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We are Broadgate Social, we host networking and knowledge-building events, webinars and podcasts within governance, finance and change sectors. Our innovative platform enables us to engage, with others in the financial services community. If you're looking for a way to stay up to date with the Financial Services recruitment world then have a listen to our podcast series 'Broadgate Social'. The series brings together market-leading experts. We cover topics from diversity to innovation giving you up to date industry insight and unmissable lively debates. We can help you to achieve a culture of belonging where diversity is the default. At Broadgate, inclusion is the norm, not the exception. Reach out to us at enquiries@broadgatesearch.com or visit our website at www.broadgatesearch.com
Welcome to a brand new episode of the risky business miniseries! Broadgate’s Connor Nurse caught up with Monica Bowe, Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer for First Busey Corporation, to discuss her expertise in Risk Management at the highest level of financial services.
Monica leads M&A due diligence and the navigation of key risk areas. Her dedication to continuous improvement helps Busey continue to develop enterprise-wide risk management strategies.
Earning her Master of Business Administration, Finance, from Cleveland State University and her Bachelor of Science, Accounting, from Case Western Reserve University, Monica previously served with KeyBank as Senior Director of Operational Risk Program Management – a role she held since 2015. A Certified Public Accountant,
Monica joined Busey in January 2020 with nearly 25 years of financial leadership experience, including a 16-year tenure with KeyCorp, one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies. She formerly served as KeyBank’s Finance Director of Support Services and Finance Manager of Corporate Real Estate, among other positions.
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For the love of data! In this episode, Broadgate's Josh Duggan caught up with Sasha Graham and Keon West from Equality Group, an award-winning diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancy to the Asset Management sector. Tune in to hear their expert insights into the world of data-driven decision-making.
Sasha Graham is the CEO of EqualityGroup, a Culture, Diversity and Inclusion consultancy. Sasha brings over 15 years of experience across learning and development, finance, and communications that drive impactful initiatives. Based in London, Sasha has a multicultural background and is a determined Brazilian-Jiu-Jitsu blue belt and a huge Star Trek fan.
Professor Keon West is the Head of Academic Research at Equality Group. He's a social psychologist, (doctorate, Oxford University, 2010), part-time professor at the University of London, and author of The Science of Racism. He's published over 75 empirical papers on groups, bias, diversity, and inclusion - many in the best peer-reviewed social psychology journals. He's also appeared frequently in print, on radio, and on television discussing his research. He's a husband, a father of two boys, a hobby photographer, a citizen of three countries, and (also) a huge fan of Star Trek. He has always been Black.
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In this episode of the Risky Business miniseries, Broadgate's Richard Williams is joined by seasoned Risk expert, Sarah Garrington. Tune in to hear us delve into one of the most talked-about topics in Risk Management: Operational Resilience.
Sarah has worked within the resilience industry for over ten years, building resilience functions in firms across the legal, financial and professional services sectors. Sarah’s career has spanned Business Continuity, Incident Management and Operational Resilience practices, and her current role focuses on continued compliance with the Operational Resilience UK regulation for March 2025. In addition, Sarah has a particular interest in supplier resiliency and third-party compliance, and she is dedicated to ensuring that the next generation of resilience professionals have the relevant opportunities to welcome them into the industry.
If you're a Risk professional with a point to make or a story to share, then we would love to hear from you. Join us on the Risky Business podcast by contacting the team at https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/contact-us.
Episode 40! Broadgate's Connor Nurse caught up with seasoned risk expert Christain Mittelberg for this episode of the Risky Business miniseries – stay tuned to hear Christian's insights into the world of operational resilience and risk management in a fast-moving world.
Christian Mittelberg is an internationally experienced Risk Management & Compliance Executive with significant experience in the financial industry. His critical but pragmatic risk thinking and guidance have changed how several multinational financial services and data organizations view risk management as a competitive advantage instead of a burden.
In his most recent role, Christian was chosen to rebuild and transform the corporate risk management functions at S&P Global. He designed a pro-active risk function covering the organization’s most critical risks of Enterprise Risk, Cyber & Technology Risk, Third Party Risk and Operational Resilience.
Prior to S&P Global, Christian had leadership responsibility in Risk Management at Deutsche Bank, Fidelity Investments and KCG Holdings in the US and Europe. During his tenure at KCG Holdings, a high-frequency trading firm, he served as the Chief Risk Officer for the US broker-dealer covering not only non-financial risks but also financial risks associated with the broker-dealer (market, liquidity risk).
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In this episode of the Broadgate Social podcast, Scarlett Worthington sat down with the insightful Gaelle Bernard, who shared her thoughts on leadership, diversity and inclusion, and the power of community in Financial Services.
