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Women in Finance

32 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 34 ratings

Female professionals in finance and investing share their story and insights from the world of finance to get you inspired. Learn from fearless real women about their journey in the industry, motivation, investing philosophy and skills they learned along the way. Find out what these incredible women wish they knew starting out. Subscribe, listen in and find your next role model!

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Inclusive Innovation in Banking, Lessons of Leadership and Mentorship for Women in Finance, Build Confidence to Become a Great Leader - Shail Deep, Chief Product Officer for TransUnion

May 30, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Shail Deep joined TransUnion in 2019 as Chief Product Officer. With over 20 years’ experience across retail banking and technology consulting, Shail’s role involves fuelling new product innovation, ensuring robust product quality and delivery, sourcing and incorporating new data assets and delivering valuable analytics insights and solutions.   Previously Shail spent 16 years at HSBC, where she was Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation for HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Manag...

Authenticity as the Key to Great Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Startups as Empowerment Tools, Meaningful Connections, Supporting Women Fundraise and Disrupt the Tech Space - Lisa-Marie Fassl, Co-Founder of Female Founders

May 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

Lisa-Marie Fassl is the co-founder and CEO of Female Founders, Europe’s fastest growing community of female entrepreneurs. Lisa and her co-founder, Nina Wöss, set up Female Founders to empower women to start and scale ventures, as well as to tap into wider pools of leadership opportunities. Female Founders’ core accelerator program is now the go-to accelerator for women entrepreneurs looking for a comprehensive and inclusive program ranging topics from finance to mental health. Lisa is also ...

Embedded Finance, Lifestyle Banking, and Other Fintech Trends, To Be Inspired Be Inspiring, Use Stereotypes to Your Advantage, Honest Advice for Entrepreneurs - Elif Ulbrich, Founder of Contextual Solutions

April 04, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Elif Ulbrich is the co-founder of Contextual Solutions, a Berlin-based strategy consultancy, coaching and publication agency focused on fintech and legaltech. Elif and her team help entrepreneurs, SMEs, and corporations enter the ecosystem and strengthen their positions in the market by outsourcing the necessary tools and ideal or by facilitating connections to the network of experts. Elif is an avid avocate for diversity and digitization across industries. Elif was trained as a banking lawy...

Forward Looking Green Investing, The Time Value of Carbon, Why Geography, Product and Industry are The Most Important Aspects in Your Career - Gabriela Herculano, CEO and Co-Founder of iClima Earth

February 14, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MB

Gabriela Herculano is the co-founder and CEO of iClima Earth, a leading green fintech that focused on helping investors find climate champions, i.e. listed companies that can decarbonise the planet. Gabriela has been an investor in the renewable energy space for many years and today she shares her journey from starting off as a financial analyst in Brazil to pioneering the impact green fintech space and launching the first equity benchmark composed of Climate Champions or listed securities t...

Breaching the Glass Ceiling with a Continuous Learning Mentality, Hard Work, and a Good Network - Margaret Reid, Senior Portfolio Manager at Union Bank

February 07, 2022 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB

Margaret Reid is the Senior Portfolio Manager at The Private Bank at Union Bank. Margaret manages a broad array of investment portfolios on behalf of high-net-worth clients, trusts, foundations, and non-profit organizations. She works with a team of specialists in The Private Bank, and exclusive part of Union Bank, to provide wealth planning, investments, risk management, trust and estate services, and banking advice to clients and advisors. Across her career, Margaret has been committed to...

Launching Asia's First Financial Education Platform for Women, Thriving as Remote Entrepreneurs, Enabling Women to Invest with and behind Other Women - Tanya Rolfe, Nicole Denholder, co-founders of Sophia

January 31, 2022 18:30 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Tanya Rolfe and Nicole Denholder are the co-founders of Sophia, a newly launched platform dedicated to helping women manage their wealth and learn about investing. Sophia is the first platform taking a gender lens in financial education and inclusion in Asia. Both Tanya and Nicole have channeled their wealth of experience as investors (at Her Capital and Next Chapter Ventures) and advisors in and to women and women-led businesses.  In this conversation, Tanya and Nicole make the case for wo...

Follow your Passion but Say No, Operational Finance Best Practices - Katerina Nichols, Principal at Torque Partners

November 22, 2021 17:30 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

Katerina Nichols wears several hats: interim chief financial officer, head of finance, controller, operational finance consultant, and Principal at Torq Partners, a Berlin-based consultancy and solution provider for building and optimising operating processes with a specialisation on the office of the CFO.  Katerina has a wealth of experience and knowledge around financial processes and solutions, having worn multiple hats across her career from investment controller to interim CFO. Katerin...

