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Ashton Pereira [2010]: Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Bath Box

Release Date: 06/29/2020

Wayne Chow [1994]: Dental Specialist & Former Australian Army Officer; following an unconventional career path

Between Two Unicorns

Wayne Chow (Class of 1994) completed his undergraduate dental training in 1999 and joined the Australian Regular Army where he served as a specialist service officer domestically and overseas. He progressed as a clinical specialist and took up various health and governance roles, and later as the Head of Corps, Royal Australian Army Dental Corps.

Benjamin Wilson [2010]: Internet Entrepreneur & Australian Survivor: Champions VS Contenders

Between Two Unicorns

Benji Wilson (Class of 2010) got into a US College in New York to play basketball, but soon dropped out and moved to Brazil with his five best friends. He started an online eCommerce store to support himself and learnt a lot of lessons in life and business along the way. Since then, he has lived in 8 different countries In the last 8 years and scaled his businesses to over seven figures. In between this, he also managed time for an appearance on Australia Survivor: Champions VS Contenders.

Charles Macek [1964]: Director of two ASX 20 companies & Chairman of Earthwatch

Between Two Unicorns

After a 30 year executive career in financial services Charles Macek (MHS Class of 1964) has been a non-executive director for the last 20 years. He has been privileged to have been associated with significant companies such as Telstra and Wesfarmers, with an AFL club as a director of Richmond, and chairman of several non for profits such as Earthwatch and the Centre for Eye Research Australia.

Ashton Pereira [2010]: Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Bath Box

Between Two Unicorns

Ashton Pereira graduated MHS class of 2010. He is the Co-Founder of Bath Box.

John Tasioulas [1982]: Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Law at King's College London

Between Two Unicorns

John Tasioulas graduated from Melbourne High School in the Class of 1982. He is the inaugural Yeoh Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London and Director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy, and Law.

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Between Two Unicorns

Welcome to the very first episode of the very first season of Between Two Unicorns, the Official Podcast of the Melbourne High School Old Boys Association.

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Ashton Pereira graduated MHS class of 2010. Following this, he went on to study a double Bachelor of Business Accounting & Finance at Monash University, spending one year studying at University of Buffalo, New York USA. Straight out of university, he went into a Graduate Program at Telstra in Melbourne and landed in a permanent role in the Telstra New Business division, but it didn't last very long...

Throughout his time at MHS, Ashton ran many side businesses - importing product and selling it on eBay, coding and selling websites to small businesses, social media management, and a book publishing company. Eventually, in 2017, he left his job at Telstra and together with his wife founded Bath Box, manufacturing and selling natural, handmade & cruelty-free bath and skin care products throughout Australia.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Ashton’s time at MHS

- Getting accepted into a prestigious graduate program after university

- Being made redundant in the early years of his career

- The side businesses he developed and the skills he built, before co-founding his current company Bath Box

Visit Bath Box Australia: https://www.bathbox.com.au/

For any questions relating to the MHSOBA podcast, please contact Adam Ashton at [email protected]

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