Gaelle joined ATOZ Tax Advisers within the Corporate Implementation department in 2008, where she was involved in the implementation of complex corporate structures involving multiple jurisdictions and advisors for a large range of institutional investors in the private equity and infrastructure sectors, in addition to general company and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and group restructuring matters.
Before joining ATOZ Services, she headed the corporate secretarial and domiciliation department in a reputable and well-known global investment bank in Luxembourg, where she managed the team and department, overseeing a portfolio of highly regulated and unregulated funds.
Gaelle is also co-chair of the Digital Committee of Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA) and is active in the Women in Asset Servicing (WiAS) as co-founder of the Luxembourg chapter.
She holds a post-graduate degree in International Business Law from the University of Rennes II in France and a Master’s in Business Law from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
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In this episode of the Broadgate Social podcast, Scarlett Worthington sat down with the insightful Gaelle Bernard, who shared her thoughts on leadership, diversity and inclusion, and the power of community in Financial Services.
Gaelle joined ATOZ Tax Advisers within the Corporate Implementation department in 2008, where she was involved in the implementation of complex corporate structures involving multiple jurisdictions and advisors for a large range of institutional investors in the private equity and infrastructure sectors, in addition to general company and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and group restructuring matters.
Before joining ATOZ Services, she headed the corporate secretarial and domiciliation department in a reputable and well-known global investment bank in Luxembourg, where she managed the team and department, overseeing a portfolio of highly regulated and unregulated funds.
Gaelle is also co-chair of the Digital Committee of Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA) and is active in the Women in Asset Servicing (WiAS) as co-founder of the Luxembourg chapter.
She holds a post-graduate degree in International Business Law from the University of Rennes II in France and a Master’s in Business Law from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
If you have a story to share, we'd love to hear from you. Get involved with Broadgate Social today: https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/community
In this episode, Broadgate caught up with Meredith Beeston, Financial Crime Compliance Director at ClearBank. Tune in to hear Meredith's expert insight into the evolution of the Financial Crime space.
Meredith is an experienced financial crime compliance professional who specialises in designing, enhancing and conducting oversight on AML/CTF and sanctions systems and control frameworks. At ClearBank, Meredith works within the second line to provide advice on the implementation of anti-financial crime controls and to help drive control evolution to support the bank’s strategic initiatives. Before her role at ClearBank, Meredith worked at FINTRAIL as an anti-financial crime consultant, where she led and supported client engagements across the banking, FinTech, virtual asset and investment sectors, helping firms to build, scale and modernise their financial crime risk management programmes.
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Catch Broadgate's Legal recruiters discussing the latest trends and challenges facing today's legal market in this episode of the Broadgate Social podcast! Tune in to hear Cassidy Bishop, Declan Frith, and Georiga Mason talk about all things talent trends (and their place in the wider legal market).
Want to break into the legal space? Whether you're hoping to hire or get hired, Broadgate's Legal and CoSec team have got you covered. Contact the team to learn more about our community-led approach to recruitment: https://www.broadgatestaffing.com/disciplines/legal-and-company-secretarial
Andrew Eil is currently Head of Climate Risk for North America with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where he provides advisory services for banks, insurers, and other financial institutions. From 2018 to 2021, Andrew was a Partner at Climate Finance Advisors (CFA), a boutique advisory firm operating at the intersection of climate change policy and financial markets. As coordinator of climate assistance programs for the U.S. Department of State from 2010 to 2014, Andrew managed clean energy programs and diplomatic initiatives designed to assist developing countries in accelerating their transition to low-carbon growth pathways.
Since early 2022, Andrew has been the creative director and moderator of the Global Adaptation and Resilience (GARI) Working Group virtual speaker series. He is also a senior advisor for Team Wildfire, an emerging technology company fighting wildfires. He is a contributing columnist with the Observer and Illuminem on sustainability and climate change issues.
For more details, please see Andrew’s LinkedIn page.
In this episode of Broadgate Social's Risky Business podcast, Richard Williams sat down with Ross McGee, Group Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Apollo, to talk about ownership, culture, and maturity in the modern risk environment, how it's changed in recent years, and what the future has in store. Tune in.
Are you a GRC professional with some insights to share? Richard would love to hear from you! Reach out to him directly here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-williams-083ba636/
In this episode, Richard Williams kicks off his new Broadgate Social miniseries, Risky Business, with his first guest, the ever-insightful Iain Felstead.
Iain has spent the last 25 years working within Financial Services, with the last 18 years focused on risk management. This has afforded him the opportunities to work in several organisations across Asset Management, Private Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance, and a FinTech Digital Bank (focused on green lending). At the beginning of 2023, Iain set up his own Risk Management Consultancy focused on Operational, Enterprise and ESG risk management. One of Iain’s current engagements is as a tutor on ESG Risk Management with Cambridge University Online.
