Alchemy Uncensored
Alchemy Uncensored, a podcast presented by Alchemy Search a team of professional financial and tax recruiters.
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Season 4 Episode 23: Why Soft Skills Matter More Than You Think (opens the original)
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Technical skills can build your career. But they won’t take you all the way. So what really takes you from management accountant to CFO? This week on Alchemy Uncensored, Conor McHugh is joined by Rehan Laiq, a C-level finance and business executive with more than 37 years of leadership experience across international markets. Rehan’s career has taken him through senior global and group-level roles across water and wastewater, power and renewables, oil and gas, and large-scale infrastructure. His
Season 4 Episode 22: Relocate2UAE | The Platform Making UAE Relocation Easier (opens the original)
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New country. New job. New home. New life. What do you really need to know before relocating to the UAE? 🇦🇪 This week on Alchemy Uncensored, Conor McHugh is joined by Paul Philips, CEO & Founder of Relocate2UAE, an independent platform helping professionals and families navigate their move to the UAE. Originally from Ireland, Paul relocated to the UAE with his family and experienced the challenges of the process firsthand. That experience ultimately led him to create Relocate2UAE and help others
Season 4 Episode 21: What Makes a Successful CFO? (opens the original)
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The CFO role is changing. AI is accelerating. Finance could become more autonomous than ever. So what will it take to be a successful CFO in the years ahead? This week on Alchemy Uncensored, Conor McHugh is joined by Nauman Asif Mian, CFO of Bayt.com, for a conversation about what leadership in Finance really looks like today and where the profession could be heading next. Nauman began his career at PwC before moving into industry and building a career that now spans finance leadership, governan
Season 4 Episode 20: Inside the Mind of a High-Growth CFO (opens the original)
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30M+ users. 200+ countries. Two major exits. What does it take to lead Finance at that level? This week on Alchemy Uncensored, Conor McHugh is joined by Rishi Gupta, CFO of Airalo, the world’s first and largest eSIM marketplace. With nearly two decades of experience scaling high-growth consumer tech businesses across MENA and India, Rishi has built finance teams from the ground up and led two successful exits in the region, Souq to Amazon in 2017 and BitOasis to CoinDCX in 2024. In this conversa
Season 4 Episode 19: Beyond the Comfort Zone | Building a Career in Finance (opens the original)
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Your career doesn’t have to follow a straight line to be successful. In this episode of Alchemy Uncensored, Conor McHugh is joined by Elaine Vasquez, Finance Director, MENA at Checkout.com, to discuss what can happen when you stay open to opportunities, embrace change and step outside your comfort zone. Elaine is an ACCA Fellow with almost 20 years of experience in finance. After graduating from Warwick University with a degree in Accounting & Finance, she began her career at Deloitte before goi
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