In this episode of Nuclei's podcast, Deena Jacob, a seasoned finance leader with over two decades of expertise in the finance industry, reflects on her formative years in the landscapes of Kerala and delves into her remarkable leadership journey, offering valuable insights into her experiences within the startup ecosystem.

She also sheds light on the challenges encountered and overcome during her entrepreneurial pursuit with Open Financial Technologies.

A strategic business leader recognized for transforming businesses, Nahim Bassa talks about his challenging formative years in South Africa in the 1980s. He also shared his love for books, his favorite recommendations, and the leadership principles that guided him throughout his life.

A veteran banking industry leader, Shalini Warrier talks about the setbacks she faced during floods in Kerala. She reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her growth as a leader. The insights on her guiding principles inspire resilience and humility.

In this fascinating interview, Manish Goenka, a highly successful business leader, reflects on the pivotal moments in his formative years that contributed to his growth and development. He emphasizes the invaluable impact of his parents' teachings in shaping his leadership style and shares insights on how he applies these lessons in his professional life.

A recognized leading Marketing and Digital Banking Executive, Petr Klimes talks about the latent drivers that shaped his beliefs and value systems and later helped him in developing the image of Islamic Banking. 

A Digital Bank pioneer in ASEAN, Dennis highlights massive challenges and learnings from his journey of building TMRW - the first mobile-only Digital Bank in ASEAN. He also reflects upon his dual experience in Information Technology and Banking, and how it gave him an advantage in developing strategies for business transformation in a digital world. 

Grant discusses key incidents from his growth years that shaped his personality as a leader. He also dwells upon his relationship with risks and his favorite failures that led him to a successful career in 'Consulting' and 'Banking'.

Naru Srinivasan shares amazing insights from his expansive global financial career across leading banks and multiple countries. He also discusses his thought process of managing diverse skill sets and how his definition of success changed over the years.

Puneet Chhahira reflects upon his interesting and challenging journey at Infosys Finacle, what made him stick around for 17 years and how he is trying to create a value proposition to inspire better ways of banking.

Rupesh Kumar shares his exciting experiences from IIT Delhi to ISB Hyderabad and how his learnings at ICICI Bank helped him in the OneCard journey.