Where She Leads — stories of women who built international careers

Real stories from women who built extraordinary international careers — across industries, borders, and everywhere the world said they didn't belong. Women who went further than anyone thought possible.

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Viki, host of Where She Leads, standing in a coral suit beside a desk

The woman behind the mic

They told me it was impossible.

Australia
Dubai
Europe

Getting sponsored for a corporate role in Australia — from Hungary, without already being there — was simply not possible. That is what everyone told me. I just wanted Australia to be part of my story. I made it happen.

In the past two decades I built a career I am genuinely proud of. Working in male-dominated industries — oil and gas, global tech consulting — living and working across Europe, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Australia, and becoming the youngest manager in my company's history early in my career. The kind of international career many people only dream about. Not through the easy route. Not by settling for less. By refusing to accept that the word "impossible" applied to me. And along the way I met the most extraordinary women — each one proof that the impossible is just the beginning.

I'm Viki — and this is the platform I always wished existed.

Where they led from

Careers built across the map.

Every pin marks where a guest was when her story was recorded — a snapshot of where she was living, working, and leading at that point in her journey. Explore the map and follow their stories around the world.

What it is

The story that rarely gets told.

Extraordinary careers are built in extraordinary circumstances. Most conversations about women's careers focus on the highlight reel. Most conversations about expat life focus on the trailing spouse. Where She Leads tells the story nobody else is telling — the woman who led the move, broke the barrier, built the career in places the world said she didn't belong.

Every episode is a real, unfiltered conversation with a woman who went further than anyone thought possible — covering the ambition, the sacrifices, the identity shifts, and the moments nobody else talks about.

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It's here. And I can't wait to share it with you.

For years I found myself endlessly curious about the women I met along the way. The woman who led the move. The one who built her career in places the world said she didn't belong. The one who carried her family across borders because of her ambition — and figured out everything else along the way. How did she actually get there? What did it cost her? What kept her going when nobody believed it was possible?

I wanted to sit down with every single one of them and just — talk. So I did. Where She Leads is a continuous series of real, unfiltered conversations with women from across industries and continents — corporate leaders, founders, pioneers and trailblazers — each one with a story that needed to be told.

The latest episode — Daytona Beach, Florida — is out now. Follow so you don't miss the next one.

We talk about everything:

The opportunities nobody thought they'd get
The identity shifts nobody warns you about
The relationships tested by relocation
The loneliness that high-achievers rarely admit to
The moment they questioned everything — and the moment they knew it was all worth it

Stories

The stories that need to be told.

Every month we share honest stories from women who built international careers — the moments nobody talks about, the challenges nobody warns you about, and the breakthroughs that make it all worth it.

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Career

The Dream I Carried Across the World

I spent years building a career specifically so that one day, Australia would be possible. Not as a tourist. As a professional with a story worth telling there. Nobody told me how lonely that plan would be.

Career

Why I Built The Platform I Always Wished Existed

Since I was a child I have been fascinated by people's stories. Not the highlight reel. Not the achievements listed on a wall. The real story — the milestones, the turning points, the moments that shaped someone into who they became. I grew up watching documentaries that cracked open a person's life and showed you everything inside. I read books where someone sat down and got completely honest about their journey. I was always the person at the dinner table asking one more question, staying one more hour, wanting to know what happened next.

Share your story

Did you lead the move?

If you built an extraordinary international career — in the corporate world, in startups, or anywhere the world said you didn't belong — and your story is one people said was impossible, I want to hear from you.

Women with international careers across any industry and any country
Trailblazers who built a path where no path existed before them
Any industry, any country combination
Based anywhere in the world — interviews conducted remotely

Get in touch

Let's talk.

Whether you want to be a guest, collaborate, or simply say hello — I'd love to hear from you.

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