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EP6 - Gaurav Glen More: 2,000+ Hires, 20 Years, and What He Really Looks For

Gaurav Glen More has spent over two decades placing executives at the top of Asia's most respected organisations - Apple, LVMH, Gucci, and hundreds more. He is the President of AdMark Asia Group and a long-standing member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

In this episode, Rickesh Kishnani sits down with Gaurav over four exceptional drams — Arran 27 Year Old Sherry Hogshead, Ichiro's Malt Joker Card Series, Glendronach Ode to the Dark, and Edrington 40 Year Old Blended Malt — to talk about what two decades of placing leaders has taught him.

They cover what separates the executives who last from those who don't, why most hiring processes are broken, how luxury retail is changing across Asia, the whisky investment market, and why the best talent is never the one actively looking for a job.

Topics covered:

•What it takes to place a CEO in Asia

•How luxury retail is changing across Asia

•Gaurav's personal whisky collection story

•The whisky investment market

•How great talent gets found

•What Gaurav is building next

Drams tasted: Arran 27 YO Sherry Hogshead · Ichiro's Malt Joker Card Series · Glendronach Ode to the Dark · Edrington 40 YO Blended Malt

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S1 E5 — Beth Wright, Functional Medicine Nutritionist / Author /Speaker / Hormone Expert / Award-Winning / NGO Board Member & Advisor/ Former Corporate Lawyer /Ex-Julius Baer

Beth Wright is a Hong Kong-based certified functional medicine nutritionist and founder of B-FIT the Wright Way, specializing in empowering high-achieving women particularly those 40+ to balance hormones, achieve sustainable fat loss, and optimize health through personalized nutrition, fitness, lifestyle coaching, and advanced hormone strategies. A former corporate lawyer who relocated to Hong Kong in 2007, she is also an author (co-author of "Happy Hormones: Recipes to Balance and Thrive"), speaker, award-nominated women's health expert, and active contributor to organizations like Women in Finance Asia and PathFinders Hong Kong.

Beth Wright joins Rickesh for a conversation about health, performance, and the power of data-driven wellness. 

The Drams: Glenmorangie Signet 21 Year Old · Nikka Pure Malt

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S1 E4 — David McCann, CEO, AOP Capital Thursday, 2 April 2026 · 6:00 PM HKT

David J. McCann is an Irish entrepreneur and SFC-regulated finance professional based in Hong Kong, where he founded and leads AOP Capital - a merchant bank and family office firm focused on private equity, wealth management, and East-West investment opportunities. With over 15 years in Hong Kong and decades of entrepreneurial experience across the US, Australia, and Asia, he actively shares insights on family offices, succession planning, and Hong Kong's evolving role as a global wealth hub.

In this episode, David shares the three biggest mistakes he sees entrepreneurs make, why his firm runs a "Fuck Up of the Month" to encourage bold thinking, and how he bought his first business in the US with nothing but hustle and negotiation. He also breaks down what Hong Kong's family office boom means for entrepreneurs, why he became the Founding President of EO Greater Bay Area, and his philosophy on when and how to think about exit.

The Drams: Arran 10 Year Old · Glenfarclas 25 Year Old · Aberlour 16 Year Old · Bowmore 15 Year Old

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S1 E3  - Hil Tse, Founder, Timeless and TastyThursday, 26 March 2026 · 6:00 PM HKT

Hil Tse started Timeless and Tasty in 2016 with no contacts, no backing, and no roadmap. She knocked on doors, built relationships from scratch, and grew one of Hong Kong's most trusted independent whisky businesses entirely on her own. In this episode, she and Rickesh Kishnani open six rare cask samples and cover the whisky fraud scandal that rocked the industry, what it is really like to be a woman building a business in a male-dominated trade, and the moment she pretended to call her own boss to get a meeting.

The Drams:

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31-Year-Old Clynelish (1993, 47% ABV) — cask sample

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34-Year-Old Auchentoshan — cask sample

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36-Year-Old Benriach — cask sample

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35-Year-Old Aultmore — cask sample

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32-Year-Old Glen Keith — cask sample

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34-Year-Old Laphroaig — cask sample

Topics covered:The Cask 88 and Braeburn fraud scandal and what it revealed about the unregulated side of the whisky trade. How Hil built Timeless and Tasty from zero with no industry connections. Surviving COVID as a solo operator with an online shop. The reality of being a woman in a male-dominated industry. Why she has never worked for a big company and never plans to. CrossFit, cigars, and how she actually unwinds.

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S1 E2 - David Peng

Why would anyone send whisky to the moon and what does that have to do with the next great investment opportunity?

In Episode 2 of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh Kishnani sits down with David Peng - 35-year veteran of Asian asset management, President of BluFin Advisory, and Chief Strategy Officer at AstroHub - for a wide-ranging conversation about long-horizon investing, commercial space, and what it really means to bet on something most people think is too early.

They open a 60-year-old Invergordon single grain Scotch chosen deliberately to mark the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and cover the arc of three decades in Asian finance, why commercial space is closer to a real investment thesis than most people realise, how David thinks about risk when the payoff is measured in decades not quarters, and why the best drams and the best investments have more in common than you'd expect.

This is Scotch whisky unlocked. One conversation at a time.

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S1 E1 - Li Tan 

In the debut episode of Whisky Unfinished, Rickesh sits down with Li Tan — his business partner of 13 years and Co-Owner of Rare Whisky Holdings — to talk about how they built one of Asia's most ambitious whisky investment funds from scratch.

They cover the moment the idea became real, what it actually takes to build a whisky fund, and why the asset class is more compelling than most people realise. And of course — they taste.

The drams poured in this episode are a direct reflection of the journey: rare, considered, and chosen with intention.

This is the conversation that sets the tone for everything that follows. Ten episodes. Many whiskies. Many conversations unfinished.

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