EMEA Recruitment Podcast

To celebrate International Women's Day 2022, we were honoured to welcome Clark Agno Gonzales onto the podcast. Clark is a medical volunteer with Operation Smile, the official partner of the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "I've got this skill, I've got this talent, there's really nothing that's going to hold me from helping these kids." Clark is a nurse with the NHS in the UK. She also volunteers as a r...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were honoured to welcome Francesca Gino , Harvard Business School Professor and bestselling author of Rebel Talent and Sidetracked .  "What I love is seeing what ideas can do when shared." Francesca joined Paul Toms , our Founder, after spending quality time with her four children over the holidays. She tells a sweet story of building a snowman d...

We were delighted to welcome Denis Ranke , CFO/COO at Xovis, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "I believe in the potential that everyone has, then I try to find the trigger points to get the team to their best potential." Speaking to Paul Toms , our Founder, after almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Denis explains the routine he's put in place to ensure a healthy mindset during working from...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were proud to welcome Tim Mezheritsky , the Senior HR Director – Global Supply Chain and Europe Operations at BD in Switzerland.  "If you talk about one thing, but then people see different behaviours from the leaders – no matter what they say – it's not going to help you drive that culture." The episode starts on a light-hearted note, after Paul...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were proud to be joined by Ron Veldhuizen, the Corporate Director Capex & Project Management at FrieslandCampina. "I have two ears, I only have one mouth, so I try to listen more than I speak."  As the COVID-19 topic is difficult to avoid, our Founder, Paul Toms , kicks off the episode by asking Ron about the positives he's taken away from the si...

EMEA Recruitment was pleased to welcome Marco Aspesi , the SVP Global Head of Internal Audit, Risk & Internal Control at Hitachi Energy, to the podcast. "Make sure you work when you need to work, but you rest when it's time to rest, because it doesn't work otherwise." Marco spoke to Paul Toms following a challenging period during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite finding it difficult to welcome newco...

For this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we welcomed Dominique Kull , the Co-Founder and CEO of SGProtein. "If you have a learning mindset throughout your whole company, you can thrive." Although both Dominique and Paul Toms , our Founder, expected the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic to be over by the time of recording, Dominique has taken the best out of the situation of the past two year...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were proud to welcome Daniel Pink , New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including the forthcoming The Power of Regret . "What we end up regretting is not taking the risk; our regrets about taking risks are relatively small." With his new book coming out this year, Paul Toms , our Founder, asks Daniel how he got into writing in the f...

The EMEA Recruitment podcast was pleased to welcome Alex Hunt , Divisional Finance Director at IMI Hydronic Engineering in Switzerland.  "Hire for talent, because that talent will get up to speed, even if they don't have experience right away; their talent and driven will make up for that."  Alex spoke to Paul Toms from his office, where he has been working flexibly during the COVID-19 pandemic. I...

The EMEA Recruitment podcast was proud to welcome Bas Walraven , the Director Accounting, Risk and Compliance at bol.com.  "If you want to get somewhere, it takes time, it takes effort, and in the end, when you reach the finish line, it's really rewarding." Bas explains to Paul Toms why he now favours the hybrid working model and how he feels it helps his team.  Looking back at the beginning of hi...

We were honoured to welcome Tiffani Bova , Global Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "Make time each day to be a student in the profession you're in." Tiffani spoke to Paul Toms , our Founder, from Los Angeles, California, although it was a recent trip to her home state of Hawaii that was the last place to really make her smile. Usually travelling 600,...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we welcomed Dr. Wieland Noetzold , Senior Executive Officer, Governance, Compliance and Audit at Sunstar.  "I realised relatively early in life that my Japan link was an asset, which I had to use." "I can leverage almost everything I've learned in my life so far in this particular job and I'm still learning, because it's a journey." "I believe – gen...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we welcomed Dr. Wieland Noetzold , Senior Executive Officer, Governance, Compliance and Audit at Sunstar.  "I realised relatively early in life that my Japan link was an asset, which I had to use." "I can leverage almost everything I've learned in my life so far in this particular job and I'm still learning, because it's a journey." "I believe – gen...

