<![CDATA[OUTBOUND with Petra Ehmann]]>OUTBOUND is a podcast on life stories and learnings from leaders who follow their calling and change the world for the better, each in their own field. It features leaders who didn’t trot on traditional career paths but who paved their individual ways, guided by purpose and the desire to have profound impact. Petra Ehmann, podcast host, board member and entrepreneur sits down with CEOs, board members, founders, politicians, artists, musicians or professors to shed light on their paths and to get to know the people behind those renowned profiles. How did they decide on their career steps, what did they learn along the way that helped them lead with clarity? 

This podcast is for leaders and aspiring leaders who want to look for a dosage of inspiration and learnings from prominent figures who fight for change.  


]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:31:45 GMTSun, 23 Aug 2026 11:49:54 GMT60Petra Ehmann<p>OUTBOUND is a podcast on life stories and learnings from leaders who follow their calling and change the world for the better, each in their own field. It features leaders who didn’t trot on traditional career paths but who paved their individual ways, guided by purpose and the desire to have profound impact. Petra Ehmann, podcast host, board member and entrepreneur sits down with CEOs, board members, founders, politicians, artists, musicians or professors to shed light on their paths and to get to know the people behind those renowned profiles. How did they decide on their career steps, what did they learn along the way that helped them lead with clarity? </p><p>This podcast is for leaders and aspiring leaders who want to look for a dosage of inspiration and learnings from prominent figures who fight for change.  </p><p><br /></p>episodicPetra Ehmannoutboundhello@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Hedge Fund to Health: Ivan Vatchkov on Time, Wealth and the Future of Healthcare]]>How does a career in finance lead to building a healthcare AI company? In conversation with Petra Ehmann, Ivan Vatchkov reflects on growing up in Bulgaria after communism, moving into banking and hedge funds, and the lessons those high-pressure industries taught him about discipline, accountability and learning from mistakes. He also shares how self-reflection and a focus on continuous improvement helped inspire Kalibra.ai.

00:00 Opening highlights

00:58 Welcome from Singapore

02:16 From Bulgaria to banking and hedge funds

06:59 Discipline, accountability and learning from failure

13:11 From hedge funds to health tech

20:14 Rethinking what it means to be healthy

22:16 Turning health data into useful action

26:26 Building a startup in a regulated industry

33:34 Healthcare incentives and personal responsibility

37:10 Kalibra’s customers and rewarding prevention

43:30 AI and the changing doctor–patient relationship

48:27 Inside Kalibra.ai: coaching and connected health data

50:45 Healthcare in 2050: beyond tracking everything

55:47 Wealth, relationships and the future of health

58:44 A future of continuous care

About the guest

Ivan Vatchkov is the founder and CEO of Kalibra.ai, a health technology company turning health data into actionable insights. Previously, he spent more than a decade as a hedge fund portfolio manager, including at Algebris Investments in Singapore. He holds a master’s degree in International Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and has been a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader since 2014.


]]>4433f20e-fb55-4bd5-9391-9e63684ef9bbSat, 07 Nov 2026 15:52:51 GMT<p>How does a career in finance lead to building a healthcare AI company? In conversation with Petra Ehmann, Ivan Vatchkov reflects on growing up in Bulgaria after communism, moving into banking and hedge funds, and the lessons those high-pressure industries taught him about discipline, accountability and learning from mistakes. He also shares how self-reflection and a focus on continuous improvement helped inspire Kalibra.ai.</p><p>00:00 Opening highlights</p><p>00:58 Welcome from Singapore</p><p>02:16 From Bulgaria to banking and hedge funds</p><p>06:59 Discipline, accountability and learning from failure</p><p>13:11 From hedge funds to health tech</p><p>20:14 Rethinking what it means to be healthy</p><p>22:16 Turning health data into useful action</p><p>26:26 Building a startup in a regulated industry</p><p>33:34 Healthcare incentives and personal responsibility</p><p>37:10 Kalibra’s customers and rewarding prevention</p><p>43:30 AI and the changing doctor–patient relationship</p><p>48:27 Inside Kalibra.ai: coaching and connected health data</p><p>50:45 Healthcare in 2050: beyond tracking everything</p><p>55:47 Wealth, relationships and the future of health</p><p>58:44 A future of continuous care</p><p><b><strong>About the guest</strong></b></p><p>Ivan Vatchkov is the founder and CEO of Kalibra.ai, a health technology company turning health data into actionable insights. Previously, he spent more than a decade as a hedge fund portfolio manager, including at Algebris Investments in Singapore. He holds a master’s degree in International Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and has been a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader since 2014.</p><p><br /></p>no00:59:5813Hedge Fund to Health: Ivan Vatchkov on Time, Wealth and the Future of Healthcarefull<![CDATA[How to Build Peace? Natasha Latiff on Justice, Courage and Two Decades in Afghanistan]]>At 17, Natasha made her first trip to Afghanistan, driven by curiosity and a desire to understand the country beyond what she saw in the media. That journey helped shape her path as a human rights lawyer working in Afghanistan.

