Coffee & Careers with Oz Oz Ozturk

Hello listeners. Lucky Episode 8; a bit of a summer throwback chat this week. I speak with Jen Mernagh, Investment Director at Aberdeen Standard Investments. We talk about why she was attracted to the finance industry and shares some of her experiences, how the industry is evolving and the day in the life of an Investment Director. It may be historically male dominated but leaders like Jen are changing that! Fascinating stuff Jen and loved your insights. Thank you.

Today we speak with Michael Christensen, EVP at DBSchenker. He has spent the large part of his career in the shipping and logistics industry in various roles, and geographical locations.Michael is an embodiment of the the global citizen and someone who has continuously honed their area of expertise, whilst having a sense of calm and assurance whilst doing so.I hope you enjoy listening to his story. Thank you Michael for sharing and I do appreciate the mentoring over the years ;-)

Hello listeners! This week I have the pleasure of speaking to Dan Mahony, a Senior Vice President at Estée Lauder Companies. Dan works for an organisation with such a fantastic brand, always innovating and one of the warmest cultures and people I have come across. He walks us through his long and rewarding career at Estee, his interest in manufacturing, working across different offices, managing teams, stepping into leadership, and what it is like to work at Estee.Dan, thank you fo...

This week I am very excited to have as my guest an expert in Artificial Intelligence, Ying Zheng, President and Co-Founder of Aifi. From her studies in China to working for Apple and Google in the USA, and now (not surprisingly) running a successful startup based in Silicon Valley to reshape how we shop. We discuss how she embarked into this field of expertise, and what it takes to establish a startup, to growing the business and working with some of the world's biggest retail...

I speak to Mark Hale this week who is the Director of Supply Chain at Wilko, a UK retailer. Mark is always a joy to talk too; down to earth, pragmatic, takes care of his people, and super patient in dealing with challenges. Not to mention he knows retail like nobody's business! We talk to him about some of his adventures in this sector, how he got into supply chain and the various boxes he has to move around the world.Thanks for sharing Mark and let me know when those Evergreen container...

This week I had the great pleasure of speaking to Chris Tyas, one of the most experienced global supply chain practitioners I have met. Chris has spent 36 years at Nestle in various leadership positions across the globe, culminating in leading their global supply chain function. In his ridiculously busy semi-retirement he chairs GS1 in the UK, advises one of the premier supply chain software vendors 09, is a visiting professor and expert at various universities, and most recently wo...