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Her Future Bright is a podcast celebrating the women driving change in the world of finance.
Hosted by Chanelle Paynter, each episode features candid conversations with inspiring women who are breaking barriers, leading with impact, and shaping the future of the profession.
Through their stories of success, challenges, and innovation, listeners gain insights into how these leaders are doing things differently and empowering women to make their mark, wherever they are in their journey.
Tune in to hear the voices shaping the finance industry today and tomorrow.
Hosted by Chanelle Paynter, each episode features candid conversations with inspiring women who are breaking barriers, leading with impact, and shaping the future of the profession.
Through their stories of success, challenges, and innovation, listeners gain insights into how these leaders are doing things differently and empowering women to make their mark, wherever they are in their journey.
Tune in to hear the voices shaping the finance industry today and tomorrow.
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In this episode of Her Future Bright, Chanelle Pattinson sits down with Meri Williams, former CTO at Monzo and Pleo, engineering leader, NED and adviser, to unpack the making of a standout career in technology leadership. Meri shares how a childhood fascination with hardware and gaming led to a decade at Procter & Gamble, before stepping into roles that shaped some of the UK's most important digital services, including building the team behind GOV.UK. She reflects on the intense realities of scaling engineering teams at pace, the lessons learned from hyper-growth environments, and what it really takes to lead with purpose, autonomy, mastery and inclusion. The episode dives into why hiring for culture add (not culture fit) creates better products, how neurodiversity and disability have shaped Meri's leadership journey, and why embracing flexibility, including a four-day week, can unlock stronger performance and healthier teams. It's a conversation filled with honesty, humour and the kind of hard-won wisdom that only comes from a career built on curiosity, courage and continuous reinvention. This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by NextWealth. Find out more about our AI Lab. Produced by Artemis Irvine.
In this episode of Her Future Bright, Chanelle Pattinson sits down with Anasuya Iyer, Chief Commercial Officer at Octopus Money, to talk about her inspiring squiggly career — one that's taken her from traditional finance to the forefront of fintech innovation. Anasuya reflects on her early days at Deloitte and Jefferies, the lessons she carried from corporate life, and the leap to Octopus, where she's helping make high-quality financial advice more accessible to everyone. She shares how technology and AI are transforming financial wellbeing, what it takes to build trust in digital advice, and why embracing a non-linear career path can be the key to lasting growth and fulfilment. This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by NextWealth. Find out more about our AI Lab. Produced by Artemis Irvine.
In this episode of Her Future Bright, Chanelle Pattinson sits down with Nicky Sevel, Founder of Woven Advice, to talk about her journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship — and how she's rethinking the way financial advice firms use data, technology, and human insight. Originally from Perth, Australia, Nicky began her career in financial services before moving to London, where she held roles at BlackRock, IRESS, and FE fundinfo. In 2019, she founded Neeshe, followed by Woven Advice, a business built to help financial advice firms make smarter, data-driven decisions and deliver better client outcomes. Nicky shares what she learned working inside some of the industry's biggest institutions, the mindset shift that comes with becoming a founder, and her views on the trends shaping the next era of advice — from AI and automation to culture and customer trust. This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by NextWealth. Find out more about our AI Lab. Produced by Artemis Irvine.
In this episode of Her Future Bright, Chanelle Pattinson speaks with Corinna Lamberti, Chief Product Officer at Chip, the fast-growing fintech redefining how people save and invest. Corinna shares her journey from starting her career at Accenture to joining Chip in its early start-up days, helping scale the company to over half a million users. She discusses what it's been like to build and lead product teams through rapid growth, how to balance innovation with trust, and why human-centred design matters more than ever in a world increasingly shaped by AI. Together, they explore the evolving relationship between fintech and traditional finance, the real opportunities of AI in financial services, and what it takes to create meaningful, technology-driven customer experiences. This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by NextWealth. Find out more about our AI Lab. Produced by Artemis Irvine.