Follow your Passion but Say No, Operational Finance Best Practices - Katerina Nichols, Principal at Torq Partners

November 22, 2021 17:30 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

Katerina Nichols wears several hats: interim chief financial officer, head of finance, controller, operational finance consultant, and Principal at Torq Partners, a Berlin-based consultancy and solution provider for building and optimising operating processes with a specialisation on the office of the CFO.  Katerina has a wealth of experience and knowledge around financial processes and solutions, having worn multiple hats across her career from investment controller to interim CFO. Katerin...

Hedge Fund Veteran Investor and Portfolio Manager, Author of Damsel in Distressed - Dominique Mielle

November 08, 2021 17:30 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Dominique Mielle has spent 20 years as distressed bond investor, partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital, a $25bn hedge fund. Dominique was one of the very few hedge fund managers in the world when she retired from Canyon in 2018.  In her memoir Damsel in Distressed published on September 7, 2021, Dominique offers more than just her insider view into the world of hedge funds – through her memoir, Dominique sets precedence for women who want a career investing and feel there i...

First Female Credit Trader at Citi on Outsourced Trading - Meghan Siripurapu, Head of Credit and Fixed Income at Meraki Global Advisors

October 29, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB

Meghan Siripurapu is the Head of Credit and Fixed Income at Meraki Global Advisors, a leading outsourced trading platform servicing hedge funds, family offices, traditional asset managers, and corporates. Meghan started her career in investment banking focusing on fixed income capital markets and witness the Global Financial Crisis from the trading floor of Citi Bank in New York. She later moved to Loomis, Sayles and Company as a bond trader, before joining Meraki in April 2021. In this int...

Skill-building Approach to your Dream Career and Why Every Woman Should Learn About Investing with Andrea Fernandez, Co-Founder of Vitamin

October 04, 2021 15:55 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MB

Andrea Fernandez is the Co-founder and CEO of Vitamin, a financial platform focusing on providing women with guidance and tools to manage their wealth. Vitamin launched earlier this year and offers online courses aimed to build financial knowledge. Before starting Vitamin, Andrea had an illustrious career spanning from equity research analyst on Wall Street to Chief Merchandising Officer at FreshDirect, to Head of European Corporate Strategy at Allianz in Germany. In this conversation we un...

Trends in Global Private Equity and Venture Capital and Advice for Breaking into Private Equity or Venture Capital from INSEAD Professor Claudia Zeisberger

September 20, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB

Claudia Zeisberger is the Senior Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences and Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD Business School. Claudia Zeisberger is a published Author and Founder of the INSEAD PE & VC centre (GPEI). Before joining INSEAD in 2005, she spent 16 years in global investment banking. Professor Zeisberger is actively involved in entrepreneurial ecosystems globally and devotes a significant amount of her time to mentor early stage companies; she was recently invited...

New CEO in Times of Crisis with Jennifer Palmer, Gerber Finance

August 30, 2021 16:30 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

Jennifer Palmer is the Chief Executive Officer of Gerber Finance Inc., a bespoke asset-based lending solutions provider fo high-growth companies. Jennifer became CEO on January 1st 2020, a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the world. Listen to Jennifer speak about her lessons learned from being the new CEO in times of crisis. Visit the Women in Finance Podcast website for the show notes and to sign up for our newsletter.

Secrets of Couples That Work with Jennifer Petriglieri, INSEAD Associate Professor

August 03, 2021 07:45 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Jennifer Petriglieri is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at INSEAD where she also directs the Executive Education Management Acceleration Program, the Women Leaders Programme and the INSEAD Gender Diversity Programme. An award-winning researcher and teacher, Jennifer has been investigating how individuals craft and sustain their personal and professional identities in contexts characterized by uncertainty, such as mobile careers or organizations and professions in crisis. ...

Secrets of Couples That Work with Jennifer Petriglieri

August 03, 2021 07:45 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Jennifer Petriglieri is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at INSEAD where she also directs the Executive Education Management Acceleration Program, the Women Leaders Programme and the INSEAD Gender Diversity Programme. An award-winning researcher and teacher, Jennifer has been investigating how individuals craft and sustain their personal and professional identities in contexts characterized by uncertainty, such as mobile careers or organizations and professions in crisis. ...

Why all Skills are Relevant for a Successful Career in Finance with Alexandra McGuigan

July 12, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

Alexandra McGuigan is the Global Development Director for 100 Women in Finance, formerly known as 100 Women in Hedge Funds, a global industry association for professionals who work in the alternative investment and broader finance industry. You can hear Alexandra speak about the commendable and very ambitious mission of the organization, and also about her own work with fund managers in the industry to help advance those goals.  A sales and marketing strategist with a specialisation in alte...

