Chris Kettmann is a partner at DGA Group, a global communications and public affairs consultancy, where he helps lead the Investor Relations and Financial Communications practice areas. He and I discussed how to get into IR, what the qualifications are and what the mindset needs to be, some trends in investor communications, and the state of affairs for areas like ESG (environmental, social and governance) policies, among other things.

Kelly Capizzi Herring is Vice President, Corporate Communications at Lincoln Financial. The focus of the interview is about the college experience, and how to go about choosing a path, trying to get the most out of it, and lining yourself up for that first job. We also talked about finding areas of interest in various industries, the specific challeges of tech and financial services, managing internal stakeholders and advocating for the value of PR, and managing work-life balance and imposter syndrome - two constants for the PR industry.

Paul Nolan is the co-Managing Director for the UK of The Hoffman Agency and the Chief Operating Officer for CCGroup, a London-based tech PR agency. Paul takes us through his exerience as an entrepreneur, partnering to buy the agency relatively early in his career and then the work of building and growing it. A big part of our discussion was on the topic of neurodivergence, specifically ADHD, and managing it in your work and over your career. We also touched on the agency model, the value of relationships and geographic differences in PR work, hiring practices, and what young people can do to stand out as candidates and in agencies.