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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Linda Jackson

‘I never liked standing still’: how I went from teenage tech enthusiast to a finance leader

Employees walking to work in the city at sunrise
Qualification as a management accountant opens doors across a range of businesses. Photograph: Ezra Bailey/Getty Images

As a teenager Adam Luk was obsessed with having the latest games and gadgets: from playing Pong on an Atari console to owning the latest Nokia phone. More than 20 years later, his passion for new tech is just as strong, but now he has built a career on spotting emerging trends and devising strategies to drive business success.

Today he can be found in Canary Wharf, London, as it continues to undergo a transformation, from a business district to a place where people “live, work and play”, in one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration projects.

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