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HUME WHITTLESEA LLEN

The Sachin & Adam Show is a video podcast series that unpacks the learnings from some of the world’s best leaders of the recent past, current, and next generations. Our enthusiastic hosts (Sachin and Adam) are both former and current students at the University of Sydney and they both work in strategy consulting at Deloitte and Kantar. Through the fascinating interviews they conduct with other inspirational people both young and old, Sachin and Adam aim to raise awareness about the many different and exciting vocational pathways available. This video podcast series has been produced in partnership with the Hume Whittlesea LLEN and the Whittlesea Youth Commitment. Our aim is to connect students with career pathways and show them what’s possible post school.

Aaryan Shah – Media

Aaryan is a second year Media student at Macquarie University (Sydney NSW) and works at two radio stations – 2SER and 2HHH where he is the host of a show called the DRUM. When watching this episode, you will quickly learn that Aaryan is a mad sports fanatic amongst other things!

Mudith Jayasekara - Doctor

Mudith is a junior Doctor working in Sydney. He is a former athlete who represented Australia in the pole vault and is the founder of a not-for-profit organization called Ethical Education. https://www.ethicaleducation.com.au/

Mudith has recently (November 2021) been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship which is the oldest (first awarded in 1902) and arguably the most prestigious international scholarship program.

Finley Purkiss – Engineer

Finley is a final year student at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) studying Civil Engineering and is currently working at Acciona (https://www.acciona.com/), one of the world’s largest engineering companies. Find out about the different types of engineering you can study and particularly what civil engineering is all about.

Irene Mairena - Early Childhood Education

Irene first studied a Bachelor of Arts - Social Work at The University of Sydney and then switched to a Master’s Degree of Teaching in Early Childhood which she is studying full time. Irene is also working full time at the Childcare organization Learn and Laugh.

Cecilia Hollins - IOS Developer

Cecilia is an IOS developer at Deloitte Digital. Originally from the USA, Cecilia attended Ohio State University while she was still in High School. She then came to Australia and studied a Bachelor of Digital Business at Macquarie University (Sydney NSW).

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull is best known for being the leader of the Liberal Party and the 27th Prime Minister of Australia (2015 to 2018). Earlier in his adult life he worked as a journalist, lawyer, merchant banker, and venture capitalist.

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson is the Lead Partner at Deloitte Digital (Sydney) and has 23 years’ experience working in London, New York, Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia. Known as a change-making design guru, Robbie is also an Adjunct Professor of Design at Swinburne University.

Kirstin Hunter

Kirsten Hunter went from being a corporate lawyer to management consultant to COO and CEO of a young startup, to landing her current role of Chief People, Legal and Risk Officer at Brighte.

Harry Guinness

Harry Guinness has over 10 years’ experience in politics, foreign affairs, and public policy. Completing his education at Oxford University Harry has worked for the Australian Attorney-General’s (Countering Violent Extremism) and was policy and political adviser to Australia's Foreign Minister, the Hon Julie Bishop MP. He is the founding CEO of the think tank Blueprint Institute.

Evan Wong

Evan Wong graduated from the University of NSW with a combined degree in commerce and law. Evan started a tutoring college called Hero Education and has since started - Checkbox a no-code automated software platform for legal teams. Evan has also been inducted into Forbes Top 30 under 30.

Phil Chan

Phil Chan is a lawyer and Human rights specialist. He is the Academic Dean at Wesley College (Sydney University) and a lecturer in human rights law. Phil advises the UN’s project on the impact of technology on children’s rights and is named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and one of Australia’s top 25 most influential people in the pro bono sector.

Lily Wu

Lily Wu describes herself as a curious learner, entrepreneurial thinker and resourceful individual and is passionate about solving real world problems. Lily discovered entrepreneurship when she was 16 years old and since then has gone on to run Career Bootcamps in 6 global cities and so much more!

Bryan Jordan

Bryan Jordan created a food-tech start up called Streamplate while studying Neuroscience and Engineering at the University of NSW. Bryan shares his journey in creating a start up while being a student and some of the complexities involving neuroscience.

Tim Fung

Tim Fung - is known as a visionary who, as CEO and co- founder, helped transform the ‘gig economy’ with the launch of Airtasker, a digital marketplace that enables users to outsource everyday tasks. After ten years it has become one of Australia’s startup icons. Tim graduated from the University of NSW with a Bachelor of Commerce in 2006.

Sam Refshauge

Sam Refshauge - just like Tim Fung, graduated from University of NSW, with a Bachelor of Commerce. Until recently Sam was Executive director of batyr (a preventative mental health organization) and is currently working with Young Change Agents. Sam was youngest recipient of the Australian Graduate School of Management scholarship and shares more fantastic achievements in this episode.