Deirdre Hughes is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, Institute for Employment Research (IER) in Coventry, England. She is an international careers practitioner, researcher, trainer, and senior policy adviser. For seven years, she led and co-edited an international series of Special Issue Journals on behalf of the British Journal for Guidance and Counselling. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen’s Honorary Medal (2012) for her services to lifelong guidance. Füsun Akkök, Emerita Professor of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, has more than 40 years of academic and practical experience in guidance and counselling. She is a prolific trainer, writer and lifelong guidance international expert working for international organisations, including Cedefop (CareersNet Country Expert), The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the European Training Foundation (ETF), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Bank. Gideon Arulmani is a Clinical Psychologist with an M.Phil., in Medical and Social Psychology and a doctoral degree in Career Psychology from the University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the Founder and Managing Trustee of The Promise Foundation, Bangalore, India. His interests lie in the interdisciplinary understanding the human potential. He has developed the Cultural Preparation Process Model of Career Development and formulated comprehensive culture-resonant systems of career counseling for India and other countries.