Podcasts by Changing Careers with Conrad Chua
Conrad's podcast brings you a series of interviews with students, alumni and industry professionals from the wider Cambridge Judge Business School network to give you an insight on how the Cambridge MBA can influence your career path.
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Innovation, risk and leadership in a new global culture - Marco Donzelli from 2022-02-18T09:00:44
What business leaders think about innovation in 2022 -
MBA alumnus Marco Donzelli (MBA 2009) talks about the market recovery after the pandemic, as Global CEO of global accounting and advisory ...
Bitcoin, online tuition and coupons with MBA graduate Robert Ippolito from 2022-02-11T16:34:58
MBA graduate Robert Ippolito (MBA 2017) talks about starting businesses across Latin America; in the coupon sector and working with the use of bitcoin. Working also in the Ed Tech sector, offering ...
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Transforming the healthcare sector with AI & ML software - a tech start up story from 2021-01-21T15:05:13
Dr Joshua Oppenheimer, a leading medical professional and founder of medical tech start up, Transformative, talks about his career transformation and changing careers.
His career journey after...
Making an impact one social enterprise at a time - Zohra Khaku from 2020-08-28T00:00:07
From founding the start up charity Halal Gems through to her role as Director of the Muslim Youth Helpline, Zohra takes us on a varied and fascinating journey through her career, since her Cambridg...
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Medicine, politics and a life doing good - Rav Seeruthun, Executive MBA alumnus from 2020-07-31T00:00:06
Cambridge Executive MBA alumni Rav Seeruthun(2013)talks about his career in the medical sector from the pharmaceutical industry through to rare diseases and respiratory medicine at Roche, the globa...
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The story of Europe's largest digital marketplace for sport sponsorship - with Andreas Kitzing from 2020-07-17T00:00:16
Cambridge MBA Andreas Kitzing talks about the company Sponsoo, that he founded soon after completing his Cambridge MBA in 2013/14. Sponsoo is Europe's largest digital marketplace for sports sponsor...
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Managing your mental health in a new world from 2020-07-06T07:25:33
The changing face of the workplace after the pandemic, how to manage and think about your mental health during a crisis, and how to build your resilience during a crisis, in order to start preparin...
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Your best self in remote interviews - our new virtual world from 2020-04-24T00:00:03
Cambridge MBA Executive Director gives a range of advice for conducting interviews remotely, either in the new virtual world under Covid-19 conditions in 2020 or indeed when the recruiter is half w...
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Covid19 - An Executive Director's response for Careers and MBAs from 2020-03-27T10:50:03
Conrad Chua, Executive Director of the Cambridge MBA talks about how we can prepare for the future, how we can present and manage ourselves in the current climate of uncertainty, and how MBAs can s...
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Wild entrepreneurship - innovation and impact in conservation and the environment from 2020-02-28T01:00
Covering a career in conservation and the environment, bringing social innovation and entrepreneurship to the table after his MBA year for alumni Paul Herbertson (MBA 2010). Covering business skill...
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Creative solutions at Case Interviews - talent, recruitment & career consultancy from 2020-02-14T01:00:10
Career coach and talent acquisition consultant, Kate Harman, outlines the Case Interview process; she shares her tips and interview insights after over a decade recruiting talent at Boston Consulti...
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Growth and change - an explosive startup story - TwoSigmas tutoring from 2020-01-31T01:00
Serial entrepreneur Michael Birdsall (MBA 2012) talks about his rapid startup growth across Asia and North America, in the education and tutoring sector. From scaling up, client relations, tech pla...
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Digital transformation - corporate strategy, storytelling & disruption. from 2020-01-17T01:00
Covering a career in leading technology companies across Europe, Asia and the UK, from Amazon, to Adstream to Jagex Games. Hamza Mudassir (MBA 2012) talks about digital transformation and the role ...
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The business of science - consultancy to global portfolio management from 2020-01-03T01:00:03
Dr. Ritika Dave talks about her career in medicine, via the Cambridge MBA(2012), through to the 'business' of science with such giant pharmaceuticals as Astra Zeneca; as well as covering her years ...
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Career control and tips from Conrad Chua as we end the decade. from 2019-12-20T01:00:03
As we end 2019, we hear from the year's podcast host Conrad Chua about career tips, and an outlook for the future to de-clutter your life, to help you enter a new decade with a focus on what matter...
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Design thinking in your career, informational interviews & the job market in Asia today. from 2019-12-04T12:20:36
Jon Kwan, global careers consultant and career coach talks about the power of informational interviews as well as using design thinking in your career; and more widely about the job search in Asia....
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Networking & navigating your way through the career map in North America. from 2019-11-22T02:00:03
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 N...
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From start ups to big brands - pivoting your career trajectory from 2019-11-01T01:00:12
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,...
