Deep CV Diving

Our guest in this episode of Deep CV Diving is Regan Barker, Head Sales and Sales Enablement at Grant Thornton, Australia. Regan has a degree in business marketing and HR but an early career decision led her into BD and now sales. She's worked in accounting, law and financial services in Sydney, Melbourne and now Brisbane. She is now a leading voice on sales strategies for professional services, and was recently included in the Sales Enablement Collectives ‘People to Watch in 2024’ so it's fantastic that we have her on this podcast. This podcast is powered by Seldon Rosser. The sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello. The producer and creative director is Peter Kerwood, and the executive producer and host is Graham Seldon, asking the questions that get to the heart of great career journeys.https://linktr.ee/deepcvdivinghttps://seldonrosser.com

My guest on this episode of Deep CV Diving is Hong Kong-based Mike Hurle, Global Director of Turnaround and Restructuring at KPMG. He began his career as a research analyst for a London-based global insights firm that focused on Asian markets, and a three-month secondment to Hong Kong ultimately led him to move there nearly 20 years ago. He embarked on a career with KPMG, where he is currently the Global Director responsible for driving the sales, brand, and community pillars for their turnaround and restructuring services. Having worked across Marketing, Communications, Business Development, and Sales in one of the world's most complex and dynamic regions, he is well-placed to share his views on how to build a successful career in professional services in Asia.This podcast is powered by Seldon Rosser. The sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello. The producer and creative director is Peter Kerwood, and the executive producer and host is Graham Seldon, asking the questions that get to the heart of great career journeys.

My guest in this first episode of Season 3 of Deep CV Diving is Hong Kong based Jessica Seah. Jessica has a Bachelor of Communications (PR & Journalism) from Australia and a Law & Management Diploma from Singapore. She began her career as a legal journalist in Sydney before moving to Hong Kong where she joined Herbert Smith Freehills as a Communications Manager (focused on media relations). This was the start of her in-house legal communications career and during the next 7 years she held similar roles with K&L Gates and Norton Rose Fulbright – the latter also took her to London. In 2020 she returned to Hong Kong and back to journalism as the Editor of law.com where she researches and write feature columns and news on the legal sector in Asia. She often breaks the story ahead of other major news outlets and her articles are widely circulated in law firm boardrooms around the World. Often opinionated but always respectful she undoubtedly has the most up to date knowledge of the Asian legal market and I am hoping she will share these insights as well as any advice she can give to in-house communications professionals on working with the media.This podcast is powered by Seldon Rosser. The sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello. The producer and creative director is Peter Kerwood, and the executive producer and host is Graham Seldon, asking the questions that get to the heart of great career journeys.

My guest in this episode is Laura Nichols. Who is the Chief Client Officer for Clifford Chance. It's a global role focused on leading transformation and change projects across business development and client focused strategies. Laura is a senior executive with 20 years of strategic business development experience gained in regional and global roles across Australia, Asia and the UK, in a range of industries and practices. She began her career in Melbourne working in a BD role for an aerospace company and is now based in London working in a strategic management role for one of the worlds largest law firms. How did she get there? Let’s dive in and find out.

My guest in this episode is Angela Johansson whose career has taken her from New Zealand to Middle East, via Australia and from consumer & retail marketing to professional services BD, working for some of the World’s most prominent and successful law firms. Having moved to Dubai nearly 8 years ago as Head of BD & marketing for Clyde & co – she was successful in transitioning to a senior operations role and in 2020 was appointed as Chief Operating Officer for Middle East and Africa. How did she get there, lets dive in and find out.

My guest in this episode is Richard Kohinga, an entrepreneurial sales and marketing leader who has spent the last 25 years working in professional services. He was with KPMG for 17 years in Australia and the Middle East before joining a legal talent on demand firm, Plexus in 2018, first as Commercial Director and now as General Manager, Australia. His focus throughout his career has been in driving business growth, either by using a wealth of sales & marketing skills to promote existing services or to work with the business to develop new products and services to clients.