The Legal Genie Podcast Episode 22 with Niti Nadarajah [00:00:00] Hello, and thank you for joining me, Lara Quie, for the Legal Genie Podcast.  [00:00:33] Following my career as a corporate lawyer at Dentons and DLA Piper, I reinvented myself as an entrepreneur and then as Asia Pacific Head of Business Development at Duane Morris.  [00:00:45] After a life event introduced me to the world of executive coaching, I set up my own consultancy, where I coach lawyers, leaders, and founders on how to design their best life.  [00:00:57] I coach on building one's book of [00:01:00] business, personal branding, LinkedIn skills, growing self-confidence and how to get to the next level.  [00:01:07] If you are looking for someone with whom to share your challenges and who can help you move forward, if you are stuck, then reach out to me through my website at www.laraqassociates.com.  [00:01:19] This podcast is intended to give you an insight into the lives and careers of movers and shakers in the legal industry.  [00:01:26] I ask my guests to share their best advice with you that I hope you will find helpful in your legal journey.  [00:01:33] Please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to help us reach more people who may find it helpful.  [00:01:40] I hope that you will enjoy the conversation.  [00:01:44] Lara Quie: Hello, and welcome to Episode 22 of the Legal Genie Podcast with me, your host, Lara Quie. Today I'm delighted to be in conversation with Niti Nadarajah.  Niti is the Head of Legal for Australia and the Pacific [00:02:00] Islands at Phillip Morris International, a leading tobacco company. She's also a working mother and advocate for a range of issues at work, including mental health, flexible working, gender equality and inclusive leadership.  [00:02:14] She has a quote on her LinkedIn page that says, " How we live is what makes us real". She's a strong believer in leadership that demonstrates authenticity, empathy, courage, kindness, and vulnerability. It's great to have you on the show today, Niti.  [00:02:31] Niti Nadarajah: It's lovely to be here with you, Lara. [00:02:33] Lara Quie: It would be great to start at the beginning. So, if you could tell me a little bit about your family background and where you grew up.  [00:02:39] Niti Nadarajah: Absolutely. So, I actually, for the first six years of my life moved around quite a lot. I was born in Scotland, which I love to tell people because it really surprises them because they're like, what, Scotland? [00:02:53] Like. Yeah. So, my dad was studying in Scotland at the time. So, they happened to be there. So, we spent two [00:03:00] years there. So, not very long. And then we moved from there to England. We spent a bit of time in England, a bit of time in Abu Dhabi. A year in India, where my sister was born. And then my dad actually decided that, so, my parents are from India and had immigrated from India, I think in the seventies, sixties or seventies. [00:03:19] And my dad had decided that he wasn't a hundred percent at home in the UK. There was just something about it that didn't quite feel comfortable. And so, he wanted to see what Australia was like, and so, we rented out our house and everything else moved across here and spent a year here. [00:03:37] They loved it. And so, we went back to the UK to sort out everything out, and then we moved back. And so, by the time I moved permanently to Australia, I was eight. So, it was a lot of moving around before the age of eight, which was challenging. In many ways I found as a child. [00:03:52] Lara Quie: So, you're officially British, then?  [00:03:56] Niti Nadarajah: I have dual citizenship, so, I'm officially British and Australian. [00:04:00] So, there you go. And I'm a non-resident In