In this episode of Her Future Bright, Chanelle Pattinson is joined by Annabel Gillard, a seasoned leader in finance who has built an extraordinary career spanning asset management, board leadership, and now, the fast-evolving world of AI and behavioural science. Annabel shares her journey from her early days at Baring Asset Management to senior roles at M&G and the CFA UK board, before co-founding initiatives such as Conversations on AI and the LSE FORGOOD Initiative. Together, they explore how technology, philosophy, and behavioural insight are reshaping the future of finance — and what it means to build a truly human-centred profession in an AI-driven world. You'll hear Annabel's perspective on how AI can be used responsibly, the importance of trust and ethics in digital decision-making, and why embracing interdisciplinary thinking is essential for the next generation of leaders. 📚 Resources mentioned in this episode: The AI Mirror by Shannon Vallor The Atlas of AI from Kate Crawford and any Dr Tara Swart podcast. Also for anyone interested in ethical frameworks for behavioural Science the LSE Forgood Initiative is here. Anyone interested in joining the 'Conversations on AI' linkedin group. This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by NextWealth. Find out more about our AI Lab. Produced by Artemis Irvine.
In the final episode of this season of Her Future Bright we are joined by Alice Guy ACA, head of Pensions and Savings at Interactive Investors 🎙️✨ Alice's is a chartered accountant and pension expert. Her career journey began in the world of auditing at KPMG London, where she gained invaluable experience working with large companies across the UK. She then took her talents to EY in Cambridge before transitioning to Tesco Plc as a business analyst. However, life took an unexpected turn when she embarked on a 10-year career break due to family circumstances, becoming a dedicated carer. 💚 In 2022, Alice joined Interactive Investor as a Personal Finance Editor. Just nine months later, she ascended to her current role as Head of Pensions and Savings. 💼🌟 Join us in this episode as we delve into Alice Guy's extraordinary journey. 🎧✨ If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
On this weeks episode of Her Future Bright we are joined by Ritu Vohora CFA, Vice President, Investment Specialist - Global Capital Markets at T. Rowe Price 🎙️✨ Ritu's career is nothing short of remarkable. As a vice president of T. Rowe Price International Limited and T. Rowe Price Group, she plays a pivotal role in representing the firm's views on Capital Markets. With an impressive 17 years of investment experience, Ritu joined T. Rowe Price in September 2020 after spending 15 years at M&G Investments, where she held the position of Investment Director and Head of Equities Investment Communications. 💭 Ritu is a seasoned market commentator, often quoted in the press, and a sought-after speaker on media outlets such as BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, and CNN, where she shares her insights on various investment topics. 📝 👏 Throughout this episode, Ritu opens up about her extraordinary career journey and shares invaluable insights✨ If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
This weeks episode of Her Future Bright features the inspiring Kate Webber, Head of Product Strategy at Northern Trust Corporation! 🎙️✨ With over 25 years of experience in asset servicing, Kate brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table. Having held senior product development and strategy positions with renowned companies like Calastone and BNY Mellon, Kate's industry insights are invaluable 💭 Her passion for empowering women in the financial services industry led her to establish Women in Asset Servicing, a groundbreaking network that strives for greater female representation in senior asset servicing positions 🌟 Tune in to this enlightening episode as Kate shares her insights, experiences, and the strategies she has employed to drive positive change. ✨ If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Get ready for an incredible episode of Her Future Bright as we bring you the exceptional Dame Inga Beale! 🎙️✨ With her extensive experience in the financial services industry spanning over four decades, Dame Inga has established herself as a true trailblazer. From her remarkable tenure as the CEO of Lloyd's of London, the prestigious global insurance market, to her current role as Chair of Mediclinic International plc and independent board member of Crawford & Company, NN Group NV, and Willis Towers Watson plc, her leadership prowess knows no bounds. 💼🌟 Join us as Dame Inga shares her invaluable insights, reflecting on the challenges she faced, the lessons she learned, and the secrets to her remarkable success. Her expertise and wisdom make this episode a must-listen. 🎧✨ If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Get ready for an incredible episode of Her Future Bright, featuring the amazing Victoria Scholar! 🎙️🌟 Victoria, Head of Investment at interactive investor (ii), the UK's leading flat-fee investment platform, has become a trusted voice in the world of finance. You may have seen her sharing her expert insights on renowned platforms such as BBC News, Sky News, LBC News, Times Radio, and many others. 