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For our Pride Month special of the Let's Talk About Legal Podcast, Broadgate caught up with the amazing Peter Brennan, lawyer at the top 5 law firm, McCann Fitzgerald, and Co-Chair of the OUTlaw Network, a community on a mission to build a more inclusive environment in for LGBTQIA+ folk in the legal space and beyond. Tune in to hear our inside thoughts on the evolving LGBTQIA+ experience in the legal sector.
In this episode of the Let's Talk About Legal Podcast, Broadgate's Declan Frith and Cassidy Bishop catch up with thought leader Graham Wood, Director of Business Development at Codex Edge, the company behind the revolutionary legal market intelligence software, ATLAS. Tune in to hear the latest data-driven insights into the evolving legal market.
What’s happening in the Irish Company Secretarial Market? Broadgate’s specialist legal recruiters, Akil Meghji and Declan Frith sit down to explore the latest trends and challenges shaping the co-sec market today, and what it means for candidates and employers alike. Tune in to the latest Let’s Talk About Legal Podcast for the freshest insights.
It’s kicking off in the CoSec market! In this edition of the Broadgate Social podcast, Declan Frith explores the ever-changing risk and compliance landscape with our CoSec specialist, Akil Meghji. What exactly are clients looking for? How can CoSec candidates stand out in a dynamic market? Tune in for fresh, first-hand insights.
In this episode, Broadgate's Legal team talks us through their top tips for Legal professionals when it comes to interviewing processes, what law firms are looking for, and how you can give yourself a competitive advantage in the market.
In this episode, Ashleigh-Jean Phipps sits down with VP Services and CISO at Pondurance, Dustin Hutchison to discuss his journey into Cyber Security. Dustin shares his insights into mentorship as well as his forecast for the future of Security and GRC for 2023.
In this episode, Minnie is joined by our growing Legal team at Broadgate to explore trends through 2022 and what to expect from 2023. Highlighting challenges and opportunities for the future and how the sector can lead with innovation.
**Please note this podcast was recorded prior to the change to a virtual webinar to make the event more accessible.
You can register to watch live on 19th October here**.In this episode, Cassidy and Declan kick-start the Legal conversation, highlighting current updates and trends in the industry and the changing landscape across the UK and Ireland.
As people are demanding more from workplaces when it comes to employee wellbeing policies and family-friendly initiatives, there is an increasing demand to ensure diversity and inclusion are at the heart of business strategy.
In this episode, we explored diversity-focused family leave policies, including shared parental, adoption and surrogacy leave. We were joined by an expert panel of parents in the legal and finance sector, who highlighted their experiences in balancing demanding careers and parenthood. We looked at how organisations can do more to normalise and empower parents through non-traditional family policies so that parents don’t have to choose between their career and starting a family.
In this episode, Cybersecurity SME, Ashleigh-Jean Phipps (AJ) sits down with Jen Olmsted, Co-Founder of CyTrex Cyber to discuss their experiences coming out, the progress they have seen in inclusivity and acceptance as well as how businesses and individuals can do more to normalise pronoun usage and empowering our LGBTQIA+ community.
In this episode, our Group Marketing Manager, Lucy Neal sits down with Ang B, a Security Team Lead at Riverfront Technology Consulting to discuss Ang's journey into cybersecurity, including bias and roadblocks she faced as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Our 'Diversity within Cyber' community came together for the first webinar as part of our brand-new Broadgate Social series exploring the cybersecurity space, led by the amazing Ashleigh-Jean (AJ) Phipps. We heard from thought leaders about their experiences in getting into cybersecurity, through traditional and non-traditional routes, and explored blockages in reaching senior positions, particularly for diverse groups.
We delved into the roadblocks faced by diversity groups in cybersecurity as well as where you can seek support in getting into the industry from non-traditional routes. Our panel reiterated the challenges in reaching leadership and how businesses can do more to push people forward.
Businesses are increasingly tackling the toxic ‘hustle culture’ which can have a fundamental impact on employee wellness. People are demanding more from companies when it comes to parental leave, flexible working, salary negotiation and family-friendly inclusion policies. This is the first in our Parenthood in Finance series, coinciding with Mother’s Day and International Women’s Day, we explore how businesses can support and enable parents, particularly women to get back into work after parental leave, and how we can work to rethink family policies to empower women at work. With a particular focus on financial services and how we can drive diversity policies to boost gender diversity in senior management.
Malia Mason is a US Navy Veteran working at RSM as a Manager of Governance and Risk Strategy, as well as President and Co-Founder of CyberDEI. AJ speaks to Malia about her experience in the military and how this led to her career in cybersecurity. As well as how Malia has led the way for female CISOs in founding CyberDEI to fulfil her passion to empower under-represented cyber professionals.
