Vandita Pant is the Chief Financial Officer of BHP, one of the
world's largest resources companies, with a market capitalisation
of approximately US$150 billion and annual revenue of around
US$55 billion.
This is Vandita's first-ever podcast interview.
Growing up in Delhi, India in a family of academics, Vandita
reflects on her childhood dinner table debates, teachers and love
of books for shaping the curiosity that has defined her career.
After studying at Shri Ram College and IIM Lucknow, she built a
global career across India, Singapore, Japan and the UK before
joining BHP, where she now helps oversee the financial strategy
of a company at the centre of AI, electrification and the energy
transition.
In this conversation, Vandita shares why she deliberately pursued
unfamiliar challenges, the career setback that unexpectedly led
her into risk management, what it was like helping steer RBS
through the Global Financial Crisis, the leadership lessons from
earning trust in Japan, why she believes the modern CFO is a
value creator rather than a scorekeeper, how she thinks about AI
and capital allocation, and why Australia and India have a
once-in-a-generation opportunity to deepen their economic
partnership.
Please enjoy exploring your curiosity.
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The High Flyers Podcast features in-depth interviews with the
world’s most influential figures in business, tech, finance,
government and sport. Launched in 2020, it has ranked in the
global top ten for past three years, with listeners in 27
countries and over 200+ episodes released, and featured in
Forbes, Daily Telegraph, and at SXSW.
Our guests include -- Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of
Australia), Jason Collins (Head of BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad
Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings),
David Eckstein (CFO, Legora), Jesse Zhang (CEO, Decagon), Vandita
Pant (CFO, BHP), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David
Haber (a16z Partner), Jodie Auster (Uber's Global Head of
Travel), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO,
Shopify and Atlassian), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), Cristina
Cordova (COO, Linear), Gautam Chari (Head of Capital Commitments,
Bank of America), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster
(Partner, Upfront Ventures), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird),
Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO,
Vercel), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator,
Facebook Marketplace), Peter Varghese (Secretary of Foreign
Affairs, Australian Government), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus),
Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus),
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica)
and Philip Green (Australia's Ambassador/High Commissioner to
India).
Join our stable of commercial partners including the Australian
Government, Google, KPMG, Vanta, Allens, Macquarie Capital, City
of Sydney and more.
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Welcome to the 12th episode in our special series with the
Australian Government and their Centre for Australia–India
Relations (CAIR), spotlighting the growing Australia–India
relationship across technology, business, media, culture and
sport. Other guests in this series include Bank of America's Head
of Capital Commitments Gautam Chari, Renowned Music Composer
Tushar Apte, Australia's High Commissioner to India Philip Green,
MUFG's CEO Vivek Bhatia, Australia's Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Peter Varghese, NAB's EGM Sweta Mehra, Deputy Secretary of
Australia's Home Affairs Brendan Dowling, Orica's CEO Sanjeev
Gandhi, Sports Journalist Bharat Sundaresan, Cricket Legend Lisa
Sthalekar and CAIR's CEO, Ryan Neelam, reflecting the breadth of
Indian-Australian leaders at the most senior levels.
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