📺🎙️ With her deep understanding of financial markets, Victoria brings a wealth of knowledge to the table, offering valuable perspectives on economics, finance, and business. She is also a passionate advocate for increasing women's participation in the financial services industry. 💼💪 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Episode 10 of Her Future Bright is here! ✨ For this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Lois Vallely, Chief Reporter at Money Marketing 📝 Lois has covered a wide range of topics including networks, nationals, IFAs and adviser tech, writing for various trade titles such as The Grocer and Utility Week. Before becoming a journalist, she studied English with Film Studies at Queen's University, Belfast 💭 If you're intrigued by the world of finance journalism and want to learn what it's like to cover the biggest stories, you won't want to miss this episode. Tune in now by clicking the link in our bio! 🎧 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Join us for episode eight of Her Future Bright, where we delve into the world of workplace mental health. This week, we are joined by Ann Camargo, a mental health consultant at The Corporate Mind 🙌 Ann spent over 20 years in the Financial Services industry as a Technology COO at some of the world's largest investment banks in London, Hong Kong and New York. While pregnant with her daughter, she began to experience issues with work-related stress and anxiety, which is where her mental health journey began 🧠 Discovering Mental Health First Aid in 2018 and re-training as a MHFA England Instructor was a pivotal turning point, taking Ann's career in a new direction as a workplace mental health & wellbeing consultant. She now enjoys teaching a range of mental health courses and workshops, delivers talks on mental health in the workplace, and provides career mentorship and coaching across the corporate/finance industry 💭 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Tune in to episode eight of Her Future Bright, where I sit down with Natasha Percy-Baxter, founder of Percy-Baxter Wealth Management, for an insightful conversation about her journey through the St James Place Financial Adviser Academy and starting her own business 🎧 Most recently she has been shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the Professional Adviser Awards 2023. She is the top downloaded guest on The Financial Planner Life podcast and has featured in The Times Top Rated Financial Advisers Guide 2022 and 2023. She has run events focused on how to have a better relationship with your money with the private members' club Home Grown, the Gender Inclusivity Network and Clyde & Co and is a regular contributor to the Financial Times ✨🌟 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Join us for a special bonus episode of Her Future Bright! ✨🙌 This week, we're thrilled to have the incredible Mary Mosope Adeyemi as our guest. Mary is an executive director at Goldman Sachs, founder of viSHEbility, and author of Visible Strengths - a powerhouse of passion and purpose ⚡ Mary's spent countless hours developing and executing talent recruitment and training programs, with a focus on early career professionals. Her unwavering dedication to personal development and equitable career growth led her to create viSHEbility - a social-first organization that empowers and inspires women to reach their full potential 💫 In 2022, Mary wrote Visible Strengths - a must-read book that guides career professionals on how to capitalize on their strengths, contribute value, and communicate results for ultimate success 📚👇 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BFRJH1CK If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Join us for another exciting episode of Her Future Bright. This week, we have the incredible Samantha Gould, the Head of PR and Campaigns at NOW: Pensions 🙌 Did you know that every year, two million women in the UK are retiring into pensioner poverty? Samantha has been working tirelessly to bring attention to the gender pensions gap, appearing in over 350 media features since 2019 including TV interviews and a column in Glamour magazine's #MoneyMatters 📝 In addition to this, Samantha has presented pension policy proposals to the Pensions Minster and HM Revenue. If introduced, we would see 3 million more people saving for their later life (2.2m women). Her work's been cited in the House of Lords, gaining widespread media coverage with a total global audience reach of almost 2 billion people 👏 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
