Our guest today is Ellecia Saffron, the founder of Maysaffron, the solution for institutions wanting to connect intelligently and effectively with the Middle East & Asia Pacific region. She has over 17 years’ experience in institutional investments, 14 of these in the Middle East covering global markets.

In this conversation with Maureen, Ellie talks about her career progression, the rejection that got her to where she is today and her view on the gender pay gap and what she is doing to help.

On this episode of Tilly Talks, our host Maureen Jordan sits down with Lea Abdo, from Mortgage Choice to talk about refinancing.

We have spoken a bit about saving for a house deposit, getting your loan approved and purchasing a home, but what happens once you own property and have a home loan? Lea talks us through what exactly refinancing means, what the benefits are, how often you should do it, what fees are involved and much more.

We hope you find this episode educational and if you're interested in refinancing, check out https://www.mortgagechoice.com.au/quick-quote-refi/ to find out how Mortgage Choice can help you.

We are once again bringing you a special edition episode where we look back on our archive of interviews with inspirational women. In this episode we have compiled some of our favourite answers to the question "What has been you best investment?" We tell our guests that this can be in time, money, health or anything they like.

There have been many great answers to this question including; property, time with family, personal development and even getting a dog! We hope you enjoy listening to the many varied answers.

The guests in order of appearance are:

This episode we are joined by Colleen Callander, Former Sportsgirl CEO, Founder of ‘Mentor Me Women’ and Author of ‘Leader by Design.’

Colleen has always had a strong work ethic, beginning her working life at just 8-years-of-age working in the canteen at the local Geelong pool. She began her beloved retail career on the humble shop floor at Just Jeans, unbeknownst to her at the time that she’d then go on to have a thriving and successful 30-year retail career.

Colleen now wants to encourage women to have the confidence to believe in themselves and their abilities, share their voices and find their inner superpowers through her ‘Mentor Me’ platform.

To find out more about Colleen's Mentor Me program or buy her book, check out her website here.

This week we are changing things up a bit and looking back on our archive of conversations with inspirational women. 

We always ask our guests, if you could go back and give advice to your 21-year-old self, what would you tell her? And we always add, “if she would listen” because we know we can be stubborn in our twenties. 

This episode is a compilation of some of our favourite answers to this question from our guests over the past year.

The guests in order of appearance are:

Margaret Lomas is an author, TV host and well known property investment expert. For a decade Margaret hosted two weekly property investment shows on Sky News Business and is the best-selling author of 8 Property Investment books.

In addition to being the Founder and Director of Destiny Financial Solutions, Margaret is the past chair and current board member of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia and past board member of the Real Estate Institute of NSW. She is a Telstra NSW Businesswoman of the Year and Westpac Business Owner of the Year recipient and was voted one of Australia's 100 Women of Influence in 2015.

In this chat with Maureen, Margaret talks about how she got to where she is today, how tough times inspired her and how she learned her great work ethic from her Father.

If you are interested in finding out more about Margaret's Property investment business, follow this link: https://destiny.com.au/

To find out more about Property Investment Professionals of Australia, head to: https://www.pipa.asn.au/

In this episode of Tilly Talks, Jess and Maureen discuss the big questions around how we should talk to our partner about money. We cover everything from shared bank accounts, home loans, going guarantor, retirement and what to do when a relationship ends.

To read more about this topic check out Maureen's article on How to talk to your partner about money

To find out more about sexually transmitted debt, read our article here

To find out more about what Moneysmart has to offer, follow this link: https://moneysmart.gov.au/

Trigger Warning: this episode contains discussion of mental health themes including PTSD and suicide. Help is available 24/7 at Lifeline on 13 11 14 and Beyond Blue at 1300 22 4636

Ally Kelly is the founder and CEO of Mind Blank Ltd. Ally's personal experience with mental health struggles and family experience with suicidal behaviour fuelled her passion for mental health awareness. Mind Blank's aim is to reduce the risk of suicide through interactive programs in schools, communities and workplaces.

In this conversation with Maureen, Ally discusses her personal story and how important it is to seek proactive help for your mental health. Ally also gives us insight into how Mind Blank came about how it is succeeding today.

If you would like to find out more about the work that Mind Blank does, visit their website at https://www.mindblank.org.au/

In this episode of Tilly Talks we are joined by Charles Tarbey, Chairman of Century 21 Australasia.

Charles gives us practical tips on how to scope out issues with buildings, noise, neighbours and why everyone should have an Uncle Louis with them on inspection day.

The website that Charles references at 17:25 is https://www.residz.com/Residz

Katherine Roberts is the co-founder of This Little Pig Went to Market, a meal-kit delivery service with a farm-to-table ethos that supports local farmers. By creating gourmet food boxes and dietitian-approved recipes, delivered to customers' doors - This Little Pig makes life just that little bit easier.

Katherine is a two-time Telstra Young Business Woman Finalist in both 2016 and 2017 and is part of the Smart 30 under 30 alumni (2017).

In this Chat with Maureen, Katherine talks about the start-up process, what research she did and how she learnt from virtual and real-life mentors. Katherine had no typical training in business (or cooking) but she has passion and a stubbornness to succeed.