Q&A with Ritchie Mehta, Business Podcast Host & Presenter | Executive Educator | No.1 Bestselling Author (WHSmiths) | Marketing Leader
In this conversation, Ritchie shares powerful reflections on career success, leadership and fulfilment following the success of his bestselling book, Climb. Discussing everything from intentional career planning and personal sacrifice to redefining success beyond title and status, Ritchie highlights the importance of building a career and life aligned to your values, while encouraging others to pursue growth with clarity, courage and perspective.
About Ritchie
Ritchie Mehta is a WHSmith No.1 bestselling author, executive educator, and one of the world's leading voices on marketing leadership and career development.
Born in Mumbai and educated at Cathedral and John Connon School, he holds four degrees from the UK's most prestigious universities; an MPhil from Cambridge, an MA First Class from Edinburgh, an MBA with Distinction from Warwick, and a BSc from Manchester. He is an Honorary Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School.
He is the co-author of Climb: Uncover the Secrets Behind Extraordinary Career Success (Pearson), which reached No.1 on the WHSmith Business Chart. As co-founder of the Climb Marketing Club, he shapes how the world's most ambitious senior marketers think about leadership, growth, and impact.
Ritchie is co-host of The Places We'll Go Show, ranked in the top 14 global CMO podcasts and top 10% of all podcasts on YouTube, with guests including Seth Godin, Sir Martin Sorrell, Paul Polman, Robert Cialdini, and Karen Blackett CBE. He also leads a community of 600+ senior marketers and CMOs, and is a Fellow of The Marketing Society.
His contribution to the marketing industry has been widely recognised: he is a two-time Management Today award winner (DE&I Champion 2022; Most Impactful Social Initiative 2021), a Marketing Society Award winner (2022), a Great British Entrepreneur Awards Diversity and Inclusion Champion (2021), a BIMA 100 Champion of Change (2021) and a Marketing Week Change Maker (2020).
We hope you enjoy this thoughtful and insightful conversation as much as we did.
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