This week we sit down with the dynamic Natalie Wright, a Chartered Financial Planner and Partner at Mazars, a top global accounting and advisory firm. With her expertise in working with business owners and their families, Natalie specializes in creating and implementing successful succession plans, managing over £1.6bn for private clients 💸 Natalie's passion and dedication to her work has earned her numerous accolades, including the prestigious 'Chartered Financial Planner of the Year' award from the Personal Finance Society and her recent promotion to Partner at Mazars. But her accomplishments don't stop there! Natalie is also a leading voice in the financial planning community, actively giving back through mentorship programs and being a member of the PFS practitioner panel 👏 Get ready to be inspired as Natalie shares her journey in the financial services sector, and discusses her latest venture, the 'Exploring Family Business' podcast. She is a true trailblazer, breaking barriers for women in the industry and sharing her expertise with the world ✨ If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
This week, we're joined by Jackie Leiper, CEO of Embark 🙌 Jackie has extensive technical experience in financial services industry, with strong pensions and investments expertise. She is purpose driven with a track record of delivering results and has established strong relationships with key stakeholders in the industry having held a number of senior customer and client facing positions. Within Lloyds Banking Group she leads the Embark, Scottish Widows, and Halifax Share Dealing businesses with a collective purpose of providing modern long-term savings & retirement solutions for the UK population. Jackie is also a lead media spokesperson for Scottish Widows, and is a leading campaigner of gender inequality championing women's development into leadership roles and also leads for Scottish Widows on Gender Pensions and financial resilience. Jackie is a member of the Insurance, Pensions & Investment Exec Committee, an executive member of Embark Group Board and also the Chair of the Scottish Widows Master Trust Strategy Committee. If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Join us for episode three of the Her Future Bright podcast! 🎧 This week, we're joined by Lisa Picardo, Chief Corporate Officer at PensionBee 🐝 Lisa leads the corporate development of PensionBee, which has included leading on the company's IPO and subsequent transfer to the Premium List, and plays a broader management role across many aspects of the business 🏦 Lisa has a wealth of experience in finance, having spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley. She honed her skills in the European Mergers & Acquisitions department, working on complex UK public transactions and playing a role in firm management. After that, she joined the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Fund, investing in mid-market opportunities across sectors with a focus on consumer-facing businesses 📊 In 2015, Lisa added entrepreneurship to her resume, founding LITTLECIRCLE, an online platform for children's fashion. In addition, Lisa is a member of the Steering Committee of the Development Board of Breast Cancer Now 🙌 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Episode 2 has dropped! This time we're speaking to Emma Napier, Head of Proposition at Bravura 🎙️ Emma has spent her whole career watching financial services evolve in the UK, it never ceases to amaze her how things have (and haven't) changed over the years. Her working life has entered its 3rd decade, yet she remains excited about the future of advice, particularly, how that advice is delivered to an individual. She has a whole heap of experience in-the-thick of the advised/platform world - the last piece of the jigsaw for Emma is how technology plays its part in the future of intermediated advice. Bravura offered her the opportunity to start playing with that! f you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
Join us as we celebrate International Women's Day and kick off a new season of the Her Future Bright podcast ✨ Our first episode features an inspiring conversation with Nina Mohanty, Co-Founder & CEO of Bloom Money, an app that builds tools for diaspora communities to build generational wealth 💸 Despite the fact that only 2.4% of all venture capital was allocated to women-led startups in 2021, according to TechCrunch, Nina is among that small percentage and shares her experience 🙌 Before leaving too found Bloom Money, Nina worked at Klarna making payments smooth and reimagining a better way to pay. Prior to Klarna, Nina worked at London-based Open Banking start up, Bud. She has been a steadfast believer in delivering technology that can better customer's financial lives and financial literacy since her days at Starling Bank and Mastercard 🏦 She is a recipient of the TechWomen 100 award and recently served as a judge for the Women in Finance UK Awards and the Great British Businesswoman Awards. She has been recognised for four years by Innovate Finance on the Women in FinTech Power List, most recently as a Standout in the Senior Leaders category. In her free time she volunteers her time with multiple charitable organisations and advises Talent Beyond Boundaries on their strategy for access to financial services for their refugee candidates 👏 If you enjoyed the episode make sure you hit subscribe, if you haven't already. If you want to join our community, follow us on instagram - @herfuturebright This series of the Her Future Bright podcast is sponsored by J P Morgan Asset Management.
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