Mba Executive Director Podcast

Jen Murphy, independent Careers Consultant & Assistant Dean of Career Management and Student Success, Ohio University, talks about careers in the USA, as well as the approach to the job search in North America. Navigating the career journey with a targeted and intentional strategy across the disparate geography of the United States. She covers life choices, from family decisions to career change and work values. She covers mentoring, supporting women in work as well as finding your passion at work.

Career changing star Wee Lee Sim (MBA 2012) talks about his sector experience journey from tech sector start up at Groupon with very little sales experience through to his Cambridge MBA and beyond, to his ultimate pivot into the fast expanding retail and consumer goods sector. Now based at CAA-GBG, one of the world's largest brand management agencies, as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Wee Lee took a journey via the Li and Fung Leadership Programme.

Legend Don Leslie talks about careers in consultancy and the agency he runs advising MBAs and those aiming for this sector. Management Consultancy - How to apply, where to find the jobs, and what you’re letting yourself in for. Don also talks about his own career path and how this sector has developed across the last three decades.

Yuki Kishi (MBA 2016) Director of Fintech at Plug and Play Japan - the early stage investor, accelerator and corporate innovation platform headquartered in the USA, talks about innovation and investment across the VC and investor landscape.

Paul O'Keefe from YaleNUS College, Singapore explores our human motivations from our passions to our interests, our goals and our curiosities. Are interests inherent or can they be developed? Why do we look at change in our career path or our lives more widely? These are some of the questions discussed.

Armin Schriewer VP Finance & Strategy for Dahmakan, Malaysia's biggest food delivery app and service, talks about the business model of providing restaurant quality food with in house suppliers, chefs, delivery units, even packaging to optimise the food delivery industry in this highly successful Asian company.

From journalism to marketing, live events to broadcasting, and creating strategy for a range of broadcast platforms at BT. Kate Wendelboe (MBA 2011) explores the changes across the sector, looking at how people consume content, video and TV today. She also talks about the unique mentoring platform called RISE - for women in broadcasting, which she now sits on as an Advisory Board Member and Mentor.

Chris Maure talks about 'future proofing' your career targeting teenagers and those about to enter the employment field, using a relatively new tool 'My Careers Options' - an online assessment and psychometric testing tool that supports planning a career journey, as we face a future of jobs that as yet may not exist! Working with Dr David Stillwell at Cambridge Judge Business School.

Tania Villares Balsa (MBA 2014) talks about the seed funding and start up support available across the wider Cambridge eco-system, post MBA in her role at Cambridge Enterprise - a commercial arm attached to the University of Cambridge.

Using the power of storytelling to communicate your career aspirations more powerfully to recruiters. Robert Holtom, a professional narrative coach talks about using creative writing skills as a business tool, from refreshing your CV to pitching your idea in the workplace.

What skills are sought in the digital sector globally today? We hear from Jynn Goh the Executive Director of Russell Reynolds based in Singapore. An alumnus of Cambridge University, Jynn talks about agility, leadership, and C-suite recruitment as the technology sector evolves at great speed. She talks about the banking sector, the customer experience as well as the need for change and personal review during any career journey.

A start up story in the Indian logistics sector as Blowhorn was established by Mithun Srivatsa (MBA 2011). Starting out employed by a large shipping company and now running his own delivery and logistics enterprise, developing fast as India grows. From conflict management to crisis systems and the wide range of skills needed to be an entrepreneur in this fast paced sector.

Dickson Ma, Deputy Director of Business Development of AlipayHK, based in Hong Kong, talks about his career in the entertainment industry and how he has now transitioned to the FinTech sector in the cashless digitized payments industry. Dickson Ma also talks about his time and the connections he made on the Cambridge MBA 2011.

From call centre to apps, using an army of two wheeled SMEs across Indonesia and into SE Asia. Chief Human Resources Officer, Monica Oudang talks about her career journey and working with a staff of over 3500 at GOJEK. Social impact, technology and speed are the reason for the foundation of the IT, distribution and services company.

Nanna Saito Nielsen talks about her career journey from Cambridge MBA(MBA 2011) to Director of Banking Operations at GoCardless, as well as her start up journey with both drone technology and across the Fintech sector, travelling and transforming her career from the US to London,UK. Nanna also looks at the gender balance in the fintech and technology sectors, both traditionally less populated by women and the 'Growing Women Initiative' at GoCardless.

The joint Founders of the UK based Brand Experience Agency, Hot Pickle talk about their start up journey, entrepreneurship, user experiences, branding, and the retail experience, as well as Marmite and their favourite barbers! Rupert Pick and Patrick Hammond both Cambridge MBA(2008) take you on their career journey.

Smrithi Ravichandran talks about her leadership role at Flipkart, a fledgling e-commerce company that was then sold to Walmart for a staggering 22 billion dollars. From scaling and global expansion, Smrithi talks about market segmentation, customer and data knowledge and research, as well as development and innovation across the company as a whole; and the creation of the now extremely well established Big Billion Day across India.

Mat Mildenhall (MBA 1997)talks about leadership and strategy across the advertising and creative industries, tracking the advent and history of global marketing and brands through to today's specific data driven mass precision marketing and individual advertising targeting. Career advice and insights from a long personal history across this globally expanding and continually developing industry sector.

Per von Zelowitz (MBA 1991) shares his insights into the Venture Capital sector, the startup sector and working in wireless, across Sweden, New York and now based with PwC.

Ashwini Anburajan (MBA 2009) talks about raising capital and funding through ICOs and other crypto and non traditional mechanisms from her company 22xFund, a start up based in New York. Inclusion, collaboration and invention across the venture capital landscape, specifically from a female entrepreneur and founders perspective.