Be willing to challenge yourself and keep striving towards the next stretch activity, the next learning.
Pam Bains, Chief Financial Officer and Group Executive Strategy at Aurizon, arrived in Australia in 2009 after 20 years of working in senior finance roles for global companies in the UK, including project work across Europe and India.
However, despite this experience and “a stellar CV”, finding that first great role in Australia was harder than expected. She laughs now as she recalls recruiters telling her that despite the depth of her international experience, she had to realise she had no local experience, which would make it harder to place her at the same level for her first role.
