Episode 85: Anna Potapova, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships at AB Handshake

"I bring a little bit of that wildness into my meetings and my conferences! Our industry needs it!" — Anna Potapova, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships at AB Handshake, in conversation with Anurag Aggarwal

From a mountain hostel in the middle of nowhere…

sitting on the floor with a laptop on her pillow…

choosing between her dream FMCG company and a telecom startup she had known for just one month —

Anna didn't hesitate for even an hour. She chose the mission. And she never looked back!

In this episode of Humans of Telecom, Anna opens up about:

🌍 How she turned down Procter & Gamble to join a telecom startup — because purpose always mattered more than prestige

🛡️ Why fighting telecom fraud isn't just about protecting operators — it's about protecting real people, families, and their finances

🏄 The corporate powerhouse who disappears into Morocco with a backpack, a surfboard, and ten strangers in a hostel — and loves every second of it!

🧘 A certified yoga teacher who practices almost every day — not to teach others, but to stay grounded, recharged, and truly herself

🐘 Toto — the baby elephant she adopted in Kenya through the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, because giving back is never just about the big gestures

💍 A wedding this summer in the most personal of announcements — on this very podcast — to a wonderful man from Mallorca who made Spain feel like home!

🌺 A mother who ran her own business and never once limited her daughter's imagination — and whose entrepreneurial spirit lives on in everything Anna does

❤️ And her definition of being human — love. Not just the romantic kind, but love as a philosophy, a compass, and the most powerful force in a world full of conflict!

From Valencia to Washington DC to Morocco to Kenya —

Anna is proof that the boldest careers are built not on the safest choices, but on the ones that make your heart say yes without hesitation!

🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform, and follow Humans of Telecom for more extraordinary voices shaping the industry and inspiring the human spirit!

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