On this episode co-host Audrey interviews Shan Saeed. He is a Chief Economist at IQI Global, a leading property, technology and investment company operating and advising clients in Kuala Lumpur, İstanbul, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Shanghai, Makati, Toronto and Dubai. He has 21 years of solid financial market experience in the areas of private banking, risk /compliance management, commodity investments, global economy, brand and business strategy. Based in Kuaka Lumpur. 

Shan is a financial market commentator and cited in Al Jazeera TV, CNBC Arabia / Singapore, FT [Deutschland], Channel News Asia Singapore, International New York Times/Malaysian Reserve, The Edge Financial Daily, Uni of Chicago, Booth School of Business alumni magazine, The Gulf Today, Berita Harian, Khaleej Times, Smart Investor, Money Compass, Rotary Club USA, World Business Journal Singapore, Focus Malaysia, Oil/Gas magazine Malaysia, Business Today, Bernama TV, CNBC Indonesia, Vietnam News Agency and many more. 

He has been invited at World Bank / IMF annual meeting in October 2017 in Washington DC to participate in Belt and Road Initiative summit and shared his thoughts about the importance of infrastructure investment strategy for emerging economies.  Invited by SWF including EPF / PNB to share thoughts on global macro-economic outlook and Asia's growth landscape.

Shan has graduated from one of the prestigious business schools in USA i.e. Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He got his first MBA from IBA Pakistan [in collaboration with the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania]. He is also trained in Alternative Banking/Strategies from the Harvard Business School, USA.

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On this episode co-host Stefano interviews Daria Müller Velasquez. She is a Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding Professional with experience across multiple industries, including financial, education, e-commerce, communication, and consumer goods. Daria has an expertise in 360° content marketing, digital & social media strategies, event management, and launching effective online campaigns across multiple channels and countries.

Currently, she is a part of HelloFresh - the global meal kit company which is on a mission to change the way people eat, forever. Working closely with the Global/International Talent Acquisition team, Daria is responsible for shaping and sharing the company's authentic employer image in order to attract, engage and nurture the right talent across 17 countries.

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On these “Select” episodes of the show, we’ll extract our favourite moments from previous episodes of The International Business Podcast.  

• 08: Finding your career path in China With Francis Kremer
• 45: Disciplined listening With Michael Reddington
• 33: Innovation made easy With Chiara Covone

After a decade of international Sales experience in Europe, Francis Kremer relocated to China in 2017. Since then, he has been working in the interface of European and Chinese Automotive companies and their machine suppliers. The Automotive industry is one of the strongest industries in China, employing lots of foreign talent in different roles. Francis explains how you can relocate to China, find your place in one of the leading industries and grow your international working skills every day. He also explains if you need to speak Chinese in order to find work in China.

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Michael Reddington, CFI is an expert at moving people from resistance to commitment. As a Certified Forensic Interviewer, he achieved the highest professional designation available in the field of interview and interrogation and spent over a decade training investigator around the world on the successful application of non-confrontational interview. 

Michael arrived at two key realizations while expanding his observation and persuasive skill sets. First, the very best leaders and the very best interrogators capitalize on the same two core skills - vision and influence. Second, the cognitive processes that lead customers to commit to saying "I'll buy it", employees to commit to saying "I'll do it" and suspects to commit to truthfully saying "I did it" are all nearly identical. These realizations caused Michael to recognize he could teach executives how to reduce missed opportunities and increase commitments to action

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After the clock rang with 20 years climbing the corporate ladder in large multinational organisations, Chiara Covone knew she was ready to invest the next 20 years in a bigger professional purpose: help corporate professionals and entrepreneurs master their mind to achieve anything they want in their life.  She is particularly proud having been instrumental for the development of what is today a multi-million-dollar business for Philip Morris International - IQOS. After PMI, she worked for Mondelez, in Strategic Marketing and Innovation roles.  She is now a successful executive and business coach, and lives in Sweden with her family.

 Self-learning is of paramount importance in the business world, listen to your international peers and step up your game.

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