10. Using Your Expertise To Quietly Build Your Portfolio Career With Andy Burns

Andy has spent his career in public finance and has recently built a portfolio career as a consultant, advising organisations in the public sector on their finance and governance issues.   We spoke initially about whether introverts were better suited to particular types of professions and if stereotypes are relevant and useful. We then talked about how Andy has moved from a career in senior in house roles to use his expertise to build his portfolio career. He outlined how he has become the trusted adviser in his sector, working firmly behind the scenes to help his clients succeed through some difficult challenges. He shared how he likes to get other people to shout about him, rather than doing it himself! The subject of values, and working in accordance with your values, comes up with every podcast guest, so I was particularly interested in learning how Andy’s values align so completely with his portfolio of clients. And finally I couldn’t resist asking him about open plan offices!   Marketing for Introverts is created and hosted by Jenny Procter of Bondfield Marketing, find out more here https://bondfieldmarketing.co.uk/marketing-for-introverts/   Resources To find out more about Andy and to connect with him go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-burns-fcpfa-mba-748b3013/ or @andrewnburns on Twitter   If you are one of the 68% of introverted business owners who hate putting themselves out there you can sign up for my free guide. It’s called “Being the face of your service business: From hating it to loving it in 5 steps”. https://www.subscribepage.com/face-of-your-service-business-5-steps   And if you sign up, I’ll make sure you are among the first people to receive each new episode to your inbox every fortnight!