Why all Skills are Relevant for a Successful Career in Finance and Tools to Improve Diversity in the Investing World with Alexandra McGuigan

July 12, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

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Keys to a Successful Career in Finance and Lessons Learned from Global Financial Crises with Pilar Junco

June 28, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MB

Pilar Junco is a Managing Partner and the Chief Strategy and Client Officer at Altamar, a leading global asset manager based in Europe and the largest one in Spain. Before joining Altamar and relocating to her native Spain in 2019, Pilar spent 13 years with Blackstone in London where most recently she was a Senior Managing Director and Head of the EMEA and APAC Private Wealth Management and Retail business. Earlier in her career Pilar worked at the Financial Times, JP Morgan and the Boston C...

Pilar Junco – Managing Partner and Chief Strategy and Client Officer at Altamar on the power of perseverance and lessons learned from major global crises

June 28, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MB

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The Journey in between being a Macroeconomist, Hotelier, and Writer with Oana Aristide

June 17, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Oana Aristide, a macroeconomist by background who started her career at the Romanian Central Bank where she also worked with the office of the Romanian Prime Minister. She has worked as Chief Economist at Dun & Bradstreet in London before leaving it all to manage a boutique eco-hotel on the island of Syros in Greece. As if the refurbishment project of turning a heritage villa into a hotel would not have been challenging enough, the global pandemic delayed the formal opening of Hotel Aristide...

Oana Aristide - on the journey in between being a macroeconomist, hotelier and writer

June 17, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

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University Endowment Investing and Mentorship in Finance Careers with Lois Cox

May 24, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

Lois Cox is the Chief Investment Officer of the KSU Foundation, where she leads the investment team of the endowment pool of her Alma Mater the Kansas State University. Lois has spent over 30 years in investment management working with endowment, insurance, pension, and family office investors.  In our conversation, Lois shares insights into endowment portfolio management and fund manager selection. We also talk about mentorship, why it’s helpful and more importantly how to get access to me...

Lois Cox – Chief Investment Officer at KSU Foundation on endowment investing and mentorship

May 24, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

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Lai-Song Man – Sr. Investment Professional at CAM Alternatives on fund-of-funds investment philosophy and process

April 27, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

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Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Investing with Lai-Song Man

April 27, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

Lai-Song Man is a senior investment professional at CAM Alternatives, a partner-led investment management firm focused on alternative assets and headquartered in Cologne, Germany. With over €4.5bn assets under management and a team of 40, CAM Alternatives offers a range of products from comingled funds to bespoke solutions.  Lai-Song gives an insight into the firm’s investment philosophy and speaks about how both emerging and established fund investments are evaluated. We also talk about pe...

Alifia Doriwala - Managing Director and Partner at Rock Creek on Impact Investing

April 13, 2021 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

Reach out to Alifia on LinkedIn. Visit the Women in Finance website for the show notes and to register to our newsletter.

Impact Investing and Global Multi Asset Portfolio Management Insights from Alifia Doriwala

April 13, 2021 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

Alifia Doriwala is a Managing Director and Partner at RockCreek, a leading global investment management firm that applies data-driven technology and innovation to investing. Alifia is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, co-CIO on multi asset class portfolios and is involved in portfolio management, asset allocation and investment decisions across alternative and traditional asset classes. An active investor, she sources, directs, and manages relationships with top-quartile public an...

Early Stage Venture Capital Investing and Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurship with Jenny Lefcourt

February 04, 2021 19:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Jenny Lefcourt is a General Partner at Freestyle Capital, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm. As an entrepreneur, operator, board member, advisor and investor, Jenny has worked in and around tech companies for the past 20 years. Jenny is a co-founder of the AllRaise, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to accelerating the success of female founders and funders towards a more prosperous and equitable future. Visit the Women in Finance website for the show notes and to registe...

Jenny Lefcourt – Serial entrepreneur and GP at Freestyle Capital on early-stage VC investing and blending work and play

February 04, 2021 19:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Connect with Jenny on Twitter and via the Freestyle Capital website. Visit the Women in Finance website for the show notes and to register to the WiF newsletter.  

Nadine Terman – Founder, CEO and CIO of Solstein Capital on why not to be the industry’s best kept secret

February 01, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

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Hedge Fund Investing and Finance Career Insights with Nadine Terman

February 01, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Nadine Terman is the Founder, CEO and CIO of Solstein Capital, LLC. Nadine oversees both investment and operations functions and leads the firm as a Managing Member. With over twenty-five years of experience, Nadine manages tactical, global portfolios for institutional, family office and high net worth clients. Visit the Women in Finance website for the show notes and to register to the WiF newsletter.

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February 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 minute - 1.09 MB

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