In this episode Bharat catches up with Mobeen Akram, national new homes account director at Mortgage Advice Bureau and Ian Andrew, managing director – intermediary sales at Nationwide. The podcast touches on social mobility and the pair reflect on their upbringings and cultural expectations. They discuss the mortgage industry and the need to widen the talent pool to attract diverse talent.

In this episode Bharat speaks to Rupi Hunjan, managing director of Censeo Financial and Andy Mason, head of strategic partnerships and housing at Lloyds Banking Group, as they dig deep into childhood memories, different journeys and accomplishments in the mortgage industry.

In this episode, Bharat catches up with Michele Golunska, CEO at Sesame Bankhall Group, to speak about the company’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

They are also joined by Frank Starling, CEO and founder of Variety Pack, who helped Sesame Bankhall Group to identify and discuss current D&I issues, before implementing strategies and procedures across the company.

In this episode, Bharat speaks with menopause expert Lucinda Pincott about the symptoms of perimenopause and how we can better understand it.

They are also joined by Louise Colley who shares her experiences and tips for businesses to support women going through perimenopause and menopause.

In this episode, Bharat catches up with Dev Malle, chief business development officer at Simplify and Roland McCormack, mortgage distribution director at TSB as they deep dive into how they started in the mortgage industry with a focus on their different backgrounds.

Some of the topics discussed in the podcast include social mobility, intersectionality as well as cultural expectations.

In this episode, Bharat catches up with Ali Crossley, managing director at L&G, to speak about their company initiative of pushing diversity and inclusion forward with their reverse mentoring

programme.

They are joined by a mentor and mentee from the programme; David Ware, senior HR business partner and Morgan Spillane, IT and change management director, to discuss their

learnings and experience.

In this episode, Bharat catches up with Damian Thompson, group managing director at Aldermore and Rob Jupp, group CEO at Brightstar Financial as they deep-dive into their past experiences. The pair recount their journeys and highlight the hurdles they faced along the way to achieving success in the mortgage industry. They also share some valuable tips on progressing your own career and creating opportunities for others.

In this episode, we speak to successful B2L events consultant Richard Thomas from Legal & General and CEO of Bluestone Mortgages, Steve Seal. They discuss their past experiences of being gay men in the mortgage industry and discuss changes in attitudes and the shift in the language used in relation to gay men.

In this episode, we speak to Sidney Wager, intermediary markets director at Barclays, and Martin Reynolds, CEO at SimplyBiz Mortgages. The conversation focuses on unconscious bias, what businesses need to do to change their recruitment processes in order to increase diversity, thinking long-term rather than short-term and increasing curiosity both within the industry and outside the industry to expand the recruitment pool.

In this episode, we speak to marketing and diversity and inclusion consultant and co-founder of Become, Aimée Gaudin and Sarah Green, head of customer acquisition at Virgin Money. The conversation focuses on intersectionality - or the overlapping of a number of different disadvantages - to explore the importance of recognising some very unique experiences of discrimination. We probe the extra pressure some may face through further prejudice and oppression because aspects of their identity intersect with each other