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Consulting careers - The legend Don Leslie from 2019-10-11T00:00:04
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 y...
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Fintech, start ups & innovation in Japan - Plug and Play from 2019-09-26T12:27:32
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 inves...
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(Ep.45)Human motivation - pursuing your goals & finding your passion from 2019-09-13T00:00:05
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 d...
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(Ep.44) Changing how we eat: an Asian food delivery platform with restaurant quality experiences from 2019-08-30T00:00:05
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, ch...
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(Ep.43) Strategy & career exploration in the broadcasting landscape with Kate Wendelboe from 2019-08-16T00:00:05
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...
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(Ep.42) Future proofing your career: My careers options - a job profiling tool for careers planning from 2019-08-01T23:00:25
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...
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(Ep.41)Start up funding & the commercialisation of ideas - with Cambridge Enterprise from 2019-07-19T00:00:04
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 at...
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(Ep.40) Crafting the story of your career - storytelling as a business tool from 2019-07-05T00:00:09
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 bu...
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(Ep. 39) - Digital Transformations: leadership, agility, strategy and other skills from 2019-06-21T08:22:44
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 abo...
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(Ep.38) - Logistics, conflict and entrepreneurship - Blowhorn a start up story from 2019-06-07T08:48:19
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 log...
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(Ep.37)- Guns N' Roses to FinTech: a career from entertainment to the digital payments sector from 2019-05-23T10:49:04
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 th...
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(Ep.36)- Call centres, apps, financial services - SMEs on two wheels across Asia. from 2019-05-10T08:21:12
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 o...
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(Ep.35) Start ups, drones, fintech & GoCardless - an MBA career transformation journey from 2019-04-26T00:00:09
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 acros...
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(Ep.34) User Experience, Brands & Entrepreneurship: Founders of Hot Pickle start up journey from 2019-04-11T15:26:47
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...
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(Ep.33)Scaling E-Commerce globally & in India - Flipkart Big Billion Day from 2019-03-29T09:35:33
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...
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(Ep.32) Mass precision marketing, strategy and leadership in the advertising and creative industry from 2019-03-15T08:00:08
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 specif...
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(Ep. 31) VC industry, the deals and developing that niche - Per von Zelowitz from 2019-03-01T16:56:37
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.
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(Ep 30) A female founders story: Venture capital and disruptive funding for start ups from 2019-02-15T08:56:08
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, ...
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(Ep. 29) Strategy and digital strategy at IBM iX with Sarah Ishak (MBA 2010) from 2019-02-04T09:05:57
IBM iX, Managing Consultant Sarah Ishak talks about consultancy and the strategy around digital business. She talks about building your network and working your contacts as you step into a new role...
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(Ep.28) AI and Big Data - innovation in consulting practices at Boston Consulting Group from 2019-01-17T09:21:38
Iman Karimi (MBA 2010)explores the innovative and disruptive consultancy practices changing the face of global consultancy, as Project Leader and Lead Data Scientist at The Boston Consulting Group ...
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(Ep.26) - Harnessing stress in your career from 2018-12-21T10:04:50
How to identify and manage stress in the workplace for both managers, leaders and of course ourselves. External Faculty, Cambridge Judge Business School and Executive Coach Dr Helena Kim addresses ...
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(Ep.27)- Business strategy and the consumer journey in the luxury fashion market from 2018-12-21T10:04:26
We hear from Ambika Mamgain (MBA 2010) Strategic Programme Manager at YOOX Net A Porter, aka YNAP. Looking at the luxury fashion market and the user experience online, especially in the off-season...
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(Ep.25) - A start up journey with Jacqui Gilbert from 2018-12-07T08:50:46
Explore the startup journey with bag designer and entrepreneur Jacqui Gilbert.
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(Ep.24) - Driving change in the global shipping market - a start up view from 2018-11-22T10:13:51
Entrepreneur Gordon Downes (MBA 2009) talks about the Nyshex shipping exchange based in New York. Applying digital contracting to bring about change in the international ocean shipping market; disc...
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(Ep. 23) - Consultancy and Digital Transformations from 2018-11-09T10:30:38
Priscilla Li shares her insights working at Capgemini as Head of Applied Innovation Exchange. Digital transformation and digital disruption are at the heart of her story as she explores rapid innov...
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(Ep.22)- The journey to success of Orb Energy: bringing solar power to India from 2018-10-26T07:49:01
In this episode we hear from Damian Miller who talks about his journey from Cambridge PhD to Shell's Solar Division to CEO and Founder of Orb Energy. Based in Bangalore, we explore the opportunitie...
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(Ep.21) - Priya Shah shares her insights about the social business market in India from 2018-10-12T10:43:03
In this episode we hear from Priya Shah who shares her insights about social business and venture funding in India and beyond. Based at Yunus Social Business Fund in Bangalore, Priya explains how...
