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Today we welcome Julia Streets, founder & CEO of Streets Consulting, a business development, marketing & communications consultancy advising a wide range of domestic & international fintech clients.   Formerly global head of communications at Atos Euronext Market Solutions (serving on the ExCo) and head of marketing and sales development at Instinet Europe. Julia is the host of ‘DiverCity Podcast' ranked one of the world's top D&I podcasts - widely recognised for her work in this field. Julia is also a sell-out stand up comedian and a trustee of the charity Street Child.

Join Em Stroud and her clown Barbara as they chat all things Comedy and Business.  How can business be enhanced by comedy?  How does the world of comedy translate into business?  Why are we all so scared of using humour at work?  What does Barbara really think of the stock exchange?  How can a lightness of touch enhance you and your world of work and much much more… Julia Streets' Social Media:  Instagram: juliastreets  LinkedIn: Julia Streets  Twitter: streets_julia  About Julia Streets:  Julia Streets is an entrepreneur, MC, host, speaker and recovering stand up comedian.   She has tread the boards of some of the most prestigious comedy stages including the iconic comedy store in London's Leicester Square and gigged with icons of comedy biggest names, dropping John Cleese as one.   In her business life she is the founder and CEO of a global business development, marketing and communications consultancy. She and her team work with financial services and technology firms around the world, from startups to some of the world's largest financial institutions.   Brummell Magazine, known as the 'City's little black book', has recognised Julia a number of times - as one of their 30 Inspirational Women Influencers,30 Inspirational Women Entrepreneurs and 30 Inspirational Women on Boards. In 2018, Julia was a finalist at the Variety ‘Catherine Awards' celebrating the UK's most inspirational women.   Julia is regularly called up to host conferences, debates and discussions and has interviewed some of the most senior executives around the world.   She - like me - loves the medium of podcast and is the host of her own talking about diversity and inclusion in financial services. With listeners in 50+ countries, she's been named one of the world's leading diversity and inclusion champions and DiverCity Podcast has been listed one of the most influential D&I podcasts globally. 

What better way to launch the 10th series of DiverCity Podcast, than for host Julia Streets to welcome guest Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE. In this far reaching discussion, they reflect on the 30% Club, which Helena founded in 2010, and discuss her role as Chair of the Diversity Project. Helena shares her insights and learning as an industry leader, considers the progression of women on boards worldwide, and expands on the requirements for organisational change. Together they explore Helena's perspectives on new hybrid working models, the importance of mentoring and the role of male champions. Finally, as she reflects on the past decade, Helena explains why financial firms must authentically prioritise diversity and inclusion in order to reap the rewards and harness the commercial and investment opportunities on offer.

Since our launch in 2017, race has been an important topic on DiverCity Podcast. In light of the death of George Floyd triggering demonstrations and protests in the United States and around the world, raising deep seated concerns about systemic racism and spotlighting the Black Lives Matter Movement, we have interrupted our planned schedule to bring you this Special Extended Episode. Host Julia Streets is joined by Dr. Funke Abimbola MBE, Chief Executive Officer at the Austen Bronte Consultancy; Paul Monekosso Cleal OBE, Executive Director at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston University and National Citizen Service Trust and an adviser to Sainsbury’s and FA Premier League; Donna Herdsman, award winning Professional Services Executive, Mentor and Career Coach and Reggie Nelson, Graduate Analyst at Legal and General InvestmentManagement (LGIM). They discuss institutional racism, black representation and retention, what organisations and leaders can do to recognise racism, challenge behaviours and drive change, the language of race, and how best to attract and retain black talent in the financial services industry.

This special episode of DiverCity Podcast was recorded at the Innovate Finance Global Summit 2019 in London, featuring interviews with CEOs from across the industry, each offering insights and opinions about where to find the talent the industry needs. Hear highlights from Charlotte Croswell CEO of Innovate Finance and her further thoughts in her interview. Tom Bull of EY offers early insights into the fintech Census and Alison Rose of NatWest Holdings and RBS updates on the Prime Minister and Treasury’s review of female entrepreneurship ‘The Rose Review’. Tim Levine of Augmentum Capital, Karen Rudich of FireDrake, Adam Toms of Openfin, Ben Brabyn of Level39 and Husayn Kassai of Onfido each offer a wide range of perspectives including how we can best educate and attract young people into fintech, tap into diverse pools, how businesses can scale up and accelerate their pace of change, the changing face of leadership in tech, what we need post Brexit and more.

Co-hosts Edie Lush and Claudia Romo Edelman meet three female comics who challenge bias through their jokes and their lives. “I like to play with stereotypes,” says Irish comic Catherine Bohart. “I like to upend them. I like to use them.” Noam Shuster, an Israeli, took up comedy after she failed in more traditional approaches to peacemaking. “Through comedy and performance you can reach more audiences and diverse audiences and audiences maybe I would have never met.” Sindhu Vee (her real name is Venkatanarayanan. Guess how funny she makes that!) explains that her comedy is powered by the “outsiders gaze” of being a bit different all her life. She was born and raised in South India, became a banker, moved to London and married a Dane (they have 3 kids).  “I think the biggest stereotype is a mother in comedy,” She says. Co-Host Edie Lush notes how similar these three modern female comics seem to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, who fought to break into a man’s world of comedy sixty years ago. That’s a fictional TV show but this is real life, now. Special Guest Julia Streets, a comic in London and host of the DiverCity Podcast, recommends facts and actions for this episode. You will also hear from Ann Cairns, the executive vice chair of MasterCard, sponsor of this season of The Global GoalsCast. A research engineer, she was the first woman to work an oil rig in the North Sea. Edie and Claudia also try their hand at comedy, which is why they are sticking to podcasting.

Host Kimberley Cole joins DiverCity Podcast where she discusses the rising number of women in risk & compliance roles and the quest to eliminate modern day slavery. The episode also looks at the importance of mentorship, collaboration and role models, how regulators themselves are starting to create more diverse teams and the need to attract younger talent as well as the enormity of the challenge of addressing human trafficking and the steps financial institutions and their clients can take to help combat the problem.

DiverCity Podcast (www.divercitypodcast.com) is simply about Diversity and Inclusion in The City – this spans banking, finance, capital markets, entrepreneurship, investment, technology, human resources and government policy. We aim to keep Diversity and Inclusion on the agenda with a fresh perspective, showcasing D&I initiatives and best practice. On each episode we invite recognised leaders and influencers - people who are pioneers in their own right - to talk about areas of transformation, aspects needing greater focus, and offer ideas to help organisations and individuals drive change. DiverCity Podcast is hosted by Julia Streets.