Malia Mason joins AJ to delve further into how we can encourage allyship in the workplace as well as how she has worked to mentor others on their path in cyber. As a US Navy Veteran, having moved into cyber post-service, Malia had to strive for the same progression in her career that came naturally to her male counterparts. Now, Malia drives actionable steps in supporting women in the workplace and works to encourage women in cyber to reach leadership.
Janna has over 15 years of experience as a finance professional. She started her career in Banking and gained experience in Audit and Tax consulting before moving into various finance roles across different industries, including Paper production, Med-tech, and Pharma. As a CFO she is a sparring Partner for CEO and Executive teams reg Finance, Business Development, HRM, Leadership and Strategy.
Janna has a proven track record in hiring, developing, and motivating teams, leading them through transformation to become high performing business partners.
Jana, a self-confessed bean counter by heart, stock market enthusiast and globetrotter. Jana resides in Berlin with her son and husband. After studying business administration, Jana spent more than 10 years setting up accounting and controlling structures and implementing financial processes in various companies. From corporates over medium-sized companies to start-ups, she has always brought order to the initial chaos and paperwork, implemented controlling structures as well as analysis and planning tools.
Jana is currently working as the VP of Finance at omni:us, a Berlin-based start-up. In addition to her job, she is working with start-ups to bring their finance processes to the next level. Jana believes that accounting is exactly where the foundations for a commercially strong company and successful financing rounds are laid. She has dedicated some of her time to developing a playbook for start-ups to set up crisp and easy finance and accounting structures.
Jana is passionate about empowering women. She strives to help women become financially independent with investing and salary negotiations. ‘Women over 65 get on average 46% less pension than men (OECD study)’. The risk of retirement-age poverty is very high. There are many possible scenarios, but the most common ones are part-time work or lower income over long periods of time. In addition, we women often do not take care of our finances ourselves. When it comes to money, the only wrong decision is to rely on others, to hope for a pension or to park the money in a zero-interest savings account. Jana wants to take the fear away to talk about money, salaries and the stock market.
Byron Batten is the Trust’s Head of Inclusion – Improvement (WRES), Communications and Engagement, at University Hospitals Birmingham. He took over this role at the end of 2019 after a career to date covering jobs in communications, human resources, social care and health. Byron started out as an engineer at BT but later decided to pursue a career in the care sector and worked in the private residential care setting in care home management. He went onto work as a social worker at Birmingham City Council supporting adults with disabilities to become more independent and advocating the issue of disability equality.
Then he moved into HR, in employee engagement and organisation change and eventually left the council after 22 years. During that time he leading the council’s cultural engagement programme with the chief executive as part of a development initiative. He went on to join the former Heart of England Foundation Trust as head of communications in 2015. He says his new job is about 'improving the lived experience of staff in the organisation that is fair and just'. “It is, for example, making sure the organisation is accountable for equality of employment and equality of promotion. “It’s about helping to change the culture, the way we behaviour, think and act, so that it’s a more inclusive, and anti-racist culture.
Some of that requires positive actions, providing equity across Trust’s structures and systems, for example, to increase the number of BAME staff on the higher grades of the organisation. “It’s also to ensure that the care we are providing for our patients is equitable, to improve the health inequalities we know are in the system. “It’s also about making sure people know someone is there representing them, that they know and see people who look like them and that represents their needs and enables them to have a voice.
Byron’s aspirations in his new role include; communications, connecting people. He wants to make sure all staff and patient know and feel what is being done to shift the culture of equality and inclusion for Trust. The second relates to education. He said: “We are at a poignant moment around anti-racist practice and it’s important that we make sure people are educated about what it means to be inclusive and the skills that are necessary. One way is by creating opportunities, developing leadership opportunities, and facilitate adaptive learning environments. “The third relates to recruitment, selection and promotion at a system level, to challenge and change the disproportionate poor outcomes for BAME staff and looking to develop equitable talent management and career pathway opportunities.
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy is the CEO and founder of Tapoly. Tapoly is the first on-demand insurance platform for the gig economy in Europe, and the winner of insurance provider of the year at the British small business awards, 2018, she is listed by Forbes as the number six of the top 100 women founders to watch and is among the top 10 InsureTech female influences, according to the Insurance Institute, Janthana is a chartered accountant and former internal audit director at top tier investment banks.
Janthana began speaking about her early career beginnings, which surprisingly started at the very early age of 8. Janthana would ‘freelance’ from cleaning clothes to babysitting. By the time she reached 16, Janthana moved to Sweden and began working in various part-time jobs, while studying for her accountancy exams and then eventually launching her own company, Tapoly. The Tapoly platform was launched as an answer to the long-winded structure of buying short-term insurances for an Airbnb’s, which she herself had had experience with.
