{"id":57894,"date":"2025-10-17T08:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/en-us\/?post_type=video&#038;p=57894"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:47:01","slug":"business-lessons","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/en-us\/resources\/video-hub\/from-field-to-firm\/episodes\/business-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Business lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n    class=\"wp-block-accordion edwp-block layout--spacing-y bg--none\"\n    >\n    <div class=\"wp-block-accordion__container\">\n\n        <div class=\"edwp-component edwp-fade-in\">\n        <p class=\"wp-component-heading wp-component-content__eyebrow text--h5\">\n    Episode 1<\/p>    <h2 class=\"wp-component-heading wp-component-content__title text--h1\">\n    Business lessons<\/h2>                <div class=\"wp-component-content__content wp-component-content__content--cols-1 wysiwyg\">\n                            <div class=\"wp-component-content__column\">\n                    <p>Following our recent campaign, which looks at the parallels between CEOs and professional athletes, we held a mirror to our own people to delve a bit deeper.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring:<\/p>\n<p>Associate General Counsel, Portia Thornhill. Portia represented Durham University for lacrosse and tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Partner, Craig Rich. Craig earned a baseball scholarship at the University of Oklahoma and played throughout college. <\/p>\n<p>Consultant, Dorian Isaacson. Dorian\u2019s background is in swimming. He\u2019s represented South Africa internationally and holds SA records.<\/p>\n<p>From representing the Midlands and the University of Bath at netball, to rowing at Henley, Manager Catherine Long has excelled across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Manager, James Tapper, represented his county for cricket in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Marketing, Emma Windsor, has played high-level tennis from aged 14 and received a full tennis scholarship to university in the States.<\/p>\n<p>Partner Danielle Croucher. 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