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(Ep. 20) - The development of the African FinTech market and its future growth from 2018-10-04T13:50:10
Conrad meets Oremeyi Akah (MBA 2010) of African payment solutions company Interswitch at the recent Africa Business Conference held in Cambridge. Learn about the evolution and emergence of electron...
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(Ep. 19) - The experiences of a venture capitalist from 2018-09-18T15:44:27
Conrad meets with Hemant Mohapatra (MBA 2011) during his alumni visit in Bangalore to find out more about the experience that a venture capitalist needs in his/her career planing.
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(Ep. 18) - Venture Capital and the realities of the industry from 2018-09-03T10:10:35
VC is often romanticized in the media. In this episode of the podcast, Carol Cheung (MBA 2012) from Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), discusses the realities of the industry with Conrad.
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(Ep. 17) - Managing your geographical careers transitions within Finance. from 2018-08-17T11:00:08
Conrad is joined by Miguel Angel Negrete, from the Cambridge MBA Class of 2012, who provides insights in transitioning across geographies throughout the Finance industry.
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(Ep. 16) - Using your LinkedIn profile to enhance your career. from 2018-07-31T14:14:27
In this episode, Conrad is joined by Ben Kingsmill from LinkedIn who highlights the use of LinkedIn profiles to differentiate yourself in the eyes of potential employers.
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(Ep. 15) - How different industries and companies approach and respect personal data. from 2018-07-11T14:25:57
Conrad catches up with 2014 Cambridge MBA alumna Sasirat Kittichungchit to recount her transition from consulting and supply chain management into life insurance. Learn about how Sasirat built her ...
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 14)- Growth in South East Asia: The Shopee story from 2018-07-02T15:38:25
In the final podcast of this South East Asia series, Conrad chats to Lim Teck Yong (TY) about Shopee, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in South East Asia.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 13) - Growth in South East Asia: The Traveloka story from 2018-06-18T14:00:21
Solving simple problems that are taken for granted in the West can lead to rapid growth in areas such as South East Asia. Ceasar Indra, Senior VP of Business Development at Traveloka, shares his in...
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 12) - Viewing data as "the new oil". from 2018-06-01T10:02:48
Cambridge MBA Alumna Maija Hovila (MBA 2011) shares her insights on the importance of data analytics and how data can be viewed as "the new oil".
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 11) - Dr David Stillwell on Big Data Analytics shaping future careers from 2018-05-04T13:15:32
Dr David Stillwell, Lecturer in Big Data Analytics & Quantitative Social Science, joins Conrad to discuss the future of big data in this episode on the data analytics theme.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 10) - Technology in South East Asia: The Agoda story from 2018-04-20T13:08:24
If you want to work where technology is exciting and making great impact, you need to listen to this interview with Omri Morgenshtern, Chief Product Officer of Agoda.com. Omri talks about how South...
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 9): How MBAs should prepare for data analytics in the travel industry from 2018-04-06T08:57:08
Conrad catches up with Alberto Facelli (MBA 2014), currently working on strategic analytics for Expedia's B2B business, to investigate the impact of data analytics on MBA Careers.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 8): Pursuing a post MBA career in Blockchain. from 2018-03-09T11:56:03
IBM Head of Blockchain for UK & Ireland, Richard Stockley (Cambridge MBA 2014) shares his insights on how MBAs can prepare for roles involving blockchain.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 7): From AI and engineering manager of the PlayStation Network to venture capital. from 2017-11-29T15:24:30
Naoki Kamimaeda (MBA 2012) talks about how he made his transition to VC by leveraging his technical knowledge in AI.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 5) - Interview with Brian Yang (MBA 2010) (Mandarin) ????????? from 2017-08-24T14:04:53
Brian's interview with Conrad in Mandarin.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 6): How the Cambridge MBA can be used to leverage a career in Market Research. from 2017-08-24T12:07:07
Conrad heads to the Facebook London office to chat to Louise Chow (2010) about her journey from the Cambridge MBA to her current role.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 4): Transitioning from the finance industry to the mobile advertising sector. from 2017-08-24T12:03:03
Pratik Shah (MBA 2010) shares his Cambridge MBA journey with Conrad.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 3): How an MBA can further your career within the aerospace and defence industry. from 2017-08-24T12:01:19
Cambridge MBA Class of 2011 alumnus Chris Kinne shares his post-MBA experiences with Conrad Chua.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 2): Stumbling into the world of Finance from 2017-08-24T11:59:21
Paul Hammer (MBA 1997)provides insight into what led him to the Cambridge MBA and beyond.
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MBA Journeys (Ep. 1): Making the switch to the Not-For-Profit sector. from 2017-08-24T11:57:37
Alumna Suneira Rana from the Cambridge MBA Class of 2012 talks to Conrad Chua about her experiences during and after the programme.
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