Category Archives: Career Reflections
Anne Roland
Area Director, Nordics, Meltwater Press
Birthplace: Drammen, Norway
Joined Meltwater: August 2006, Oslo
Who inspires you: Tony, Dennis, Anna and Christine – the management team for Nordics mPress. Also other people I have had the pleasure to work with closely before like Christian Finstad, Heidi Islann, Kaveh Rostampor and Kevin Lorenz. A lot of Meltwater people inspire me every day!
My three words to describe Meltwater: Ambition, “anything is possible” and challenging.
If you asked Anne if she was a risk taker, her answer would have to be yes, because it was deciding to take a risk on her first job that has seen her…
I had the honour of interviewing Mark Haze recently and it turned into a fascinating discussion about music, career choices, motivations, life at Meltwater Group and, of course, his incredibly successful time competing in Idols South Africa! I had seven (yes, SEVEN!) pages of notes following this interview…I just hope this summary does Mark justice.
For someone who is now living his dream of being a rock musician and recording artist, Mark is still down to earth and humble.
Although he left Meltwater last year to pursue his lifelong passion of becoming a musician, he feels as though he’s never really left. He highlights his…
Name: Johnny Vance
Title: Managing Director, Washington DC, USA, Meltwater News
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Joined Meltwater: 2008, Sales Consultant, Meltwater News, Sydney, Australia
Current Role: 2011, Managing Director, Meltwater News, Washington DC, USA
Who inspires you: Shaz Mohapatra, Managing Director, Meltwater News, Melbourne, Australia
My three words to describe Meltwater: Dynamic, Passionate, Ambitious
When a friend told Johnny about the big-name businesses they were working with and the global Meltwater events they had been attending, in locations such as Lillehammer and Monte Carlo, Johnny Vance had just one single thought. He wanted in.
“I don’t mind admitting I was envious, because the well-known clients, events and opportunities my friend at…
Name: Neil Brennan
Birthplace: Ipswich, England
Joined Meltwater: 2006, Sales Consultant, Sydney, Australia
Current Role: 2011, Managing Director, Meltwater News, London, UK
Who inspires you: Luke Timbrell, Managing Director, Meltwater News, Brisbane, Australia
My three words to describe Meltwater: Ambitious, Young, Professional
It is hard to equate a man who single-handedly turned the Meltwater Melbourne office into the success it is today, with someone who describes himself as ‘not a natural leader’. Yet, that is exactly how Neil saw himself when he joined the Meltwater team as a foundation sales consultant in Sydney, in 2007.
“Back then I was very inexperienced and really shy, not a leader at…
Name: Richard Taylor
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Joined Meltwater: 2006, Sales Consultant, Sydney, Australia
Current Role: 2011, Managing Director, Meltwater News, Singapore
Who inspires you: Yuri Akahira, Managing Director, Meltwater News, Tokyo, Japan
My three words to describe Meltwater: Entrusting, Persevering, Fulfilling
When Richard Taylor is asked to name the ‘one coolest thing he has done at Meltwater’, he looks puzzled. But it’s not because he can’t think of anything … it’s because he has trouble choosing just one.
“If I’m only allowed to choose one thing,” Taylor pauses and smiles, “I think I’d say Japan. Opening the offices there has really been one of the highlights, so far.”
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