3 episodes
Blackrock Resources International's Into the Boardroom Podcast Ken McCarthy
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The road to the boardroom is not always a straight line, and can often be marked by surprising twists and turns. Blackrock’s Into the Boardroom podcast is dedicated to discovering how senior executives have advanced their careers, including how they navigated that road, the people they met along the way, and the lessons they learned--sometimes the hard way! Listen in to hear these stories being told for the first time about how these executives made it to the top.
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André L. Williams
André L. Williams is the Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Actuant Corporation. André joined Actuant in January of 2017 from Rockwell Automation, where he was the Vice President Human Resources for Global Sales & Marketing and Control Products & Solutions. Prior to Rockwell Automation, André held Human Resource roles of increasing responsibility at Joy Global, Accenture, Best Buy, Beloit Corporation, Morton International and South African Breweries. André holds an MS in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts, a BA Honors from the University of Stellenbosch Business School (South Africa), IPM Diploma from the Institute of Personnel Management (South Africa) and a BA Psychology and Sociology from the University of Western Cape (South Africa).
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Thomas Androulakis
An experienced C-level executive with extensive experience in leading strategic development projects in large organisations combined with international working exposure. As General Manager demonstrated successful P&L and business performance throughout working career. Proven capability in multi-site, global business environment, including strategic expansions and joint ventures. Acted as MD or BoD member of several entities (Greece, Germany, US, China, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Turkey). Represented as President or Vice-President Minerals’ Industry in several international Associations and Institutes. Being the Sustainability GM at Group level he led organizational transformation in achieving challenging targets.
Articulate and persuasive team-builder, able to relate to and create trust, motivate and communicate to achieve performance with anticipation of business and market developments.
Acute understanding of environment dynamics and focus on value creation. Throughout career gained cross-functional exposure and initiated a spectrum of projects including, new products development, technical and industrial innovation and sustainability performance improvement. With a customer oriented approach, he has invested heavily in establishing a close relationship with business stakeholders. -
José J. Suárez, M.Eng., P.Eng.
José J. Suárez, M.Eng., P.Eng., is a Senior Executive with over 25 years of experience in Engineering and Construction for the Resources industries (Mining and Oil and Gas), Power, and Infrastructure, Manufacturing, and Technology. He has worked in all continents, and has proven himself to create and to foster high performance teams.