I Thought I Wanted to Be Managing Partner: Suzi Sendama on Redefining Ambition

Send us Fan MailSuzi Sendama once had her sights set on becoming Managing Partner of Mishcon de Reya. Instead, after 12 years at the firm, she took a leap into the unknown and built a legal career entirely on her own terms.Now a Partner at Level, Suzi advises artists, designers, musicians and other creative entrepreneurs. She joins Hannah and Sarah to talk about trusting her instincts, finding clients through genuine connection and why ambition doesn’t disappear when you leave the traditional path, it simply changes shape.They also discuss motherhood, autonomy and Suzi’s determination to have a successful career, time with her children and a life that still feels like her own, even if she can’t have all of those things at exactly the same moment.A refreshingly honest conversation about redefining success, backing yourself and building a career around the life you actually want.If You Ask Me is sponsored by BlckBx, the life admin personal assistant behind professional working families - saving you time, mental load and giving you back your energy.Sign up at blckbx.co.uk and get 10% off with code Blue10If You Ask Me is also sponsored by Rock Legal Search, a legal recruitment agency run by Tom Coode-Bate. Tom combines a depth of experience from a decade in private practice, an extensive network in the London legal market, and a focus on honesty and integrity to assist talented lawyers in making the moves that are right for them.https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-coode-bate-19b72b30/