S06E02: Career Technologist – The Five People Who Shaped Trevor Hunt

Julia Duthie sits down with Trevor Hunt for a warm, reflective and deeply human conversation about the five people who helped shape his life.

Trevor is a career technologist, portfolio executive and fractional leader whose career has taken him through major financial organisations including Nomura, UBS, Columbia Threadneedle and MUFG Investor Services, with chapters in Japan, Singapore and New York. But this conversation is not really about job titles. It is about the people behind the journey.

Trevor brings his five to life through memories, photographs and stories, from the father figures who taught him hard work, discipline and passion, to the friend who has stood beside him since his teenage years, to Lizzie, his wife of 35 years, whose care and steadiness have shaped his life and family.

He also shares the leadership lessons he learned from Eugene O’Brien, including the human impact of redundancy and the importance of balancing work, family and self. And finally, Trevor talks about Ray Bricknell — the man who believed in him at a pivotal point and helped him step into the next chapter of his career.

At the heart of this episode is a beautiful idea:

The people who influence us are often the people who believe in us.

A conversation about father figures, lifelong friendship, marriage, leadership, work, care, music, cars, and the moments when someone sees something in you before you fully see it yourself.

00:00 Welcome to People Are Everything

01:16 Why Julia loves conversations with Trevor

02:47 Trevor’s 60th, the Decades party and becoming a grandpa

06:06 Trevor’s career in technology and financial services

09:50 How Trevor chose his five people

12:27 Trevor’s visual approach to his five influencers

14:06 Number 1: Father figures

14:53 Roy Hunt — Trevor’s dad and the value of hard work

20:23 Peter Stanford — discipline, pride and history

23:05 Uncle Pete — cars, Brands Hatch and James Hunt

26:26 Trevor’s Formula One driving experience

31:00 Number 2: Paul Charlwood and lifelong male friendship

38:22 Fathers, love and how different generations showed affection

40:25 Number 3: Lizzie, the love of Trevor’s life

43:49 Lizzie’s career as a cancer specialist nurse

48:27 How Trevor and Lizzie met in a nightclub

49:57 Number 4: Eugene O’Brien and leadership in Japan

52:12 The work, family and me-time balance

56:12 The human impact of redundancies

1:02:10 Number 5: Ray Bricknell, the man who believed in Trevor

1:08:34 Just as important: Trevor’s mum and sister

1:10:02 Patrick Lencioni, Marshall Goldsmith and future guests

1:13:50 Samhita Rao and who Julia should speak to next

1:16:08 Trevor’s alternative fives

1:16:38 Top five albums of all time

1:19:51 Final reflections

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