Episodes

Join me your host, Sanila Samuel on another insightful conversation, this time with Simone Lawrence. Simone is the co-founder of The Ameliorate Group (TAG), a Dubai-based coaching and people development consultancy working with teams, leaders and women in the workplace. She has over 20 years experience developing people, leading HR, L&D, operations, sales, business development and fundraising teams across a variety of industries, spanning both the corporate and NGO sectors. TAG partners with bes...

Meet the extraordinary Emma Henderson, MBE, CEO of Project Wingman, and former commercial pilot. Her story of tenacity and resilience is quite the flight, from childhood dreams of soaring the skies to navigating the challenges of a demanding career while raising three children. Emma's journey wasn't always smooth sailing, but she mastered the turbulence with grace. Prepare for a deep-dive into Emma's exhilarating journey, not just as a pilot, but also as a woman proving that no barrier is insur...

Ever dream of a career that combines math, science, problem-solving, and the thrill of aviation? Meet Danielle Nicole Vardaro, VP of Worldwide Customer Support & Aftermarket Sales for Commercial Aviation with Embraer. In her current role she is responsible for customer relationship management and providing best-in-class support and services to her global customer base while selling aftermarket products and services to keep fleets flying and leading a high impact global team. She has spent her e...

Ever wondered how someone can transition from a marketing career to a thrilling world of security services and global investigations? Join your host Sanila Samuel on an inspiring conversation with Johanna Hladun, a senior executive with over two decades of experience in the government and private sectors. Currently a Senior Director of Security Services at Caterpillar Inc, Johanna shares her fascinating journey from college to the corporate world, her time at Prudential Investments, and her incr...

Join your host Sanila Samuel in a conversation with Cristina Seda-Hoelle, General Manager for the Regional and Business Aviation division at GE Aerospace. We talked about Cristina's role models growing up, how her childhood years helped her build resilience and develop empathy for others and some early career mistakes that she embraced and learned from. Cristina shares some good advice on how to choose mentors and how preparation is key when working on building the habit of speaking about your ...

Join me, your host, Sanila Samuel on another episode of Unlimited Seating . This time we hear from Shelley Svoren, CEO and Founder of Infinite Branches as she shares how she relied on her years of experience working with clients to start her own business and how she leverages her role with the International Aviation Women's Association to build people up and help them grow. Infinite Branches works with start-up businesses and investors to build impactful, profitable, and sustainable connections...

Join me, your host, Sanila Samuel on an insightful episode of Unlimited Seating. This time, I had the pleasure and honor of hosting Keren Rambow, a leader I had heard a lot about and was excited to have as a guest. Keren is Vice President of Sales for the Americas region at GE Aerospace Commercial Engines. In this role, she manages customer relationships and deal strategies in North and South America and is responsible for retaining and winning new business and partnering for the success of our...

Join your host Sanila Samuel in a candid conversation with Amita Karadkhedkar. Amita describes herself as a Techno - Functional Leader, Learner from Life, Public Speaker and a Visible Role Model. She is a true change agent and through her advocacy on prestigious platforms such as TedX, NASSCOM, SHRM and many Multi-National Corporations and various Educational Institutions, hopes to lead not just individual changes in terms of behaviors and attitudes but also lay the foundation for systemic cha...

Join me, your host, Sanila Samuel on yet another engaging and interesting conversation. This time, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sumathi Chari – we were at school together! Sumathi is Director & Senior Partner at PRHUB. A Brand consultant & integrated communication specialist with close to two decades of experience, Sumathi works with senior leadership at organisations across diverse domains, to help them devise their brand building strategy and execution roadmap. She has led award winnin...

Join your host Sanila Samuel on a candid conversation with Ula Bieganska. Ula is a passionate marketeer with 15+ years experience across Europe, Middle East and Africa. She started her career in P&G, where she spent 6 years in various global and local roles. She then moved to the LEGO Group, the most admired toy producer in the world, where she started in a regional Eastern Europe role in Prague. She moved to LEGO HQ in Denmark. For the past four years she supported the opening of a new office f...

Join your host Sanila Samuel on a candid conversation with Yosr Hamza - lawyer, mentor, DEI champion and special needs parent. We dove right into talking about Yosr's experience starting out as a young female lawyer in the Middle East to finding her space as Legal Director at Gartner to getting life changing news about her few months old son and her journey of acceptance. Yosr is a bilingual multi award-winning and commended experienced tech legal director with both a private practice and in-ho...

Meet the extraordinary Emma Henderson, MBE, CEO of Project Wingman, and former commercial pilot. Her story of tenacity and resilience is quite the flight, from childhood dreams of soaring the skies to navigating the challenges of a demanding career while raising three children. Emma's journey wasn't always smooth sailing, but she mastered the turbulence with grace. Prepare for a deep-dive into Emma's exhilarating journey, not just as a pilot, but also as a woman proving that no barrier is insurm...

Ever dream of a career that combines math, science, problem-solving, and the thrill of aviation? Meet Danielle Nicole Vardaro, VP of Worldwide Customer Support & Aftermarket Sales for Commercial Aviation with Embraer. In her current role she is responsible for customer relationship management and providing best-in-class support and services to her global customer base while selling aftermarket products and services to keep fleets flying and leading a high impact global team. She has spent her en...

Ever wondered how someone can transition from a marketing career to a thrilling world of security services and global investigations? Join your host Sanila Samuel on an inspiring conversation with Johanna Hladun, a senior executive with over two decades of experience in the government and private sectors. Currently a Senior Director of Security Services at Caterpillar Inc, Johanna shares her fascinating journey from college to the corporate world, her time at Prudential Investments, and her incr...

Join your host Sanila Samuel in a conversation with Cristina Seda-Hoelle, General Manager for the Regional and Business Aviation division at GE Aerospace. We talked about Cristina's role models growing up, how her childhood years helped her build resilience and develop empathy for others and some early career mistakes that she embraced and learned from. Cristina shares some good advice on how to choose mentors and how preparation is key when working on building the habit of speaking about your a...

Join me, your host, Sanila Samuel on another episode of Unlimited Seating . This time we hear from Shelley Svoren, CEO and Founder of Infinite Branches as she shares how she relied on her years of experience working with clients to start her own business and how she leverages her role with the International Aviation Women's Association to build people up and help them grow. Infinite Branches works with start-up businesses and investors to build impactful, profitable, and sustainable connections ...

Join me, your host, Sanila Samuel on an insightful episode of Unlimited Seating. This time, I had the pleasure and honor of hosting Keren Rambow, a leader I had heard a lot about and was excited to have as a guest. Keren is Vice President of Sales for the Americas region at GE Aerospace Commercial Engines. In this role, she manages customer relationships and deal strategies in North and South America and is responsible for retaining and winning new business and partnering for the success of our ...