When discussing specific experiences that led to Janthana’s impressive leadership strategy, she explained that thinking strategically is key. Furthermore, communicating effectively is extremely beneficial, creating a voice that one can understand and adhere to with the ability to get people on board and buy-in.
We also spoke about the lack of diversity in high profile roles. Janthana expressed how it is difficult for her to benchmark herself due to the lack of women in similar positions. Although there has been a shift in the number of women CEOs, there is still work that must be done to continue this.
When evaluating the importance of diversity initiatives in the workplace, Janthana expressed that organisations should be mindful and continue to talk about this, keeping it on everyone’s agenda. Ensuring companies are fully embracing diversity and almost treating it as a KPI is important: it should be not a tick-box exercise for one specific type of person.
After the horrific murder of George Floyd, Janthana advised that while this was a truly awful incident, we must take this as an opportunity to learn and grow as individuals. Adding that we must think of the ‘results over the event,’ for example, prompting new policies to protect groups of people, as well as taking individual responsibility.
When reflecting on past role models, Janthana spoke about her teacher at school whom she admired greatly. She would always look up to her as the role model of how women should behave; she was calm, gracious and kind – as well as strong in confidence and belief. Janthana also spoke about her mother, who has used her qualities for kindness and generosity in her own working life.
Finally, when reflecting upon advice she would give to her younger self, Janthana illustrated that she would allow herself to make more mistakes. Shen then advised our audience that if you feel like saving part of your life for later: don’t, be open-minded and don’t close yourself off to exciting opportunities.
If you would like to discuss strategies on how to build diverse teams or are interested in having a confidential conversation regarding the current job market, please do reach out to us and visit our website on www.broadgatesearch.com.
Byron Batten is the Trust’s Head of Inclusion – Improvement (WRES), Communications and Engagement, at University Hospitals Birmingham. He took over this role at the end of 2019 after a career to date covering jobs in communications, human resources, social care and health. Byron started out as an engineer at BT but later decided to pursue a career in the care sector and worked in the private residential care setting in care home management. He went onto work as a social worker at Birmingham City Council supporting adults with disabilities to become more independent and advocating the issue of disability equality.
Then he moved into HR, in employee engagement and organisation change and eventually left the council after 22 years. During that time he leading the council’s cultural engagement programme with the chief executive as part of a development initiative. He went on to join the former Heart of England Foundation Trust as head of communications in 2015. He says his new job is about 'improving the lived experience of staff in the organisation that is fair and just'. “It is, for example, making sure the organisation is accountable for equality of employment and equality of promotion. “It’s about helping to change the culture, the way we behaviour, think and act, so that it’s a more inclusive, and anti-racist culture.
Some of that requires positive actions, providing equity across Trust’s structures and systems, for example, to increase the number of BAME staff on the higher grades of the organisation. “It’s also to ensure that the care we are providing for our patients is equitable, to improve the health inequalities we know are in the system. “It’s also about making sure people know someone is there representing them, that they know and see people who look like them and that represents their needs and enables them to have a voice.
Byron’s aspirations in his new role include; communications, connecting people. He wants to make sure all staff and patient know and feel what is being done to shift the culture of equality and inclusion for Trust. The second relates to education. He said: “We are at a poignant moment around anti-racist practice and it’s important that we make sure people are educated about what it means to be inclusive and the skills that are necessary. One way is by creating opportunities, developing leadership opportunities, and facilitate adaptive learning environments. “The third relates to recruitment, selection and promotion at a system level, to challenge and change the disproportionate poor outcomes for BAME staff and looking to develop equitable talent management and career pathway opportunities.
Gerrit Jan van den Brink is the German & Irish Chief Risk Officer for Standard Life International. After spending the last 25 years within the financial services industry spanning across the financial services which include, banking, insurance & the consulting space.
His experience spans across the 3 lines of defence and is very insightful and diverse in comparison to your traditional financial services background in getting to a Chief Risk Officer position.
Gerrit Jan has also been a key figure within the German academic scene as he’s been a lecturer for a variety of universities (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Johann Wolgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Geothe Business School and many more)
During this podcast, we’ll be talking about what Gerrit Jan believes it takes to become a good risk professional, the development in risk management being a worthwhile career, how he got to where he is today and much more.
Jeff is an accomplished senior leader with 25+ years’ experience in audit and financial cost management. He is recognised for implementing high-level strategies that strengthen audit and risk assurance functions across the source to pay in complex business markets. Using his strong commercial acumen and deep knowledge of supply chain, procurement, process improvement and financial analysis and he supports businesses through spearheading cost recovery or revenue assurance projects, reducing and mitigating business risks and driving exponential efficiencies.
