We sit down with Terri Duhon who is Non-Executive Director and Risk Chair at Morgan Stanley to discuss her journey to becoming a board member, how leading by example can be a simple solution to diversity challenges and what risks financial institutions should be monitoring in 2020.

We sit down with Stephanie Smith who is Chief Operating Officer at Allianz Insurance to discuss how to promote diversity and inclusion at the workplace, how to deal with setbacks in your career journey and what impact digital innovation and technology are having on the insurance customer journey.

We sit down with Michelle McGrade who is Advisor to the Investment Committee at Sainsbury’s Pension Scheme to discuss best practices for women to deal with challenges at the workplace, how to transition successfully into a non-executive role and what is the future of the investment industry with ongoing digital innovation

We sit down with Sabine VanderLinden who is Partner at Rainmaking Insurtech to discuss how you can learn from bad career choices, the value of executive coaching and mentoring to succeed at the senior level and how Rainmaking is helping shape a strong InsurTech community in Europe.

We sit down with Andrea Santolalla who is Chief Operating Officer at Hiscox Special Risks to discuss what challenges she faced as a female professional within the insurance industry, how positive discrimination can help overcome some of the issues affecting women in financial services and how she handles the new threat of digital risk in her current role.

We sit down with Dorthe Hahr Dupont who is Head of Nordea Ventures to discuss the importance of diversity to run a successful business; her advice to women in the industry trying to go for senior roles and the key factors for successful partnerships between FinTech startups and incumbents.

We sit down with Karen McCormick who is Chief Investment Officer at Beringea in London to share some of the challenges she faced in her career; what initiatives can firms in the venture capital industry adopt to improve female talent retention and the current climate and future trends in the late stage FinTech investments.

We sit down with Fiona Hathorn who is CEO of Women on Boards UK to discuss how family background shapes future female leaders and her efforts supporting and inspiring women to pursue non-executive roles at the board level. 

We sit down with Denise Le Gal who is Chair of Brunel Pension Partnership in London to discuss how family plays a key role in supporting women in their career pursuits, unrealistic expectations set to successful female leaders and what fund managers she is backing in today's investment landscape.

We sit down with Catherine Lewis La Torre who is CEO at British Patient Capital and British Business Investments in London to discuss how women can push the boundaries of the box in both their personal and work lives, how to maximise your networks to open new opportunities and what is the UK landscape for growth and venture investing.