The EMEA Recruitment podcast was proud to welcome Bee Roseboom-Van Kessel to our latest episode. Bee is the Director, Global Business Finance at Trinseo. “You can’t display any of those other values, like honesty and self-development, if you don’t have the courage to start with.” Bee spoke to Paul Toms , Founder of EMEA Recruitment, from her home in Switzerland, where she enjoys the natural beauty of the mountains and lakes – it’s a benefit of the current working-from-home situation that much of...
Feb 11, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 81
In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were joined by Elena Jasvoin , the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Management Board Member, at Ringier Axel Springer Media AG in Zurich, Switzerland. “You need to really, sincerely care about your people and put them into the focus.” Elena spoke to Paul Toms , our Founder, remotely, which was the topic of conversation for the opening part of the episode. Elena explains the flexible working approach that she believes would be most efficient in a ...
Feb 08, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 80
We were pleased to welcome Rory Matthews , a CEO and Managing Director across the credit risk management and consumer data sectors, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. “I’ve been in it for over 30 years and I find it as stimulating as when I first started.” After living in Europe for ten years, Rory now resides in Australia, where he’s learnt more about the Asian market, but hasn’t managed to learn how to surf (although he wouldn’t admit this in an Australian pub!). Rory speaks to our Founder, Paul...
Feb 03, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 79
The EMEA Recruitment podcast was proud to welcome Afsheen Ismail-Wey , the CEO, HR Advisor and Leadership Coach at The Phoenix Coaching Co. “I absolutely believe in the potential of the human spirit to expand their skillsets to manage whatever may come their way.” Our Founder, Paul Toms , spoke to Afsheen via Zoom from her home in Switzerland. Afsheen enjoys the view from her bedroom window so much that she’s chosen it as her Zoom background for calls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before Afsheen...
Feb 01, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 78
It was an honour to recently welcome Anastasia Sharonova , the Chief Financial Officer Asia Pacific at Coty, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. “I don’t think about the failure, I’m envisioning the success.” Anastasia spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , from her home in Singapore, where she moved to last year. With her 15 years’ experience in Finance , Paul wanted to know what keeps her motivated and challenged. Anastasia is motivated by the challenge itself; of achieving company objectives, transfo...
Jan 26, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 77
We were thrilled to be joined by Bianca Eder , the Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Upfield , to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. “My best moments are when I hired somebody and a year, two years down the road, you hear from everybody: ‘Wow, this person is so great!’” Austrian-born Bianca now resides in the Netherlands, where she’s been working from home (much like the rest of us) since March. We kicked off the episode by discussing Bianca’s slightly odd fascination with zombies – it’s safe to s...
Jan 20, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 76
We were delighted to be joined by Patrick Speek , an Interim CFO/COO, on the EMEA Recruitment podcast recently. “It’s okay to be uncomfortable, because you’re learning when you’re uncomfortable.” Patrick has worked for a range of different companies, across many countries and even continents. His broad experience has left him with a good idea of what makes a strong Finance business partner. He explains to our Founder, Paul Toms , the rule he has for how much time a Finance professional should sp...
Jan 18, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Our first EMEA Recruitment podcast episode of 2021 welcomes Peter van der Putten , the Director, AI Solutions at Pega and Assistant Professor, AI at Leiden University in the Netherlands. “The irony of it is that AI sounds super high-tech, but on the flip side, it could help companies become more human.” Peter spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , from his home in Amsterdam, which he agrees is a great place to work and live. He’s always worked in Artificial Intelligence (AI), having studied one of th...
Jan 11, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 74
EMEA Recruitment is proud to welcome not one, but two Indirect Tax leaders to the podcast – eBay’s Anitha Chakravarthi and Bart Caluwé , of Expedia. “Own who you are and bring that to the table.” Anitha is the Global Head of Indirect Tax at eBay, while Bart is Expedia’s Indirect Tax Director. They spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , at an incredibly anxious time; the USA was in the midst of the 2020 election and COVID-19 continued to take its toll on people’s lives. It’s been such a turbulent time...
Dec 15, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 73
We were honoured to welcome Shari Levitin to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. Shari is a passionate global sales leader and CEO of Levitin Group, which she founded in 1997. “We want to do good at work, but there’s not a human being out there that doesn’t also want to have a fulfilled, happy life.” Shari spoke to Paul Toms , our Founder, as the cold season sets in at her home in Park City, Utah. She explained the core skills needed to be a successful salesperson. Shari also described to Paul the tur...
