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

Release Date: 07/20/2020

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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Wayne completed over 15 years in the military before returning to Melbourne with his family. He is now working in a busy private specialist practice and holds consultant appointments at various public hospitals, including The Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne and Monash Medical Centre. Wayne is actively involved with GM&B and is the convener of the Junior Leadership Program for MHS and The MacRobertson Girls High School.

In this episode, we talk about:

High School memories, especially walking past 4 Yarra Street
The importance of finding good Mentors
How mentors have helped Wayne at every point of his journey: picking what university course to study, when and how to make big career moves, how to turn weaknesses into strengths, and ideas for future career and personal growth
Following a non-traditional path into a traditional profession
Developing a broad range of skills, rather than getting stuck into a narrow specialisation
Importance of making the helicopter view of the whole forest (metaphorically) rather than getting stuck looking just at the tree
Volunteering with the Old Boys, specifically in the Junior Leadership Program run by the Green, Maroon & Black Patrons Club

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

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