During this episode, we discussed how to audit has been brought to the forefront of importance for business continuity training and how organisations must expect the unexpected. The current health crisis is driving businesses to new ways of thinking, operating with more unconventional and inventive methods.
We talked about the beginning of Jeffrey’s career where he experienced inclusive and democratic leadership styles, which inspired him to become an empowering leader. Jeffrey questioned ‘cultural fit’ as a strategy when hiring teams, being that it lacks true diversity and inclusivity and can create a monoculture that has the inability to think outside the box.
We then touched on diversity mandated quota enforcements, and how education is more important. Research shows that diverse teams have the capability to drive innovation, improve inclusivity, increase profitability and enable organisations to make more balanced decisions. When considering the term ‘BAME’, Jeffrey believes the term ‘ethnic minority’ to be easier to understand. From the very nature of the term BAME being exclusive as it categorises different ethnicities into the same group and seems to be out-of-date having been created by the government in the 1970s and stemmed from the “political blackness” anti-racist movement.
Jeffrey revealed that “we can’t appreciate the good times if we don’t experience the bad times”; and discussed the importance of not allowing knockbacks to define you, but to help shape you to become resilient and understanding. Sometimes the very worst thing that we experience can turn out to be the very best thing for our development.
We can help you to achieve a culture of belonging where diversity is the default. At Broadgate Search, inclusion is the norm, not the exception. Reach out to us at enquiries@broadgatesearch.com or visit our website at www.broadgatesearch.com
Hamid joined BDO in 2005 and became a partner in 2011. He leads BDO’s Northern not-for-profit and Risk Advisory teams and acts as the lead advisor to over 50 clients in the public and private sector. Primarily his client base covers property, charities, education, as well as a number of AIM-listed. His significant experience means that he can proactively advise his clients on key matters, which is even more important in these challenging times.
During this episode we touched on the importance of understanding the environment in which you are operating; being a true partner, marketing for your people and understanding the needs of your teams. Hamid spoke about how the public sector has been able to adjust well to the current climate. Detailing how the workforce is very well connected and forward-thinking – meaning they’re easily able to adapt to new ways of working.
Hamid failed his A-level exams and has faced numerous setbacks and obstacles throughout his career which have shaped Hamid’s success into the great leader he is today; “failure builds resilience and improves your understanding of others experiences. Listen to your team, give everyone an equal opportunity to contribute.”
Hamid then discussed how he overcame barriers, changed perceptions and tackled unconscious bias in the workplace. Hamid reiterated the significance of being a workplace ally, and how speaking up improves awareness and amplifies the voices of minority groups. The key to equality is to embrace our differences.
We can help you to achieve a culture of belonging where diversity is the default. At Broadgate Search, inclusion is the norm, not the exception. Reach out to us at enquiries@broadgatesearch.com or visit our website at www.broadgatesearch.com
Brenda brings over 20 years of international risk leadership experience from a diversity of industries and scale of businesses. She has a unique perspective on how businesses work as she engages with all levels and functions within the organisational framework. This has enabled her to successfully implement risk management systems that are applicable and best suited to the organisations.
Brenda is also impassioned about transforming company culture through diversity and inclusion and opposing inequality. She has been nominated to set up steer Employee Resource Groups and on a personal front, she leads similar community-led groups.
During this episode, we talk about Brenda’s career in Risk. Brenda believes that the Risk sector is continuously evolving, with new risks emerging frequently. Suggesting it is crucial to remain proactive of the future and plan ahead, understanding that resilience is key. Brenda mentions the importance of always over-delivering, remaining adaptable and open to learning at every given opportunity.
Brenda has experienced inequality in the workplace and believes that organisations that have a meritocratic culture, have the ability to improve fairness and enable equal opportunity. The meritocratic style enables employees to be rewarded based on their achievements and successes, disregarding discriminatory, prejudice and bias-related factors.
We discussed the importance of having a strategic look at how you resource for your organisation and think about HR techniques to improve diversity and inclusion. How can we strategize for the future if we do not meet the needs of our consumers? We can only meet the needs of the end-user by having diverse teams. Diverse teams have diverse viewpoints and generate innovative ideas, leveraging diversity to create more inclusive products and services.
Brenda believes that workplace diversity must be more than a tick-box exercise, and describes the current state of diversity as a metaphor by diversity expert Trevor Phillips, "The glass ceiling hasn't been broken for women, but it's cracking. [Yet] people of colour seem to be superglued to the floor."
Brenda then discusses how it’s okay to not know where you are going with your career, as this will give you more flexibility and opportunity to learn what it is you do want to do. Brenda believes as long as you can be strategic with your thinking and have an end goal enables you to have a pathway, with your journey being fuelled by your desire for knowledge, passion and drive.
