Trainee
𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭. So thank you, Maltha, for this award for all of us.
For me, it’s not about “the star” itself, but about the sky in which that star can appear. A rising star never shines alone. A star becomes visible because there is space, because there is light around it, because the environment makes it possible to shine.
And that is exactly what Maltha feels like. I’m able to grow because I work every day in a culture where trust isn’t the exception but the standard. Where colleagues guide you, challenge you, correct you and support you. Where you’re allowed to make mistakes without being judged, and where taking initiative is seen as something positive, not something risky.
If I am a rising star, it’s because Maltha provides the stage, the oxygen and the direction. Because I’m surrounded by people who share their knowledge, who let me think along, who let me try, who let me fall and get back up again.
A star never shines in the dark and at Maltha, it’s never dark.
That’s why this award feels, above all, like a compliment to our culture. To the way we collaborate, learn, improve and strengthen one another.
I carry it with pride, but even more with gratitude.
Because a rising star doesn’t emerge from talent alone it emerges from an environment that makes growth possible. And that is exactly what Maltha does.