Nov 30, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 72
In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were pleased to be joined by Rajiv Ramani , the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Luxasia in Singapore. “It takes ten years to build your own personal integrity, but it just takes ten seconds for all that to go away.” Rajiv spoke to Paul Toms , our Founder, in what has been an unusual year. He starts by sharing some advice on coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, both personally and professionally. In fact, Rajiv’s calm and results-focussed a...
Nov 26, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 71
We were proud to welcome Roberto Bollinetti , the Group CFO at AMC International, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. “To learn from mistakes, we have to be so brave to make mistakes.” From his home in Switzerland, Roberto discussed the challenges he currently faces as a Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with our Founder, Paul Toms . He explains that, although cash is king more than ever now, his challenges are not only financial; coronavirus is changing our way of working, making communication a...
Nov 23, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The EMEA Recruitment podcast was pleased to welcome Jean-Michel Deckers , who serves on the board of various entities, and advises them on governance processes and growth strategies. “I’ve grown the most when I was confronted with my own limitations by management.” As a previous CFO, CEO and M&A professional, Jean-Michel also supports a portfolio of clients in the technology, life science, medical and cosmetic industries in their strategies, development and corporate Finance projects. Jean-M...
Nov 19, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 69
For this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were joined by Karin Aalbertsen , the Head of Finance Benelux/Group Manufacturing Controller at CPG in the Netherlands. “Focus on the future and what you can do and what decisions you can take to change direction.” Karin discusses the lessons she’s learned as a woman in Finance with our Founder, Paul Toms . She believes that it’s okay that women and men think differently sometimes, but offers advice to other female professionals on understandi...
Nov 09, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 68
In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were proud to be joined by a “living legend of recruitment”, Greg Savage . Greg is an advisor, consultant, investor, speaker and author in the recruitment industry. “We have no control over coronavirus, but we do have control over our response.” Inevitably, the topic of conversation between Greg and our Founder, Paul Toms , turned to the COVID-19 pandemic. Greg has been advising his clients about taking advantage of the recovery period as it co...
Nov 04, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 67
This episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast welcomes not one, but two guests – Jan Werkman and Jim Reinhardt , who are both Managing Partners of Reinhardt Werkman & Partners in Switzerland. “Being good at a time is not being good over time.” Together, Jan and Jim have 50 years’ collective experience in Finance . Although they ended up in the same place, they tell two very different stories. Jim explains how he left his hometown of Nebraska to work for General Electric in the 1980s, before m...
Oct 28, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 66
EMEA Recruitment was delighted to welcome Tjeerd van der Meulen , the Director Supply Chain Management at UPC Switzerland , to the podcast. “Mistakes are absolutely okay, because it’s the best learning opportunity that you have.” Tjeerd spoke to Paul Toms , our Founder, from his home in Switzerland, where he’s lived for 20 years. For those who’ve moved for work or are thinking of moving abroad, Tjeerd describes the cycle of underestimating the complexity of a move, to feeling at home in a new co...
Oct 26, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 65
In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were pleased to welcome Andrea Masnata , the Finance Director at OLX Group , which operates the world’s fastest-growing network of trading platforms. “Financial success doesn’t happen without mastery of your operations.” Andrea is well travelled, but has been settled in the “fantastic city” of Berlin for the past three years. From his home in Germany’s cultural capital, Andrea spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , about the changing role of Finance...
Oct 20, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 64
We were proud to welcome Adri Simamora , the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Nordics at Sandoz and Country CFO Denmark at Novartis , to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. “Hopefully, the world will become better with this pipeline of new leaders.” Indonesian-born Adri has lived in the Netherlands since 2013. He tells our Founder, Paul Toms, about the values he’s drawn to in the country: being independent and open-minded, and consensus-based decision making. It’s something he finds particularly importan...
Oct 15, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 63
A Role Model for Women in Finance We were delighted to welcome Nadine Gruber , the CFO of Business Unit Industry at Georg Fischer in Switzerland, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. “It will not change if women are not willing to fight.” Nadine spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , about her progression with Georg Fischer, from a Divisional Controller, to the Head of Division Controlling, then onto becoming the interim CFO of her division. She is now the CFO of the most profitable business unit at the ...