We can help you to achieve a culture of belonging where diversity is the default. At Broadgate Search, inclusion is the norm, not the exception. Reach out to us at enquiries@broadgatesearch.com or visit our website at www.broadgatesearch.com
Julien Haye joined Fidelity International (FIL) in July 2017 as Head of Non-Financial Risk in London and has over twenty years’ experience in the financial industry. In his current role, Julien partners with FIL’s top management and Board, leveraging risk insights to improve the firm’s operating model resiliency and scalability, and product offering through effective risk management and culture, and to continuously improve the firm’s client outcome and journey.
Julien discusses how good leaders have the ability to adapt to different challenges and push boundaries – overcoming hurdles and facing failure to understand how to overcome in the future. “You never fail, you always learn, if you don’t learn you won’t change.” Julien leads the Global LGBTQ+ inclusion strategy for FIL working closely with senior management and the HR team to nurture FIL’s inclusive and diverse culture. Having worked in less inclusive environments Julien recognises the importance of promoting the benefits of a diverse workforce therefore creating an environment where everyone can be themselves and to be a role model for LGBTQ+ colleagues. Julien opened up about being out in the workplace and how enabling himself to be himself allowed his managerial style to adapt and his communication to drive more positive change. When he was being true to himself he was able to be more understanding which led to empowering the people around him.
Julien then reflected on progress and highlighted how attitudes have evolved drastically but we need to keep up the momentum with the LGBTQ+ movement – with politics backtracking progress and bad habits coming into play. We must strive to move forward with the movement to support equality and not remain complacent as there is always work to be done to achieve true LGBTQ+ inclusivity.
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Nadine Dyer is a respect and inclusion manager at Deloitte. She is the co-chair of Deloitte's multicultural network MCN and leads the BAME in the financial advisory working group. She also sits in the firm's ethnicity council and has been pivotal in driving the conversation around Black Lives Matter, brought about for the most impactful session that has taken place within the firm. The MCN hosted the Let's talk session following the killing of George Floyd, where over 900 colleagues joined to share and learn about the black experience within the UK. Nadine is one of the four founding individuals who developed the firm's black action plan.
During this episode, Nadine initially spoke about her role at Deloitte, and how the pivotal aim of the role is to make everyone in the organisation feel included.
Nadine spoke about her passion for helping people from a young age, before making her way to Deloitte and working in the client care team. Then, through this, moving on to work as an R&I officer. At the time of the horrific death of George Floyd, Nadine and her colleagues hosted a Let’s Talk session, where over 900 colleagues joined the call; Black colleagues shared their experiences of how they felt at work, as well as being Black in the UK, which helped White colleagues become aware of the issues at hand. Nadine expressed the level of pride and accomplishment she felt during this session and marks this as a career highlight.
From this, Nadine pointed out that there has been a more noticeable increase in conversations about ethnicity at work: more people wanted to help, and nobody is 'hiding behind the curtain’. Nadine spoke about Deloitte’s ‘Black Action Plan,’ launched by over 20,000 people. There are five main strands to this plan; providing equal opportunities, developing people to succeed and thrive, driving cultures and behaviour, leveraging the Deloitte brand, and finally, measuring and reporting outcomes. This has resulted in the firm making a public commitment that there will be 12% of ethnic minority and 3% of black partners by 2025.
We also touched on the term ‘BAME’ and whether it’s a suitable term to use. While Nadine acknowledged that something has to be used, it’s important to recognise that there are differences between races. Nadine explained how Deloitte has been attempting to step away from using the term BAME, and use ‘ethnic minorities’ instead to make sure there is a real focus across society, and people aren’t simply put into the same box.
When discussing the best route to getting into the D&I space, Nadine advised that individuals should look for networks, or if they don’t have a network, start one. Adding that advice she would impart onto her younger self would be to move out of your comfort zone, seek new opportunities and always say ‘yes.’
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In this podcast, we sat down with Stacy-Ann Sinclair the now, CEO and Founder of CodeREG. At CodeREG their mission is to make the regulatory change as simple as a software update – taking technology first and enhancing the regulatory lifecycle. We discussed the diversity of thought, unconscious bias, anti-bias training, gender decoders and how this can build a well-rounded company.
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Gerald is the Group Head of Internal Audit at Canopius Group and joins us to discuss company culture, pushing the boundaries and how doing so can help you understand your own limitations - ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’. Failure is part of learning; you can’t achieve success without having setbacks – take a listen to feel inspired.
Gerald was brought up in inner London and the first member of his family to go to University. He studied Physics and initially pursued a Finance career. He has had senior roles in the insurance industry at CFO, CRO and Head of Audit level.
He loves spending time with his family, friends and running (starting with representing his school and University). Other interests include the environment and he believes the insurance industry can do a lot more in this space.
