Shant Oknayan is the Head of Global Business Solutions at ByteDance (TikTok) across Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. He joins us to discuss his role in building the regional footprint of one of the fastest growing startups globally. In this episode we zoom in on challenges of leading in a pandemic and we focus on culture. We discuss the evolution of our digital lives and we close with a deeply personal story from Shant and we learn about its impact on his leadership style. You can find Shant on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shant-oknayan/ For more on the show visit: www.conversationswithloulou.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices