Perspectives by Women in Securities Finance

Elaina Kim Benfield and Betsy Coyne are joined by Andy Bernstein, creator of the 7-step process named Active Insight, teacher at Wharton Executive Education and founder of the Resilience Academy. Andy teaches us how resiliency comes from changing your mindset about stress and learning to think differently in the face of a challenge.

Learn more about the Resilience Academy here: Resilience Academy – Calmer, Clearer, Happier.

Marney McCabe and Brooke Gillman have always been competitors, but now they are also personal and professional friends. Morgan Hillenbrand unlocks their story and teaches us why female allyship is critical to advancing women.

Women in the Workplace 2023 report | McKinsey

In anticipation of International Women's Day, WISF co-founder, Elaina Kim Benfield asked two inspiring female entrepreneurs, Tessa Jenkins, founder of The Works studio, and Kristen Sapp founder of Orange Lotus to join us and share their experiences in stepping out of their comfort zones and starting successful businesses.

WISF co-founder, Elaina Kim Benfield speaks with Stephanie Movahhed, an Executive and Leadership Coach for Krishtel, about navigating difficult conversations, setting boundaries, letting go of perfectionism and people-pleasing, and remembering you always have a choice.

Learn more about Krishtel here: https://www.krishtel.com

You can find Stephanie on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smovahhed

Harpreet Bains of J.P. Morgan was joined by Selina Suresh, Co-CEO of The Culture Practice, for an enlightening discussion about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, navigating DEI fatigue, generating measurable goals, creating practical changes in the workplace, and how micro exercises lead to macro changes.

Francesca Sanzone of Pirum speaks with Nadine Chakar, CEO of Securrency, about Nadine's inspiring career journey that led her to be a key pioneer in the evolution of Blockchain while taking risks, not being afraid of failure, and continuously learning new things.

Liz Rotem speaks with Angela Lee, founder of 37 Angels, about her mission to close the gender gap in Angel Investing through education. Learn more about her mission, 37 Angel's accomplishments and how you can get involved.

WISF Toronto Chapter Leads, Roanna Kim and Mary Jane Schuessler, sit down with Samir Dhrolia from British Columbia Investment Management to learn about their industry leading centralized global trading approach and their intense focus on prioritizing diversity and developing talent.

Daren Pippio, Chairperson of the SIFMA Securities Industry Institute (SII) Board of Trustees, is joined by fellow Trustees Lana Calton, Tom Gooley and Joe Colaizzo to discuss how the SII is developing the future leaders for the financial services industry.

Our Toronto Chapter leads Mary Jane Schuessler and Roanna Kim sit down with Steve Everett from TMX to hear the latest topics from an infrastructure perspective and the ever looming T+1 phenomenon we are all facing.