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Country Director Emma Halls has come a long way since she joined Hydrogen as a trainee in 2002. After gaining experience as a consultant in Hydrogen's specialist finance business, Finance Professionals, Emma became a team leader in 2003.

Identifying and fast tracking the development of potential future leaders is key to Hydrogen's success and by 2008 Emma's effectiveness in her role, combined with her interest in working abroad, led to her being selected to head up Hydrogen's new office in Sydney. Emma had travelled in Australia in 2000 after university, so she already had an idea of what it would be like to live in Sydney. In addition, her time in Finance Professionals' City division had given her first-hand experience of the two-way migratory path that exists between the London and Sydney professional markets.

Before her move to Sydney in 2008, Emma went through an intensive development process, so that she would take on her new role feeling well prepared and fully supported. The focus was on coaching and communication. She says: "I was moving to the other side of the world and it was not going to be easy. How I communicated and used the different subject matter experts in Hydrogen was going to be key. A lot of emphasis was put on ensuring I had strong relationships with key stakeholders."

Under Emma's leadership, the Australian office has grown impressively – with NFI growth of 430% over the past two years. "We have imported staff from our London office which has really helped us to build momentum and ensure we maintain the highly productive Hydrogen culture," Emma explains. "We prioritised which markets to attack first, based on growth opportunities locally. Importing highly skilled candidates from our global pools into the local market has been key to our success here."

Emma Halls has now returned to the UK to head up the practice areas of power and mining.

Interested in a career at Hydrogen? Email your CV to careers@hydrogengroup.com

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