Dion Nash: A tale of two careers

In this episode, we talk about how Dion met his wife, Former Silver Fern captain Bernice Mene, opening the bowling with Jeff Wilson in Otago, what really happened when Dion, Stephen Fleming and Matt Hart got suspended for smoking pot in South Africa, how he stumbled into a high-profile corporate career soon after retiring from cricket, and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

Show notes | Episode 75 | Dion Nash

1.42 Between two whiskies, and some grooming chat in the Triumph & Disaster headquarters

3.39 A re-visit of the White Line Fever podcast with David Higgins and Shane Cameron and some ND cricket BJ Watling age group reminiscing

7.01 The evolution of Dion Nash: from cricket to business

11.50 Growing up in Dargaville

18.07 The foundation of success: marriage to Bernice Mene

26.37 A Jeff Wilson interlude

32.41 From Auckland Grammar to Otago Uni to the Young Guns

42.39 Lords (56, 6/76 & 5/93)

47.04 Injury

53.24 South Africa 1995

1.09.27 Gilbert Enoka and Pilates

1.19.16 The end of his cricket career and the creation of the Cricket Players Association

1.30.15 Transitioning into a corporate career with 42below

1.41.50 Establishing Triumph & Disaster

1.53.34 Comparing the business career to the cricket career

1.56.14 Last words from Steven, Seamus and Dion

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