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We interviewed Brian Birch a Global IFRS17 Project Manager for an Insurer in London. Brian has an accountancy and finance background, he has spent his whole career within Insurance and knows the market well. He now focuses on providing a balance of leadership, technical and project skills to accounting and regulatory projects within Insurance. Brian often fills roles where existing permanent personnel struggle to meet the challenges of unstructured, technical and interdepartmental environments. He is a natural problem solver and well known currently within the IFRS17 space. Brian has produced some great content on explaining IFRS17 which can be found via his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/BrianpBirch
During this episode, we discussed the challenges faced by insurers on their IFRS17 programmes and how the management of projects might change considering the deadline extension to 2023 and COVID19. Brian also shares his insight into his top tips to run a successful project as well as advice for those looking to get into or expand within IFRS17 roles. This is a fluid and open discussion around a complex topic that will be beneficial to anyone involved in regulatory projects.
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We interviewed, the humble, passionate and inspiring Paul Asare-Archer, a Director of Compliance at 02 (Telefónica UK). Paul is an MBA and Law Graduate as well as being a Fellow and Tutor at the International Compliance Association (ICA). Listed in the FT as within the UK’s Top 100 BAME Leaders, Paul was named Employee of the Year by the Black Tech Achievement Awards in 2020 and also was a Finalist at the Black British Business Awards in 2017. As the first-ever Director of Compliance at Telefonica UK (O2), Paul has helped lead the transformation of Compliance across the company since 2012.
During this episode, we touched on the importance of driving change and how being agile is vital in order to survive the current climate. Paul discussed his career and how he strives to always 'be the best that you can be’ to make your voice heard. Paul is an inspirational figure within the compliance sector and an influential leader who is committed to driving positive change and unknowingly redefining leadership.
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During episode 5, we interviewed Sean Lam, a CEO, and Founder. Be prepared to feel truly inspired by Sean’s story. Having simultaneously founded EnOC Technologies Limited whilst being the CEO of Walker Crips. Sean discusses how he adopts fresh ideas, embraces new tools, whilst disrupting the technology space; with a vision and passion to close the technology gap. Sean is quite simply a humble and unassuming everyday hero.
Sean Lam, the founder of EnOC Technologies (www.enoc.pro), is a passionate technologist and innovator. He is CEO and CTO of Walker Crips Group PLC (www.walkercrips.co.uk), a financial services group providing full-service investment, wealth, pensions advisory and regulation technology services to retail, professional and corporate clients; and the group has 5 billion client assets under management and administration.
Sean is a man from humble beginnings, graduated as an Accountant, became a financial services professional and technologist, and has been operating in the financial services industry for nearly 30 years.
Throughout his career, Sean has been 'engineering out complexities', because financial services are continuously getting more and more complicated, and so he brings together his experience as a practitioner and his knowledge as a technologist to create systems that work simply and simply work.
Sean feels that there are good systems available but they are expensive and complex to manage and maybe beyond the affordability of the smaller firms, which caused him to create the EnOC Pro Platform, to close the technology gap by offering enterprise-grade systems at a very low price point to both the very small and also the very large firms.
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In this episode, we discuss diversity and inclusion in financial services with Nicola Crawford. Nicola is Chief Risk Officer at FSCS and Past Chair of the Board, Institute of Risk Management. We talk to Nicola about her career experiences, global cultures, how to overcome unconscious bias and the importance of a diverse workforce. Get ready to feel inspired by a woman leading in the Financial Service industry.
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We sat down with Pekka Dare the Director of Training Education and Development at the ICA. This podcast episode uncovers various case studies in the financial sector. Financial crime impacts every aspect of society with illicit capital flowing through various illegal activities including extortion, fraud, and human trafficking, to tax evasion, terrorist financing, and counterfeit goods. It is increasingly a concern for governments around the world. The compliance sector is evolving, so it is crucial to stay well informed and up to date, demonstrating the importance of continuous development and gaining new qualifications.
Please note: ICA members can claim 1 CPD point for listening to this episode. If you’re considering developing your career in anti-money laundering, find out more about joining ICA’s global community. Becoming a member will give you access to a wealth of knowledge, tools, resources and practical support to help develop your career.
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We sat down with the wonderful, lively and passionate Meagan Birch from Feedzai. Meg is an AML and SME Solutions expert. We discussed how being good in your career should not come at the expense of being good at home. From financial crime to flexible working, Greta Thunberg and the importance of a balanced workforce.
Here at Broadgate Search, we believe we are building a people-friendly planet, closing the employment gap and promoting equality. We passionately believe that a balanced diverse and inclusive workforce will drive innovation. It improves performance, enables creativity and has the ability to transform the world. Join us and celebrate the achievements of women across the world.
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