One minute with … Hamish Davies, Global Chief Growth Officer at Wavemaker

Hamish Davies: Hi, I’m Hamish Davies.

I am Chief Growth Officer at Wavemaker Worldwide and I’m also the Diversity and Inclusion Champion for the company.

Interviewer: And what does that mean?

Hamish Davies: It’s my job to make sure that diversity-inclusion is very much on our senior agenda.

Interviewer: Why do you love your line of work?

Hamish Davies: Because no day is the same, and I get to work with cool people.

Interviewer: What’s the best professional wisdom anyone’s ever given you?

Hamish Davies: Do something you love.

Interviewer: What has been the theme of your career?

Hamish Davies: Commitment.

Focus.

Taking care of clients, and taking care of my people.

Interviewer: Which habit have you had to break to become a more effective leader?

Hamish Davies: Micromanaging.

Interviewer: When you hit a creative block, how do you unstick yourself?

Hamish Davies: We work on the River Thames, so I just walk down the river.

Interviewer: Which industry hot topic do you wish we would stop talking about?

Hamish Davies: D&I.

Because if we solved the D&I issues, we wouldn’t have to talk about it.

Interviewer: If you hadn’t chosen this career path, what do you think you’d be doing right now?

Hamish Davies: I would have liked to have been an architect.

Interviewer: How do you inspire the next generation of creative minds?

Hamish Davies: Give them good challenges, and then give them the time and resources to go and find solutions themselves.