Oct 12, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 62
The EMEA Recruitment podcast was pleased to welcome Matthew McQuade, the Regional/Divisional CFO and Vice President Finance at Crocs Asia. “If you’re only doing it for money, there’s a lot more bad days than good days. You’ve got to have some investment in what the business is about.” Matthew spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , about how aligning your personal values to the business you’re working in is linked to career success. Matthew is currently based in Singapore, where he’s seen the pace of ...
Oct 08, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 61
In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we spoke to Sandrine van den Oudenhoven , a career coach based in Switzerland. “The only thing you can and should focus on is being fully present.” Sandrine has a mathematical background, having started her professional life as an engineer. After only a short period of time, she realised that she wanted to get closer to where things were really happening, so moved into a more commercial sales job. After growing into leadership functions, Sandrine ...
Oct 05, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 60
The EMEA Recruitment podcast recently welcomed Bradley Dam , the Finance Director: ZBB and Cost Management at Takeda , as a guest. “What’s really motivated me to take those chances is that feeling of accomplishment when you do take a risk and it pays off, or you achieve something that you didn’t expect to achieve.” In his 25 years’ work experience across four different countries, Bradley has driven business growth through a collaborative style of relationships. At the large companies that he’s w...
Sep 28, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Chris J. Reed , also known as “the only CEO with a mohawk”, was the latest guest on the EMEA Recruitment podcast. We spoke to him about his content marketing work with leaders on LinkedIn. From his home in sunny Singapore, Chris told our Founder, Paul Toms , and Senior Consultant, Jenny Callum , about making the move from Newcastle – via London – to Asia. It was the fact that he didn’t know anybody in Singapore that led Chris to start using LinkedIn. In fact, he got his first three jobs there th...
Sep 24, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 58
EMEA Recruitment were delighted to welcome Dr. Phil McDonald , Consultant Anaesthetist and Medical Director at Operation Smile UK , to our podcast. “Without you guys raising funds and supporting us, we just wouldn’t be able to do the work.” We are incredibly proud to be supporting Operation Smile UK as our podcast partner, through which we hope to raise vital funds and awareness for the life-changing work that they do. EMEA Recruitment has a personal connection to the charity, as our Founder, Pa...
Sep 14, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 57
The EMEA Recruitment podcast was pleased to welcome Bart Cornelissen for our latest episode. Bart is currently the Executive Director Corporate Finance at Seattle Genetics in the USA, but previously lived in Switzerland. “In the end, you’re only as good as the group of people you work with.” This Finance podcast episode is a fascinating listen for anyone thinking of making a bold move in their life. Bart spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , about how the need to have purpose and impact in his caree...
Sep 10, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 56
In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were joined by our very own Swiss Director, Brad Daniel, who is also a Partner at business consulting and auditing firm Lancaster Consulting. “I’ve always been a person unafraid of failure and – usually – when I’ve taken risks, that’s been a career high point for me.” From his home office in Switzerland, Brad spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , about his move from years of quarter-end accounting to auditing oil and gas businesses. His previous ro...
Sep 07, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 55
We are delighted to welcome ABB’s Heidi Robertson to the EMEA Recruitment podcast, to speak about her experiences of living around the world and how she brings her holistic attitude to life into the office. “Life is too short not to try to influence, in a positive way, your surrounding and your people.” Heidi has not only lived and worked in many different countries, but she also speaks four languages and has been with ABB for 19 years now, making her an interesting business podcast guest for li...
Sep 01, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 54
EMEA Recruitment recently welcomed Alain Mulder, the Senior Director for European Operations at Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), to the podcast. We were delighted to speak with Alain upon the launch of our new partnership with IMA in Europe. Our relationship with Alain and his team will provide career development support to Finance professionals within our network. “You need to have more skills – not only the real typical Finance skills, but also soft skills are much more important now...
Aug 24, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 53
EMEA Recruitment were delighted to welcome Cornell Thomas as a guest on the podcast at the start of 2020. Cornell is an extremely inspirational character full of life and enthusiasm – it is clear he loves motivating people and helping people to map out their lives through taking action. It’s little surprise he has been recommended by Tony Robbins. We talk about his life from professional basketball to motivator, the influence of his mother on his motivational approach, how he pushes himself and ...
Aug 17, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 52
