The Money Honey - Women in Property, Finance & Construction

I started a career in financial services in 2004 after vowing to never work in the same industry as my Dad and training as an Early Childhood specialist- things didn’t go to plan though, and here I am nearly 20 years later having built a successful business in financial services.
I started my career with Friends Provident and then went on to work with a large London based estate agents- KFH, offering support to their mortgage and protection advisers, it was from here my love of property and financial advice grew. Moving on from there to be a paraplanner at Flight Centre, I then trained to be an adviser and eventually set up my own advice company.
In the time since setting up my business, I have grown from just me to a team of 4, I have been a Samaritans volunteer and now set up a Community Interest Company helping families in my community with children under the age of 5, I have a young family and understand the challenges and juggle of family life- not always getting it right!
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Website - modelfs.co.uk

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Hayley is a Chartered accountant and is owner and founder of Athena Accountants and Business Advisors, formed in 2016.  
She works predominantly with female clients and is passionate about helping them grow their brands and businesses and achieve their goals. Whether they are in the start-up phase and need help to build, or they are already established and need a higher level of business advisory to grow, she works with women at all stages of business.
She also has a small team of women who work for her, based remotely working all over the country
Hayley is also in the process of setting up a brand new club called Working Mammas Club, it is a safe, supportive space, designed to be a network of like minded women who will empower and encourage each other.
This is born out of Hayley's passion for women to be each others biggest fans. To remove competition and provide accountability for female entrepreneurs.
While. Hayley works with women, she is a single mum to 3 boys and has perfected the art of juggling work, children and life.  She hopes to inspire other women to do the same.  
She is a big believer in a work life balance and family comes first, and this comes after years of being employed full time, having to work in an office from 9 to 5 and missing out on important time with her children.

You can keep up with Hayley here - 

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/hayley-lucas
Website - athenaaccountants.co.uk

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Recently shortlisted as a finalist for Inspirational Leader at the upcoming Cover Women in Protection and Health Awards 2023. Jacqueline is passionate about innovation and initiating technology enhancements that address real issues and opportunities within the industry. Her empathetic approach to building high functioning teams helps empower individuals to succeed with purpose and integrity.

As an advocate for cross industry collaboration, she proactively facilitates opportunities for businesses to work together for better outcomes that are efficient, can scale, evolve and solve problems.

Her product-led approach to software innovation and enhancements with research and collaboration driving design helps ensure clients, partners and end-users benefit from the company’s ongoing and future software development.

But it’s not all about the technology, Jacqueline is co-lead for Iress Impact - a global fundraising and charitable initiative.  Plus active in raising awareness of Menopause and the impact this can have. Having worked part-time and flexible hours over the last 17 years while also raising her two children, she has proven to be a positive role model for anyone dedicated to a strong work life balance while still building a successful career. 

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LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-durbin-264ab814

Instagram - @manukamedia

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Website - www.manukamedia.co.uk

Lyndsay Kent has often had to battle with comments such as "Can I speak to the boss?" when SHE is indeed the boss. But this hasn't stopped her.

Despite being in what is traditionally considered a "male trade" industrty, that is property and specialist lending, Lyndsay has broken barriers. Her company TBK are the specialist broker for Bridging Finance, Buy to Let (including HMOs/Holiday Lets/Specialist Buy to Let), Refurbishments & Developments!

"I am not shy to turn up to your site with a hard hat and boots whilst talking all things financial" Lyndsay Kent comments.

She embraces her identity and focuses on adding immense value to her clients.

She adds "My passion for property  and finance led me to be the specialist broker to have by your side who will help you fund your property projects profitably and efficiently. The way I work with my property investors or property developers is hands on. I am regularly doing site visits  assessing planning permissions, development plans, & strategizing the best financial plans."

25+ years’ experience in Financial Services and describes herself as a passionate advocate of Holistic Family Lifetime Financial Advice in addition to supporting Women in Finance.

Starting her career with Standard Chartered Bank, Julia held a multitude of roles before moving into the Intermediary world where she set up and subsequently sold her own practice then went on to manage the Strategic relationships of all UK Networks.
Julia joined Openwork in 2017 managing the Top 50 Mortgage Firms across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northeast, Northwest and the Midlands and currently manages 7 of the top 20 Strategic Partner Firms such as Just Mortgages, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Milecross Financial Solutions in addition to Growth firms from around the UK.

Julia was pivotal in supporting all advisers during the Pandemic, moving all Face-to-Face events to Online, a first for the company with record breaking attendance to ensure all advisers were kept up to date in all proposition and business continuity areas. Julia has also hosted two Charity Golf Days raising over £7,000 for The Openwork Foundation even though she doesn’t play golf!  

Outside of work, Julia is married, owns her horse (whom she competed at Badminton Horse Trials) and enjoys anything sporty.

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Uliana has over 20 years of experience in credit, underwriting, development finance and lending. Currently the Deputy Managing Director of Development Finance at Hampshire Trust Bank since September 2022, Uliana previously held the role of Head of Development Finance Light at Octopus Real Estate.

She brings wealth of knowledge from working across various organisations and cultures, spanning two continents.

Uliana has championed wellness and leadership innovation for the vast majority of her career, encouraging teams to challenge the norm, and to dare to be different.

She leads change in a unique way and brings uncompromised efficiencies, and the highest levels of customer satisfaction possible, aiming to create a best-in-class development finance division for the bank.

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LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/ulianakuzmis

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Sam is Director & Head of Regulated & Term Finance, at Finanze Ltd. Providing bespoke solutions for bridging, buy to let, development finance, residential and commercial mortgages for private and corporate clients.   Outside of helping people realise their dreams and visions within the built environment, Sam has her own huge visions. With our health, mental well-being and the natural environment all intrinsically linked, Sam is working towards building a community and nature led housing development.   Using sustainable materials and eco technologies for the homes, r-wilding and biophilic designs to link in nature. They will have a huge emphasis around connecting with the community and nature, with lot of shared spaces, built to last and built for multi-generational use.   Being purpose driven and building a legacy is hugely important to Sam which is why I invited her to chat on the show about her big vision.   

If you are in property be it a developer, architect, project manager, or you are simply interested in Sam's vision then she's open to hearing from you and collaborating. She wants to meet as many people as possible who have the same vision and together can bring it to life.   

Check out her socials here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/samdemuth/ 

https://www.instagram.com/samdemuth.properties/

What do you get when you mix an abundance of financial knowledge with a zesty enthusiasm to change our industry for the better? A young female entrepreneur passionate about helping us all to protect our livelihoods, on a mission to shake up the insurance and protection industry alongside her mentor mum and change lives. 26-year-old financial services expert, Isabella Streames from Great Oakley Northants, is not your archetypal besuited number-cruncher but a young mixture of drive and passion, confidence with sprinkles of shyness all rolled into one. She has grown up around her mum (Joanna Streames, previously also on the show) in the industry so it’s second nature and it’s become a joint mission together to change the way things are with different appeals to different demographics. Isabella is passionate about speaking to young girls to spark interest to join our industry and reaching a younger audience to hammer home the importance of protecting yourself when you are young. Her mum tragically lost her own mother at the age of 19 and was nominated as guardian to her 12 year-old sister. Isabella knows the stories of how the girls struggled financially because there wasn’t enough provision in place, the Will was a mess and the various legal firms involved took a large cut of their inheritance leaving them penniless. 

This episode is particularly special to me because Isabella and her mother Joanna, have been clients of mine and were an absolute joy to work with which in turn resulted in us becoming industry friends. I love them as a double trouble duo, mother and daughter. 

It makes me think about the special moments my mum and I share too. I love them as individuals even more so. Isabella is young, ambitious, and talented. Most importantly ... she's brave! She is stepping outside her comfort zone massively to be here on the show because she wants to represent young women and empower them to be brave! I am so proud of her and I am delighted you get to share this delicious episode with me.  

More info: linkedin.com/in/bella-streames-🌎-9429b21a1 https://www.vmis.co.uk

For media enquiries, to arrange interviews, or request comment please contact: Isabella Streames // [email protected]

Rachel Southcott, owner of The Financial Marketer, is a Digital Marketing Consultant specialising in the B2C financial services sector.  Since 2015 she has honed her craft in social media, content creation and PPC campaigns. Over the years she has also developed her knowledge of financial services including mortgages, pensions, ISAs, insurance, equity release and more.  Given her knowledge and experience she is in a unique position to offer digital marketing and lead generation to financial services professionals.  Rachel works with St. James’s Place Advisers, wealth managers, and mortgage brokers. She helps them to generate good quality leads using social media, Google Ads, content and SEO.  

I invited Rachel on the show because I love her energy on social media. We both identified how similar we are to one another that we had to connect!  I believe in collaboration over competition any day which is why I want to support and promote my friend Rachel with all she's doing. I know what it takes and I know what she has to go through in her business. I am her to champion her and promote women empowerment.   There's enough business to go around for everyone.   I hope this episode gives you the inspiration that all women can thrive in their role. There is enough success for everyone.

Dr. Sheun Oke CeMAP, Author | Coach| Speaker| Trainer| Financial Adviser

She is one of UK’s foremost self- leadership and confidence expert with over 20 years experience of being a top sales and marketing executive ,trainer, and have served many as executive coach.

She is the author of  the  multi award-winning book 'SUPERGirl 2 SUPERWoman, The Ultimate Guide to Female Leadership' (A life manual to groom the next generation of female leaders from the cradle).

And her upcoming book is:

"The Book on Insurance. How to Protect Yourself, Family and Business against Financial Misfortunes"

She runs an insurance brokerage Business, with a vision to protect families & businesses and to train the next generation Financial Advisers/insurance Agents, earning 6-7 figure/per annum.

She is a health and wellness ambassador and on a mission to help  10,000 women to be body confident and become successful entrepreneurs.

She is a wife to one amazing man and mum to 3 great nations.

She is a community builder  who is politically active, encouraging more people to get involved in both local and national politics.

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