The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

Take flight into Rory's journey, raised in the UK & Scotland, seeing his parents seperate at a young age and how that shaped his perspective on life. Starting his working career in the UK and then deciding to take time off which led to booking a one way flight to Perth, Australia - and now living in Australia 8 years having some painful learnings and positive experiences.  I enjoyed Rory’s perspec...

Take flight into Mainak's journey, growing up in India & Canada, attending 9 high schools as he moved around with his family. Hear about his love for storytelling & writing that has now led to being a author of numerous books that are Best Sellers ! This is in addition to his day job leading the India & South Asia business at Kimberly Clark , his most recent stop on a successful career in the FMCG...

  Take flight into Anoushka's journey that started in Mauritius with a love for culture, languages & people. Hear about how a 1 month holiday to China turned into a 10 year stay working there and being part of the country's growth journey in the early 2000's, then moving to Australia with her family and leading the Duke of Edinburugh's Award , Australia India Chamber of Commerce , founding consult...

Take flight into Tim's journey, he really defines the unconventional & challenging the status quo! Hear about his story from being expelled in year 10 and having to figure it out, going to Vietnam and running events, getting a spark in Korea to build a drinks business in Australia using Korean pear juice that cures hangovers (called Bae Juice ) now ranged in retailers nationally.  I love Tim's way...

  Take flight into Nick's journey growing up in Adelaide, loosing his brother when he was 7, not fitting in at school to his journey leading large teams & brands that started from working in store at Woolworths, hear about how Nick stepped up from a business manager to enteprise leader, time off at the start of this year finding his next role in the midst of the covid pandemic. Hear about what spa...

Take flight into Ben's journey growing up in Hong Kong as an expat family, love for Rugby despite the playing the sport causing a life changing spinal cord injury that made him wheelchair bound for life, figuring it out with a renewed body & mind, travelling the world in a wheelchair, path to becoming a Lawyer at a global firm, starting the Ben Kende Foundation for spinal research & social awarene...

  Take flight into Troy's journey from growing up in the hills district of Sydney, influence of parents, growing up as a gay man, doing a stint in law & then creating Nexba , to drive a naturally sugar free world with his brother in law, lessons learnt he can share with other entreprenuers & much more - enjoy! -------- Thanks for your support by subscribing & rating this podcast to help the show!...

Take flight into Genevieve's journey from growing up as 1 of 9 siblings, studying Occupational Therapy & moving into the corporate world leading Health, Safety, Wellbeing & Insurance for thousands of employees, how to connect with others with story telling & emotion. Hear about Gen's new book Mentally at Work (a must read in today's world!) and a super cool way of creating a personal board of dire...

Take flight into Sam's journey from growing up in the suburbs of Sydney with a big influence of family, faith & values to building a life working in 4 diverse industries - Consulting with EY (with a stint in Chicago), FMCG with Nestle, Tech with Google & Sport with the governing body for Football. We also chat about lessons learnt, making career & life choices, advice he would give to his younger...

Take flight into a fascinating journey that took Steven from studying at the same university as Hugh Jackman to some of Australia's biggest brands including Coles, Treasury Wine Estates & more. A ton of actionable tips on being authentic, golden nuggets on championing LinkedIn & candid insights into his personal experiences creating Pride, Diversity & Inclusion platforms in Corporate Australia. --...

Take flight into a special journey full of ups & downs from Hong Kong to Europe to Australia working in Cricket, Tennis, AFL, Basketball & a LOT of actionable learnings along the way about how to build your personal brand in a new country, bouncing back after 40 rejection letters and so much more! (Seriously, tune in now if you want to be 1% better).  ------ Love your support by subscribing & rati...

Take flight with Ridley Plummer, as he shares his inspiring story from Skiing to the Superbowl to The Australian Open Tennis and that's just the first minute of the game.   Behind the scenes of global sport, World renowned events including the NFL Superbowl & The Australian Open Tennis (Millions of viewers!) Working in New York, Toronto & Melbourne World first brand campaigns with legends includin...

Take flight with Mike Dickson to find out some fascinating tidbits about his favourite way to stay fit, the best advice he's been given in his 25 year career and loads more!   "Life is what you make it, don't expect it to happen to you" Magic moments living & working in 4 countries Insights from working closely with senior business leaders for over 20 years Founding the Sales Director Incubator Pr...

Tune in to this inspiring story as we take flight with Taps Matimba. Key takeaways from this story include:   Resilience & Growth, Journey moving from Africa to Australia, Dealing with change,  Hustling to reach CBA & grow within the company, Early career learnings that set the path to the role now, Working full time AND studying a Masters in Law (JD), How Taps was able to run a full marathon, And...