In this conversation, Natasha and Petra look beyond the headlines. They talk about what war does to ordinary people, including the people who commit the violence. They discuss how human rights work changed overnight when the Taliban returned to Kabul, and why Natasha has a love-hate relationship with the word “resilience.” She also explains a funding imbalance that few people outside the field know about: only 5% of global development funding reaches the local organizations that do 60% of the work and carry 100% of the risk. She is now building a fund to change that.

This is a conversation about courage, the politics behind idealism, and what it takes to build peace after the fighting stops.

00:00 Cold open
01:00 Meet Natasha
01:30 A pen pal in Kabul
02:30 A country that pulls you in
04:30 Her mom didn’t know
06:00 Why women’s rights
07:30 “You do not control my movement”
09:00 First days in Kabul
11:30 A lawyer before becoming a lawyer
14:00 Change the law, change lives
16:30 Too qualified at twenty
18:30 Inside the camps
20:30 Only woman in the room
23:00 What war does to people
26:30 The lawyers behind the lawyers
29:00 Human rights is political
32:00 What success looks like
41:00 When resilience breaks you
43:30 Follow the money
44:30 Natasha’s new fund
49:00 How you can help
50:00 The end of war isn’t peace
52:30 How to build peace
55:00 Hope for 2050
56:00 Closing

Natasha Latiff is an international human rights lawyer from Singapore, recognized for her pioneering work in advancing gender justice in conflict and post-conflict settings. She is the founder of Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) and its sister organisation Women for Justice in Afghanistan, which empower women human rights defenders and lawyers to represent survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, torture, and other grave human rights violations.Today, she launched Where The Way Leads Foundation to secure access to justice for survivors of violence and war: https://wtwl.org/ And get in touch with Natasha at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashalatiff/

]]>01fb1894-21d0-44f7-ac22-453f9679b272Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:48:46 GMT<p>At 17, Natasha made her first trip to Afghanistan, driven by curiosity and a desire to understand the country beyond what she saw in the media. That journey helped shape her path as a human rights lawyer working in Afghanistan.</p><p>In this conversation, Natasha and Petra look beyond the headlines. They talk about what war does to ordinary people, including the people who commit the violence. They discuss how human rights work changed overnight when the Taliban returned to Kabul, and why Natasha has a love-hate relationship with the word “resilience.” She also explains a funding imbalance that few people outside the field know about: only 5% of global development funding reaches the local organizations that do 60% of the work and carry 100% of the risk. She is now building a fund to change that.</p><p>This is a conversation about courage, the politics behind idealism, and what it takes to build peace after the fighting stops.</p><p>00:00 Cold open<br />01:00 Meet Natasha<br />01:30 A pen pal in Kabul<br />02:30 A country that pulls you in<br />04:30 Her mom didn’t know<br />06:00 Why women’s rights<br />07:30 “You do not control my movement”<br />09:00 First days in Kabul<br />11:30 A lawyer before becoming a lawyer<br />14:00 Change the law, change lives<br />16:30 Too qualified at twenty<br />18:30 Inside the camps<br />20:30 Only woman in the room<br />23:00 What war does to people<br />26:30 The lawyers behind the lawyers<br />29:00 Human rights is political<br />32:00 What success looks like<br />41:00 When resilience breaks you<br />43:30 Follow the money<br />44:30 Natasha’s new fund<br />49:00 How you can help<br />50:00 The end of war isn’t peace<br />52:30 How to build peace<br />55:00 Hope for 2050<br />56:00 Closing</p><p>Natasha Latiff is an international human rights lawyer from Singapore, recognized for her pioneering work in advancing gender justice in conflict and post-conflict settings. She is the founder of Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights (SAHR) and its sister organisation Women for Justice in Afghanistan, which empower women human rights defenders and lawyers to represent survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, torture, and other grave human rights violations.Today, she launched Where The Way Leads Foundation to secure access to justice for survivors of violence and war: <a href="https://wtwl.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://wtwl.org/</a> And get in touch with Natasha at: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashalatiff/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashalatiff/</a></p>no00:53:5412How to Build Peace? Natasha Latiff on Justice, Courage and Two Decades in Afghanistanfull<![CDATA[Trailer]]>What does it take to choose your own path—when everyone expects something else?

