#14 - What’s Angel Investing, Anyway? with Sophie Holm and Harveen Gill
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English - June 12, 2020 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBInvesting Business Education wealth gender inequity society culture pay inequality money Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Angel investing -- investing in start-ups -- is rarely talked about as a way to grow wealth for the average investor, particularly women. In this episode, our very own Sophie Holm runs through the basics of angel investing and shares her own experiences. We then welcome Harveen Gill, founder of the EVE Network, an angel investing network for women in the UK.
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Bio:
Harveen Gill is founder and Joint Managing Director of HGA Group - the UK's leading international boutique recruitment and consultancy operator within fashion and retail. www.hga-group.com
With offices in London, Italy, India Turkey and South Africa, 50% of HGA Group's assignments sit in international territories. Clients of HGA Group include mid - sized organisations and blue – chip multiples. The unifying factor being that all are undergoing transformation or turnaround.
Harveen has ensured that her personal ethics, standards and vision underpin every touch point, as she and her team deliver top tier individuals and teams into organisations. Longevity is vital – many of her live client relationships span over a decade. She champions assignments within international and emerging markets whilst acting as brand ambassador for the business. Harveen is also Board Advisor to a select number of technology established start - ups, including gowherewolf.com.
Her retail career includes working for John Lewis, New Look and Topshop.
Although recruitment is the staple for HGA Group, Harveen has introduced a number of other services as below:
Career Development Service to potentialise an individual’s ambition, B to B Growth service, to manage the growth planning and showcasing of an organisations product or services to targeted audiences.In Jan 2020, Harveen co – founded EVE – a Female Angel Investor Community, to help “move the dial” in this area where females are overwhelmingly underrepresented, EVE completed it’s first deal in April 2020.
At EVE, our mission is to create a like-minded female business community. The UK has amongst the most active Angel Investor, but women are shockingly underrepresented in the investment community. Around 15% of all Angel Investors in the UK are female yet females own 48% of the UK’s net wealth.