 writing on the conversations, cultures and choices that shape organisations in an AI-enabled world.
The conversations you avoid are already ruining your business
Avoidance does not remove a leadership problem. It gives it time to spread through trust, performance and culture.
Read on Beacon58Good leaders don’t make people feel safe
Leadership is not about making every decision comfortable; it is about creating the conditions for honest challenge and responsible action.
Read on Beacon58Are you committing random acts of technology?
Isolated experiments rarely become transformation. AI initiatives need a connected strategy, clear value and an operating model that can scale.
Read on Beacon58Are you building a culture? Or tolerating one.
Culture is shaped less by what leaders say than by the behaviours they reward, ignore and allow to become normal.
Read on Beacon58Innovation team? You’ve already lost.
Innovation cannot sit in a separate team while the rest of the organisation waits. It has to change how the organisation works.
Read on Beacon58Has AI made your business dead behind the eyes?
AI fluency is not just knowing how to prompt. It is the confidence and judgement to use technology thoughtfully in real work.
Read on Beacon58WHAT PEOPLE SAY
What people say about Holly
Feedback from colleagues and leaders who have worked with Holly across transformation, growth, strategy and change.
“Holly knows how to lead a team through the difficult journey of transformation. She does it with empathy and support to all involved, ensuring clear success”.
“Holly is a great mentor, I have followed her to three different companies as I always know that I will learn and grow in my career working with her. The office is always full of energy when she’s around”.
“Holly gets things done: you can throw anything at her and she gets on, figures out how to do it and makes it happen”.
“Holly gets it – understands the need and the benefit for change and is a true advocate for this – she walks the talk”.
“Holly has been intensely involved from the early days on our big strategic issues and has worked tirelessly for us all. We have a huge amount to thank her for”.
“Insightful, challenging, pragmatic, professional, gets things done”
ABOUT
AI, strategy & transformation
I’m Holly Joint, co-founder and Managing Partner at Beacon58, a board adviser and former C-Suite executive. For more than 25 years I’ve led strategy, transformation, operations and technology across financial services, leisure and telecoms.
I work with leadership teams to make AI useful, trusted and practical. I connect ambition to operating models, capability, governance and everyday decisions.
25+
Years leading change
Financial Services
Leisure & Entertainment
Telecoms
AI
Digital · Strategy · Leadership