Digital Women Podcast

Charlotte's story is very inspirational, she has had a very interesting and varied career. She's also a very humble leader who at the time of the recording had been awarded an OBE just days before. Something we found out after recording. Charlotte has been involved in capital markets and technology throughout her career - as CEO, Board Advisor and Non-Executive Director - including management positions at Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange. She is the Former CEO of Innovate Finance, the Fintech industry body, where she worked closely with Fintech entrepreneurs, government and regulators. She currently sits on the boards of UK Finance and Freemarket, as well as the Department for International Trade's Financial Services Trade Advisory Group. She also has a boutique consultancy company, Exadin Ltd. She believes firmly in a diverse and innovation-first approach and has promoted diversity in financial services throughout her career. She has been included in the list of top 100 Women in Finance over many years.

Andrea Dunlop is amazing. Not only is Andrea a leader in the payments industry but she strives to help others. Andreas story is inspirational. She is an amazing woman who has done so much and achieved so much. She's authentic, she knows she's not got it sorted yet but she'll carry on until she gets it done. Hear Andrea's story. To round up this episode Shán puts it perfectly: "My heart is full listening to you."

There are very few people that will talk as candidly about their own feelings and experiences so personal and it's something to admire and recognise. But it's important to remember that you don't feel pressurised to tell your story in the same way. This #HerStory is about a woman who looks so sorted again from the outside, you'd worry about connecting with her on Linkedin. But she's a real woman doing amazing things, coping with real-life, motherhood, illness, failure and success. But still curious, still looking forward and looking for a place to have self-expression and get on with it. Kate has given us a recipe about how you can support other women. She also left us with some brilliant takeaways and advice around setting boundaries. About Kate: Kate Bohn has had the "epitome of a 'squiggley career". Having pursued a career in art and academia, Kate then moved into software houses, tech and financial services, finding her place in a digital world "that is not overly populated with individuals who are creative, lateral thinking and female!" Kate is a regular speaker and advocates for diversity in all its forms, and a mentor across the talent pipeline. She is a founding member of the market's 'Balance' network and has been actively involved in ensuring gender equality and opportunities for women in the fintech industry. She is passionate about driving positive challenge and transparency, supporting robust, human-centred outcomes, be that through co-founding a ground-breaking industry utility 20 years ago or engaging with start-ups looking to solve the problems faced within the financial services industry as a whole. Kate is currently contributing as a Co-Editor for a project around fintech leadership and has completed a human-centered design course with Central St Martins for a femtech idea that she has had "bumping around in my brain for the last decade". In 2020, she co-created a community of multi-industry senior women in technology and FS practitioners, organising get-togethers that offer a psychologically safe and supportive environment in which to share common challenges and feel a little less lonely. The longer-term vision for Kate is to bring the communities collective experience together, understand common pain points and create powerful advocacy for change around the barriers.

In this episode, we hear the story of the lovely and courageous woman: Lucy Griffiths. We've heard some hideous life experiences and obstacles that Lucy has dealt with and we've learned that there is such an amazing human being there behind the gloss and through all of this she's still giving it large in a very human and humble way. She also shares tips on how to build a business and a passive income. We've learnt that Lucy is bringing her experience to people and packaging it up into a product and showing other people how to do the same whilst making an income. She's been successful. What's inspiring about this story is that you look at Lucy and she looks amazing and polished, you see success. She's glossy, sorted wonderful but the assumption is that it just an easy trajectory and we can't achieve those things too. But Lucy shows us it is possible through #HerStory. List to hear #HerStory and then share #YourStory.

Introducing #HerStory powered by Digital Women. If you use Technology in your work and life, you’re a Digital Woman – and in today’s world, Technology and Digital are everywhere in how we live and work. Technology & Digital have also ‘levelled the playing field’ in starting and growing your own business – knowing what you need to know/ask/buy/do gives you the edge in making your business grow and thrive. Other women’s stories give us hope, and inspiration; they make us feel understood and welcomed into a Tribe to which all are included. Different experiences make us think, feel and dream. They give us courage, and a kick up the backside! They make us laugh, cry, and help us to imagine how we too can be who we want to be. #HerStory is hosted by Lucy Hall and Shân Millie bringing experience and curiosity to the conversation. We are having a proper conversation that makes you feel like you've sat down with a cuppa with friends who are getting to know each other. Listen for an honest, reflective, funny, interesting, accessible, aspirational but grounded experience. Success is as diverse as we are and we showcasing incredible women stories who: Impact as a Community-builder, StoryTeller, activist, campaigner – plugging into Digital to get it done Impact as a Digital specialist for/in their own business, or someone else’s Impact as an enabler of other women in Technology and Digital including Investor, Trainer, Academic/teacher Impact as a driver of systems change in e.g. regulation, ecosystems, leadership Impact on a national or global stage in enabling the upskilling and reskilling of women to operate with confidence, however, they want, with Technology and Digital

In this episode Lucy talks to Matthew Hughes from Kinetal discussing video marketing on social media. Although not a women in Digital, we wanted to ensure that our community is inclusive and shares insight from all people working in digital. Matt has been making video since 2013 having started his company Kinetal, with the main purpose of filming his wedding in 2014, he started the business with no video experience, no clients and no gear and has since invested over £50,000 in equipment and travelled globally making videos for billion dollar companies through to one man bands. At the end of the podcast Matt gives some great value with his top getting started tips for video.

In this episode Lucy catches with Amber Vellacott, They discuss social media skills, how to get started and what tools are available for creative content. "Amber Vellacott is part of the brand & marketing team at the award-winning search and social marketing agency, Sleeping Giant Media, as well as part of Giant Campus, a digital skills training provider based in Folkestone, Kent. As a millennial, she's a regular user of social media and, luckily, she knows the difference between using it for personal use and for business use. She's keen to inspire people to be more creative with their social media, and won't take any excuses as to why they can't be.

In the First episode of the Digital Women Podcast Lucy Hall, Founder and host Interviews Futrli CEO Hannah Dawson and talks about the digital skills women need and the developments Futrli are making to help SME business owners simplify administration.