Climbing The Rungs

In today’s episode I sit down with Rene Germain. Rene is a 28-year-old Digital Product Manager, writer, speaker and champion of the Black community. She has worked at leading investment banks, professional services firms and media companies. Rene has been writing about careers and navigating the workplace since 2016 to help fellow black students and graduates. This year her debut book, Black and Great, the career manifesto will be published by Coronet Books on the 19th August. Rene is also a prolific writer, having written for HuffPost, Fortune.com, Stylist Magazine and Buzzfeed news.

Rene and I discuss a number of things such as her experience growing up without a computer at home, how she became a published author and the power of being bold and asking for what you want. This episode is equally as engaging as it is humourous so you’ll want to listen to it in full!

***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

 In today’s episode I sit down with Rene Germain. Rene is a 28-year-old Digital Product Manager, writer, speaker and champion of the Black community. She has worked at leading investment banks, professional services firms and media companies. Rene has been writing about careers and navigating the workplace since 2016 to help fellow black students and graduates. This year her debut book, Black and Great, the career manifesto will be published by Coronet Books on the 19th August. Rene is also a prolific writer, having written for HuffPost, Fortune.com, Stylist Magazine and Buzzfeed news.

Rene and I discuss a number of things such as her experience growing up without a computer at home, how she became a published author and the power of being bold and asking for what you want. This episode is equally as engaging as it is humourous so you’ll want to listen to it in full!

***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I sit down with Rene Germain. Rene is a 28-year-old Digital Product Manager, writer, speaker and champion of the Black community. She has worked at leading investment banks, professional services firms and media companies. Rene has been writing about careers and navigating the workplace since 2016 to help fellow black students and graduates. This year her debut book, Black and Great, the career manifesto will be published by Coronet Books on the 19th August. Rene is also a prolific writer, having written for HuffPost, Fortune.com, Stylist Magazine and Buzzfeed news.

Rene and I discuss a number of things such as her experience growing up without a computer at home, how she became a published author and the power of being bold and asking for what you want. This episode is equally as engaging as it is humourous so you’ll want to listen to it in full!

***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

 In today’s episode I sit down with Rene Germain. Rene is a 28-year-old Digital Product Manager, writer, speaker and champion of the Black community. She has worked at leading investment banks, professional services firms and media companies. Rene has been writing about careers and navigating the workplace since 2016 to help fellow black students and graduates. This year her debut book, Black and Great, the career manifesto will be published by Coronet Books on the 19th August. Rene is also a prolific writer, having written for HuffPost, Fortune.com, Stylist Magazine and Buzzfeed news.

Rene and I discuss a number of things such as her experience growing up without a computer at home, how she became a published author and the power of being bold and asking for what you want. This episode is equally as engaging as it is humourous so you’ll want to listen to it in full!

***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I sit down with Akeem-Chavez Williams. Akeem is an Alumni Programme manager at Future First, an award-winning charity that builds alumni networks in state schools. Akeem joined Future First after 4 years of working in Higher Education at Russell Group Universities, as well as working with organisations to provide educational talks surrounding queer identity. Akeem has also worked on the HIV: Let’s sort this together campaign, which aims to end new diagnoses of the disease within a generation. This campaign is Manchester’s first HIV prevention and awareness campaign, and was in partnership with LGBT Foundation, George House Trust and PaSH.

In our conversation, we discuss the recent Sewell report and whether institutional racism exists in the UK, the value of building alumni networks and what employers can do to level the playing field for young people. Future First do amazing work in the UK so I’m excited for you to listen and learn how you can get involved in what they do.

 ***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I sit down with Akeem-Chavez Williams. Akeem is an Alumni Programme manager at Future First, an award-winning charity that builds alumni networks in state schools. Akeem joined Future First after 4 years of working in Higher Education at Russell Group Universities, as well as working with organisations to provide educational talks surrounding queer identity. Akeem has also worked on the HIV: Let’s sort this together campaign, which aims to end new diagnoses of the disease within a generation. This campaign is Manchester’s first HIV prevention and awareness campaign, and was in partnership with LGBT Foundation, George House Trust and PaSH.

In our conversation, we discuss the recent Sewell report and whether institutional racism exists in the UK, the value of building alumni networks and what employers can do to level the playing field for young people. Future First do amazing work in the UK so I’m excited for you to listen and learn how you can get involved in what they do.

 ***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I speak with Afzal Hussein. Afzal is one of the most well-known career YouTubers in the UK with subscribers in excess of 75,000. His channel covers a range of topics from Banking to Finance, mixing it all with a lot of humour. He is also the Founder of Simpley, a career mentoring platform that helps mentees secure internships and graduate schemes.. Prior to this, Afzal started his career as a Banker at Goldman Sachs and completed multiple short internships at other multinationals such as BlackRock and EDF Trading.

In our conversation we discuss a litany of topics such as why so few state school students receive private school scholarships, why employers who focus exclusively on race and/or gender can be seen as performative and the value of building a personal brand. 

This is the first time we've had someone quite famous on the podcast so we are excited for you to listen into the conversation!

Check out Afzal here:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AfzalHussein/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afzalhussein/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afzal_hussein/?hl=en


***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I speak with Afzal Hussein. Afzal is one of the most well-known career YouTubers in the UK with subscribers in excess of 75,000. His channel covers a range of topics from Banking to Finance, mixing it all with a lot of humour. He is also the Founder of Simpley, a career mentoring platform that helps mentees secure internships and graduate schemes.. Prior to this, Afzal started his career as a Banker at Goldman Sachs and completed multiple short internships at other multinationals such as BlackRock and EDF Trading.

In our conversation we discuss a litany of topics such as why so few state school students receive private school scholarships, why employers who focus exclusively on race and/or gender can be seen as performative and the value of building a personal brand. 

This is the first time we've had someone quite famous on the podcast so we are excited for you to listen into the conversation!

Check out Afzal here:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AfzalHussein/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afzalhussein/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afzal_hussein/?hl=en


***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I speak with Inez Sarkodee-Adoo. Inez is a Vice President at a bulge bracket investment bank having joined as a graduate analyst in 2015. Prior to her career in Finance, Inez graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Politics and Sociology and engaged her interest in journalism with contributions to the Huffington Post and The Observer. For all her great achievements, Inez has been recognised through her nomination as a Rare Rising Star and being shortlisted for the Woman of the Future Award. 

In this episode we discuss the impact that teachers can have when they believe in their students, what is was like to meet and interview Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and the approach Inez took that led her to get promoted to Vice President one year early and ahead of her graduate class. There’s lots to take away from this episode so be sure to listen in!

Aspiring Actuaries be sure to check out Ranveer Kaur here:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RanveerKaur/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ranveerxkaur/

 ***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***

In today’s episode I speak with Inez Sarkodee-Adoo. Inez is a Vice President at a bulge bracket investment bank having joined as a graduate analyst in 2015. Prior to her career in Finance, Inez graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Politics and Sociology and engaged her interest in journalism with contributions to the Huffington Post and The Observer. For all her great achievements, Inez has been recognised through her nomination as a Rare Rising Star and being shortlisted for the Woman of the Future Award. 

In this episode we discuss the impact that teachers can have when they believe in their students, what is was like to meet and interview Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and the approach Inez took that led her to get promoted to Vice President one year early and ahead of her graduate class. There’s lots to take away from this episode so be sure to listen in!

Aspiring Actuaries be sure to check out Ranveer Kaur here:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RanveerKaur/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ranveerxkaur/

 ***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***