We were delighted to welcome Simone Giles, Head of Human Resources , and Dagmar Droogsma, AVP, European Strategy & Engagement, at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Europe to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "We know the work we do is important; we know it changes lives, but – beneath that – it's really crucial that people joining us have full access to the decision they're making about whether we're t...

We were proud to be joined by Stuart Whiting , Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain – Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, on the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "The Supply Chain leaders of the future are the ones that are truly end-to-end." Stuart spoke to Paul Toms after taking "a tremendous number of positives" away from the COVID-19 period. He reveals the four key learnings that he's e...

We were honoured to welcome Aashim Malhotra , the Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Region at Dole Packaged Foods, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast.  "Together, we are all fuelled by passion, by purpose; we truly want to do our part to contribute in making the world a better place." Although COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Asia as this episode was recorded, Aashim spoke to P...

For this special episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, to mark one year of our partnership with Operation Smile , we were joined by Dr. Lara Watson and Dr. Priya Chadha , surgical trainees in maxillofacial and plastic surgery respectively, Founders of Acquisition Aesthetics , and Business Ambassadors for Operation Smile .  "We agreed that our collective ambition was to try and support smiles."...

Thank you to Stefan Schoenbeck , the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Central & Eastern Europe at C&A in Austria, for joining us on the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "Leading people is mostly about coaching people and getting them to the next level and being happy in their roles." Stefan spoke to Paul Toms as he returns to some normality after nine weeks of school holidays over the summer. He has known P...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were pleased to welcome David Lloyd , the Vice President, Corporate Financial Controller and Treasurer at Greif. "There is never an end of things to get involved in and develop an interest and some skills in; always be learning." Paul Toms , our Founder, spoke to David after a summer of travelling for his son's swim meets. As life gets back to no...

We were delighted to welcome Seamus Tardif , the Head of Growth at Jiva, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast recently.  "One thing that I think is quite universal is the resilience and adaptation of people." Seamus spoke to Paul Toms after almost two years of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. While he never thought that he'd be able to work from home, Seamus is now experiencing an opposite truth;...

In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we were pleased to welcome Sanjay S Singh , the Global Chief Human Resources Officer at UPL in India. "The only way to succeed in the world is having diversity at the top leadership level." Paul Toms , our Founder, kicked off the conversation by asking Sanjay a question that he asks himself "all the time"; what does it feel like to be a Global CHRO...

The EMEA Recruitment podcast was proud to welcome Olga Miler and Jude Kelly CBE , the Co-Founders of SmartPurse, a financial toolkit to support women in becoming confident with money.  "We want to scale SmartPurse globally, in order to inspire many more women, but also to unite many more women, in a global conversation around money, finance and economic empowerment." Paul Toms starts the episode b...

We were honoured to welcome Mailu Mizumoto , CEO & General Manager at eBay Payments in Singapore, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "I do believe things happen around you for a reason; all we need to do is embrace it and look at the positive side of everything." Mailu explains to Paul Toms why the COVID-19 period has been a "blessing" for her, allowing her to work from home and spend more time with...

Thank you to Jose Bianconi , the Managing Director, Coty Beauty, South East Asia and India, for joining us on the EMEA Recruitment podcast. "Throughout these 16-18 months, I have seen that our ability to find ways to adapt is infinite." Jose spoke to our Founder, Paul Toms , after an "extremely challenging" past year during the COVID-19 pandemic. He reveals the lessons that he's learned about hims...

We were proud to welcome Christian Wurzinger , the Group CFO at Klosterfrau Group in Switzerland, to the EMEA Recruitment podcast.  "In order to be successful, you must realise that the human is at the centre of everything." Christian spoke to Paul Toms , our Founder, about the positives he's taken from the past year-and-a-half during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of his key learnings is how effectiv...