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Beers on The Balcony Podcast Ep 4: Leadership, Tech and Prioritising Growth with Khalid Ahmed, CFO at m-View Live Video

Episode 4 of the podcast is here and it’s a good one! This time around, we speak to CFO at m-View Live Video, Khalid Ahmed. 

m-View is doing impressive things in the mobile video space, specialising in video live streaming, body cameras, and in-car-video systems - all this to visualise evidence, intelligence, and awareness. 

Khalid Ahmed has an impressive career history, holding senior positions at companies like New Balance Australia and The Iconic, having started his career in finance at Grant Thornton Australia. 

Join us as we discuss the importance of empathy on the road to leadership, how to build effective relationships during remote work, and the future of m-View’s growth journey. 

Kick back, crack open a cold one and listen to the latest episode now.

Let us know what you think and send through your ideas for upcoming topics - we’d love to hear from you!

Beers On The Balcony Podcast Ep 3 with Sean Elwick, ex CIO of Swinburne University (now Senior Executive Partner at Gartner)

Welcome to Episode 3 of Beers On The Balcony! Our host, Method’s Co-Founder and Director Ben Brown, is joined by Sean Elwick, Senior Executive Partner at Gartner and ex-CIO of Swinburne University. Unfortunately still in lockdown, (so no balcony beers just yet), Ben and Sean chat over a virtual ‘sesh’ beer.

It’s hard to believe Sean started out as a dustman, working his way up to clerical work, consulting, working with the Big Four, founding a company, and taking on the challenge of CIO. In this episode, Sean talks about the steep learning curves of his career, betting big on technology, and leveraging his experience to move up in the world.

Beers On The Balcony Podcast Ep 2 with Vakul Talwar, Product Director at Afterpay

Welcome to episode 2 of The Beers On The Balcony. This time out, we’re cracking open a beer with Vakul Talwar, Product Director at Afterpay. 

Vakul has had an impressive career to date, working for both established organisations, such as General Electric, and market disruptors, such as PayPal and Afterpay. 

In this episode, Vakul talks us through his journey in product and the Fintech space. As a product specialist, Vakul loves talking to consumers and solving their problems. He also tells us about the leaders that have inspired him throughout his career, the traits he believes all good leaders should have, and the style he uses to lead his team. 

Vakul also shares his thoughts on the future of fintech, as we dig into personalisation, competition and consumer needs.

If you’re into product or consumer experience, you don’t want to miss this one.

For our inaugural episode of The Beers On The Balcony, Sam Granleese joins our host, Andrew Collier- Head of Client Growth at Method Recruitment, and they chat through all things VR, AR and 3D – with a beer in hand, of course. Just no balcony quite yet. Sam is the Head of Product and Growth at JigSpace – a platform for creating and sharing interactive 3d presentations for anything. Like Canva, for 3D. He’s got an extensive background in tech, startups and digital media – so, for all things business growth, successes and failures, have a listen and let us know your thoughts.