My guest today is, Valerie Khan. Valerie and I go back a good long while, let’s call it an even decade to be fair.

I’ve followed her career closely over the years because even on paper anyone can see it’s been far from dull. But as you will hear shortly and not to give too much away, Valerie is a bonafide trailer-blazer when it comes to talent acquisition.

I’m not talking about strategy or being at the forefront of using a particular tool or technology…not that those aspects aren’t great. I’m talking about travelling across oceans and showing up in Denmark, donning the title, “Nordic” Recruitment Manager and taking over Talent Acquisition for three, Kingdoms!

It almost sounds like something out of Game of Thrones, but let’s not be that dramatic. It wasn’t the wilderness of The North. There were no Wildlings, Nights Watch or Wall to protect, but it certainly was north and a bit of the Wild West when it came to recruitment.

To pack up your entire family and show up for Day 1 would have been a massive achievement for most. But leave it to Valerie to lean into the strike zone. Not only did she swing and not miss, Valerie smacked one into the upper deck, raising the bar from the floor to ceiling for her company and leaving a gold standard that other Scandinavian companies could only aspire to.