When Sanjeev Gandhi was called into the office of German chemical company BASF’s managing director, the young salesman was “tentative and concerned”.

It was a meeting that would go on to change the course of his career.

On this week’s episode, BOSS editor Sally Patten sits down with the CEO of mining services giant Orica to find out how an unexpected opportunity paved the way to executive leadership.

This week’s episode was sponsored by Aussie Broadband.

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