4-4 Leading Ladies: Women's Stories of Success

03/27/25 • 29 min

Join us for a candid and deeply personal conversation with Sirva Senior Vice Presidents, Hannah Richardson and Sally Tomte. They open up about the raw challenges of navigating the workplace, while offering invaluable insights into hurdles they've overcome and the strategies they've developed to successfully juggle motherhood and executive leadership.

Hannah Richardson is currently the Senior Vice President of Sirva's Global Strategic Services. Hannah is responsible for a portfolio of multi-national client engagements, strategic partnership, and business alignment to help drive the client agenda. With over 20 years of experience in talent mobility, Hannah has a deep understanding of the macro trends shaping the industry and understands strategic client requirements.

Sally Tomte is Senior Vice President, Global Customer Experience and Operations for Sirva. She has senior oversight for the global experience delivery teams that guide relocating employees through their relocation or assignment journey. She also oversees the Sirva transformation team that continuously enhances experience through the blend of digital and human solutions.
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4-5 Insights from Harvard Business School: How Global Talent Mobility can be a Driving Force for International Growth

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In this episode, we have specially invited William (Bill) Kerr, D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School to talk about how global talent mobility can be a driving force for international growth. Bill will share more about the rise of talent clusters, return migration, the flow of knowledge and its impact on the economy.

William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures program. Bill is a recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship and Harvard's Distinction in Teaching award. His recent book is The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society.

Kate Rothwell has been an accomplished global mobility professional for more than 25 years. She joined Sirva in 2011 as Director, Global Account Management, bringing experience in account management, operations, and leadership from her roles in global mobility teams and as a service partner.

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Sirva Soundbites - 4-4 Leading Ladies: Women's Stories of Success

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Hi. Welcome to Sirva Soundbites, where we aim to connect, inform, educate, and entertain our listeners. I'm Hannah Richardson, senior Vice President, global Strategic Services at Sirva, and we are very honored to have Sally Tote, SVP, global Customer Experience Operations at Sirva.

Hannah Richardson: Join us on our podcast today.

Sally Tomte: Thank you, Hannah. Hello everyone. I'm Sally. I'm thrilled to be with you all today.

Hannah