The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal
Described by our listeners as “meticulously researched biographies" and "I learnt more about the guest from your episode even after 10+ years of knowing the guest" -- excerpts of the podcast have been featured in Forbes, AFR, Daily Telegraph, and showcased at SXSW.
Since 2020, more than 60% of our guests have done their *first-ever* public interview—or their *first in years*—on The High Flyers Podcast, including:
➝ Malcolm Turnbull: Prime Minister of Australia
➝ Michael Schneider: CEO, Bunnings
➝ Anil Sabharwal: Built/Led Google Photos, Chrome, Drive
➝ Elena Verna: Head of Growth, Lovable
➝ Mark Suster: Co-Founder & Partner, Upfront Ventures
➝ Brad Banducci: CEO, Woolworths
➝ Craig Tiley: CEO, Tennis Australia & Australian Open
➝ Jean-Michel Limieux: CTO, Shopify and Atlassian
➝ Gillian Findlay: COO, Immutable & SafetyCulture
➝ Holly Kramer: Board Director, Woolworths & ANZ Bank
➝ Sam Sicilia: Chief Investment Officer, Hostplus
➝ Ahmed Fahour: CEO, NAB & Australia Post
➝ Piruze Sabunci: Partner, Squarepeg; Stripe's first Asia hire
➝ Andrey Khusid: CEO & Co-Founder, Miro
➝ Bill Bartee: Co-Founder Blackbird + Main Sequence
➝ Rod Hamilton: Co-Founder & CPO, Culture Amp
➝ Larry Marshall: CEO, CSIRO
➝ Brendan Hargreaves: CFO, Officeworks
Contact us via:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com/
Vidit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vidags10
Vidit's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viditag/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehighflyerspodcast/
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 222
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#202 Brad Banducci: Woolworths CEO in a Rare Interview on Identity, Intrapreneurship & Why Directionally Correct Beats Perfect
Brad Banducci is the Former CEO of Woolworths Group and the newly appointed CEO of TEG (The parent company of Ticketek and SXSW). His career spans consulting at BCG, early-stage leadership at Tyro Pa…
#201 Carol Schwartz: Pioneering Philanthropy, Driving Boardroom Change, Founding The Women's Leadership Institute & Raising 4 Kids with Purpose
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#200 Malcolm Turnbull: Australia's Former Prime Minister (in his most in-depth interview ever)
Malcolm Turnbull, is a former Australian Prime Minister and one of the most fascinating public figures of our time. He built a global career spanning law, media, business, and tech. He and his wife, …
#199 Farnaz Azmoodeh: Iran to LA, Mastering Engineering at Google, Monetising Snapchat, and becoming CTO at Linktree
Farnaz is the CTO at Linktree, a platform with 70M+ users helping creators and businesses unify and monetise their online presence.
She started at Google in the 2000s during their OG era, working on a…
#198 Max Bausher & Brian Swift: From Twitter, Atlassian & New Relic to Twine - Cracking Product + GTM by Turning Customer Conversations into Action
Max Bausher and Brian are the Co-Founders of Twine, bridging product and go-to-market teams by integrating insights across calls, CRM, and roadmaps.
Max, Twine’s COO, brings expertise from leadership …
#197 Rory San Miguel: 40-Hour Weekends, Building Propeller, Winning Enterprise Deals, Going Global—And the Secret Behind His Relentless Optimism
Rory San Miguel is the co-founder and CEO of Propeller, a global tech company transforming worksites with drone data. Since 2014, he’s scaled Propeller to 300+ employees across Australia and the U.S.…
#196 Piruze Sabuncu: Diplomat Aspirations, Turkey, USA, Building Stripe in Asia, Square Peg (Rare Public Interview)
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#195 Steve Vamos: Former Xero, Apple & Microsoft CEO Shares His Playbook for Scaling Companies, Building Winning Teams & Mastering Transitions
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#194 Laura Henshaw: Modelling Struggles to becoming 'Kic' CEO; Empowering Women, Financial Independence & Embracing Authenticity
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#193 Paul Naphtali: From PR to VC—What Sequoia-Backed Startups Taught Me, Building Rampersand & How founders win!
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#192 RØDE Founder Peter Freedman: Swedish Outsider, High School Dropout, Insecurities, Building a Global Audio Empire
Peter Freedman AM is the Founder and Chairman of RØDE and The Freedman Group. He received Australia’s highest national honor, the Order of Australia (denoted by AM) in 2016 for his efforts to Austral…
#191 Aliavia VC’s Marisa Warren: Grandmother’s Legacy, 3 Redundancies, Redefining Venture Capital for Female Founders
Marisa Warren is the Founder and Managing Partner of ALIAVIA Ventures, investing in female-founded tech startups across the U.S. and Australia. Established in 2021, ALIAVIA has delivered it's first …
#190 Rod Hamilton: Rare Interview ft. Culture Amp’s Co-Founder on Playfulness, Empathy, and Redefining Workplace Culture
This is a rare and in-depth public interview with Rod Hamilton, Co-founder and Board Director at Culture Amp, where he spent over 12 years as Chief Product Officer leading the creation of its Employe…
#189 Matt Kean: Chair of Australia’s Climate Authority & Former NSW Treasurer on Climate Action, Mental Health, and Leadership
Matt Kean is the Chair of the Climate Change Authority in the Australian Government, appointed in 2024 after a distinguished 13-year career in NSW politics. Matt held senior roles including Treasurer…
#188: Kate Cornick’s Rare Interview on Accidentally Finding Engineering to Leading Victoria’s Startup Revolution as LaunchVic CEO
Dr. Kate Cornick is the CEO of LaunchVic, leading efforts to build Victoria’s startup ecosystem and she has been in the role since 2016, and her impact has been incredible in funding and supporting n…
#187 Paul Bassat Unplugged: Migrant parents, SEEK’s Breakthrough, Building Square Peg, and Driving Community Impact through AFL and 'Amplify'
Paul Bassat is a visionary leader in venture capital, technology, and community impact.
As Co-founder and Partner at Square Peg, a top venture capital firm spanning Australia, Israel, and Southeast As…
#186 Bunning’s boss Mike Schneider: Childhood struggles, career decisions, humility and how he became CEO
In this interview, hear from Mike Schneider, Managing Director (MD) at Bunnings.
As MD of Bunnings, Mike leads nearly 53,000 team members and drives one of Australia’s most trusted brands that is reco…
#185 Sitemate's Hartley Pike: Mum’s Support and Rugby Dreams to 'SaaS'ifying the Built World with No-Code Software Globally
In this rare public interview, hear from Hartley Pike, Co-founder and CEO of Sitemate.
Sitemate builds software products for the built world, with over 2000 customers and 150 employees across both rem…
#184 Osher Günsberg: Doctor's Son to TV Icon—Navigating Sobriety, Hosting The Bachelor & Australian Idol, Life’s 5 D's and 6 P's
Osher Günsberg is one of the most recognisable media personalities. He first came to attention as the face of Australian Idol and the voice of Australia's largest weekly radio countdown, Take 40 Aust…
#183 Jean-Michel Lemieux: CTO at Shopify & Atlassian, Vagabonding Life, Art and Engineering
This is a rare public interview with Jean-Michel Lemieux, a highly acclaimed technology leader who was CTO at Shopify, where he grew the engineering team from 50 to 4,000. Prior to that, he served as…