CEO Of Octopus Investments, Ruth Handcock
Her Future Bright Podcast
English - September 28, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 57.2 MBCareers Business Entrepreneurship finance inspiring women career Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ruth Handcock is Chief Executive Officer at Octopus Investments with overall responsibility for retail products and fundraising. Prior to this she was a founding employee at Tandem, a new UK Challenger Bank, and was responsible for achieving their banking licence and overseeing proposition and company build. Ruth started her career with 8 years in strategic consultancy before joining Bacardi as Finance Director of their Martini & Cognac portfolios.
As part of her career, Ruth spent a year working in the Ministry of Trade in Sierra Leone to attract overseas investment and still oversees the running of a primary school in Freetown. Ruth is Governor and Founder at Bolingbroke Academy, a non-selective state secondary school and is also involved in the FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring program helping increase female participation on Boards.
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