Welcome to OUTBOUND: life stories and learnings from the people behind their public profiles.

Host Petra Ehmann brings her lifelong curiosity about biographies to conversations with friends whose stories have inspired her—from a radio host who became vice president of his country to a lawyer who moved to Afghanistan to fight for human rights.

Together, they explore the choices that changed their lives, the doubts along the way, and what they learned as they found their own path.

]]>58ba191b-5ba4-4f11-a132-48fa1db552faFri, 06 Nov 2026 00:39:59 GMT<p>What does it take to choose your own path—when everyone expects something else?</p><p>Welcome to OUTBOUND: life stories and learnings from the people behind their public profiles.</p><p>Host Petra Ehmann brings her lifelong curiosity about biographies to conversations with friends whose stories have inspired her—from a radio host who became vice president of his country to a lawyer who moved to Afghanistan to fight for human rights.</p><p>Together, they explore the choices that changed their lives, the doubts along the way, and what they learned as they found their own path.</p>no00:01:251Trailertrailer<![CDATA[Wealth or Legacy? Ameya Prabhu on Crisis, Grit and Building Across India and Africa]]>Do you want to build up wealth or leave behind a legacy? For the entrepreneur, investor and author Ameya Prabhu, that’s a question not only his characters ponder on, but also he himself.

Beyond being an author and entrepreneur, Ameya is also the founder and CEO of NAFA Capital and has built up businesses within India, and expanded businesses from India to Africa, reaching even the remotest areas. In this conversation he talks about steering Green Energy Renewables through a crisis, why he only backs founders with real grit, and why you can’t understand a market without operating at the ground yourself. He also shares his view of where India is heading towards.

Ameya dissects life and business profoundly and leaves you with deep questions to chew on: wealth or legacy? ROTI or ROI? Grit or hustling? And most important of all: what makes you happy?

Chapters:

00:00 Teaser

00:43 Welcome and Intro of Ameya Prabhu

1:06 Writing and his book The Rock Babas & Other Stories

10:57 Investing and NAFA Capital

13:15 Lessons from the Green Energy crisis

21:13 Leading through volatility

24:47 What outsiders miss about India

31:56 Doing business in Africa

41:55 Focus on your ROTI

43:50 Growth themes in India

49:51 India in 2050


]]>f5b860e6-12b6-477d-bae0-c5caaf238539Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:10:18 GMT<p>Do you want to build up wealth or leave behind a legacy? For the entrepreneur, investor and author Ameya Prabhu, that’s a question not only his characters ponder on, but also he himself.</p><p>Beyond being an author and entrepreneur, Ameya is also the founder and CEO of NAFA Capital and has built up businesses within India, and expanded businesses from India to Africa, reaching even the remotest areas. In this conversation he talks about steering Green Energy Renewables through a crisis, why he only backs founders with real grit, and why you can’t understand a market without operating at the ground yourself. He also shares his view of where India is heading towards.</p><p>Ameya dissects life and business profoundly and leaves you with deep questions to chew on: wealth or legacy? ROTI or ROI? Grit or hustling? And most important of all: what makes you happy?</p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 Teaser</p><p>00:43 Welcome and Intro of Ameya Prabhu</p><p>1:06 Writing and his book The Rock Babas &amp; Other Stories</p><p>10:57 Investing and NAFA Capital</p><p>13:15 Lessons from the Green Energy crisis</p><p>21:13 Leading through volatility</p><p>24:47 What outsiders miss about India</p><p>31:56 Doing business in Africa</p><p>41:55 Focus on your ROTI</p><p>43:50 Growth themes in India</p><p>49:51 India in 2050</p><p><br /></p>no00:55:5011Wealth or Legacy? Ameya Prabhu on Crisis, Grit and Building Across India and Africafull