Maximising Your Time as a Degree Apprentice, Chapter 2: Background & Context

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About this chapter

My background, so you know where the advice comes from: startup founder, then senior executive roles in banking, and now advising banks and fintechs while helping others with their careers.

Key points

• I studied information management at UCL, raised funding for a startup during the dot-com boom, then moved into financial services.
• I've been chief transformation officer for a bank in Oman and group chief digital officer at Nordea, and I now run an advisory business.
• I've hired and trained graduates and have rescued some from poor rotations.
• I should be clear that I haven't directly worked with degree apprentices, because I was out of the UK when they started, but I've worked with many one-to-one and on TikTok Live.

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