Women Leaders in Finance

We sit down with Terri Duhon who is Non-Executive Director and Risk Chair at Morgan Stanley to discuss her journey to becoming a board member, how leading by example can be a simple solution to diversity challenges and what risks financial institutions should be monitoring in 2020.

We sit down with Stephanie Smith who is Chief Operating Officer at Allianz Insurance to discuss how to promote diversity and inclusion at the workplace, how to deal with setbacks in your career journey and what impact digital innovation and technology are having on the insurance customer journey.

We sit down with Michelle McGrade who is Advisor to the Investment Committee at Sainsbury’s Pension Scheme to discuss best practices for women to deal with challenges at the workplace, how to transition successfully into a non-executive role and what is the future of the investment industry with ongoing digital innovation

We sit down with Sabine VanderLinden who is Partner at Rainmaking Insurtech to discuss how you can learn from bad career choices, the value of executive coaching and mentoring to succeed at the senior level and how Rainmaking is helping shape a strong InsurTech community in Europe.

We sit down with Andrea Santolalla who is Chief Operating Officer at Hiscox Special Risks to discuss what challenges she faced as a female professional within the insurance industry, how positive discrimination can help overcome some of the issues affecting women in financial services and how she handles the new threat of digital risk in her current role.

We sit down with Dorthe Hahr Dupont who is Head of Nordea Ventures to discuss the importance of diversity to run a successful business; her advice to women in the industry trying to go for senior roles and the key factors for successful partnerships between FinTech startups and incumbents.

We sit down with Karen McCormick who is Chief Investment Officer at Beringea in London to share some of the challenges she faced in her career; what initiatives can firms in the venture capital industry adopt to improve female talent retention and the current climate and future trends in the late stage FinTech investments.

We sit down with Fiona Hathorn who is CEO of Women on Boards UK to discuss how family background shapes future female leaders and her efforts supporting and inspiring women to pursue non-executive roles at the board level.

We sit down with Denise Le Gal who is Chair of Brunel Pension Partnership in London to discuss how family plays a key role in supporting women in their career pursuits, unrealistic expectations set to successful female leaders and what fund managers she is backing in today's investment landscape.

We sit down with Catherine Lewis La Torre who is CEO at British Patient Capital and British Business Investments in London to discuss how women can push the boundaries of the box in both their personal and work lives, how to maximise your networks to open new opportunities and what is the UK landscape for growth and venture investing.

We sit down with Deborah Zurkow who is Global Head of Alternatives at Allianz Global Investors in London to discuss how she manages to juggle family life with work commitments; what can firms in the private equity industry do to improve female talent retention and the current climate and future trends in the infrastructure and private debt markets.

We sit down with Maria Scott who is CEO and Founder of TAINA Technology in London to discuss her journey as an entrepreneur and what made her leave her job in the law industry; how tech providers can work effectively with financial institutions; how to encourage diversity at the workplace and adopt effective maternity leave policies that encourage women to grow in a company.

We sit down with Yodia Lo who is responsible for Hedge Funds, Credit and Co-Investments at Church Commissioners for England to discuss the diversity and hiring challenges within the alternative investment industry; talk about whether LPs should use gender or other diversity criteria as part of their fund selection process; and what is the outlook for the private debt market and where the opportunities lie.

We sit down with Becky Pinkard who is Chief Information Security Officer at Aldermore Bank in London to discuss the challenges she faced working in a male dominated industry such as cybersecurity; talk about the initiatives she is part of to support the next generation of women business leaders; how she battled the prejudice and discrimination she faced as well as the biggest cybersecurity threats financial institutions are facing today.

We sit down with Diana Moldovan who is UKI Cyber Operations Lead at Aviva in London to discuss the challenges she faced during her career in a male dominated industry such as cybersecurity; share her advice to the next generation of women business leaders; how to tackle the current challenges within the sector and the future trends in the cybersecurity market for financial services.