Our #PathToPartner is back ✨ today, we have Suresh Kanwar of Financial Services Apps sharing his personal story and how he’s grown alongside his career #POCintech #bame #PeopleOfDeloitte 
Suresh talks about growing up in Lemington Spa, after his grandfather moved to England years ago. He chats about being different to others - having a different skin colour, having a different upbringing and dealing with different perspectives!
He went to Oxford and met his wife. He still wasn’t sure what he wanted to do but knew it would be something tech! He started working at Andersen! 👨🏾💻
Suresh was interested in #InvestmentBanking and started working at Credit Suisse. He talks about being surrounded by so many intelligent people that it helped drive him forward. It taught him a lot about the sort of leader he wanted to become #POCInTech
He talks about learning how to deal with workplace politics- figuring out how to get ahead whilst remaining true to himself. He sometimes struggled to connect on levels that others could, because he had different cultural values and was brought up different than those around him.
He spent a lot of time in 1999 going to the cricket 🏏😂 but still managed to get promoted! No easy feat 💪🏽 #priorities
During his career, Suresh decided to give up alcohol. He talks about how that made it difficult in an environment which so readily networks over wine/beers. He talks about how he managed that whilst getting promoted - ensuring he kept his networks but stayed true to himself 👨🏾💻
Did you know Suresh and his wife Jyoti are listed as one of the #Asian #PowerCouples? 👩🏽🧔🏾 asianpowercouples.com/top-5-couples-… @DeloitteUK_MCN
Suresh says getting to Partner is very dependent on sponsorship of others and helping new leaders grow up through the firm in a way which works for them. He actively supports and empowers people now to grow into leaders 💪🏽✅
Suresh has his top tips are:
✅ Allow constant growth,
✅ Get sponsorship, and
✅ Understanding your differences to make connections - sometimes to make sales 💴 , sometimes to get sponsorship 🤝 but also sometimes, just because ✨. Very inspirational! @DeloitteUK @DeloitteUK_MCN
✅ Allow constant growth,
✅ Get sponsorship, and
✅ Understanding your differences to make connections - sometimes to make sales 💴 , sometimes to get sponsorship 🤝 but also sometimes, just because ✨. Very inspirational! @DeloitteUK @DeloitteUK_MCN
Suresh says his biggest obstacle in his career (so far!) was that people observed that he didn’t talk as much as others. And he had to work to reduce the internal hurdle he had before speaking to allow his voice to be heard 💭 that took him a lot of time to get over.
Suresh says “people buy from people” - he wants people to be true to themselves, be respectful and be sincere. That’s how he makes connections, leads his teams and builds up future teams 👨🏾💻✨ #PathToPartner #POCInTech
Suresh tried to look for any connection for sponsorship and create meaningful connections 🤝 he has looked for what gives him that connection. He encourages us to look for sponsorship - and have the people who you can truly rely on for advice & advocacy.
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