E2W - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Advisory Board Member - Risk Analyst
- Advisory Board Member - Vice President Credit Investment Analyst
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Debt Capital Markets
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Director in the Regulatory Relations Group
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Fixed Income Investment Specialist
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Manager at E Finance Consulting Reply
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Project Manager Scrum Master
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Risk Analyst
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Senior Analyst in the Franchise New Business Group
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Vice President Credit Investment Analyst
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Vice President, Credit Portfolio Management
CFA Charterholder with 6 years of credit analysis experience and with current responsibility for a multi-billion high grade and leveraged finance portfolio with focus on TMT sector.
Nolly is a Risk Analyst at Legal & General Capital, who engages with various stakeholders to monitor and control their risk activities. She previously worked across several operational teams in asset and wealth management, where she learnt to solve problems and adapt in dynamic work environments. She is passionate about diversity and has volunteered for multiple committees and boards that support professional and entrepreneurial women. She has lived in Africa and Europe and attributes this to her ability to relate and work with a very diverse range of people.
I have enjoyed a really diverse career, travelling the world with my roles and experiencing many different working environments (6 cities, 5 countries across 3 continents).
I have over 13 years of experience within financial services with a proven track record of operating in highly complex and regulated environments at a global level (such as JP Morgan New York & London, State Street Bank, Canada Life and The European Commission in Brussels). During this time, I gained significant expertise in developing global risk and compliance programmes and embedding a sustainable compliance culture in business strategic initiatives.
Iva Horcicova is an Investment Analyst for European Credit Strategies at Napier Park Global Capital focusing on short/ long analysis of performing and stressed European leveraged loans and high yield bonds. Prior to joining Napier Park, Iva worked for ING Bank for 6 years, where she was a Vice President in the High Yield Debt Capital Markets team and advised corporates and financial sponsor clients on origination, structuring and execution of high yield bonds for LBO, M&A, carve-out and refinancing transactions across Europe. Iva started her career as an investment banking graduate at UniCredit in Munich in 2012. Iva holds a Master's degree in Business & Law from University of Economics in Prague (2012), and an LL.M. degree in Finance from the Institute for Law and Finance at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (2013).
Experienced Project Manager / Scrum Master with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and financial services industry. Qualified in PSM, Prince 2 and Six Sigma. Experienced in agile project delivery and release management.
Amelie has 12 years of experience in the Asset Management industry and is currently a Senior Fixed Income Investment Specialist at Legal & General Investment Management where she has established herself as the key link between Portfolio Managers, Distribution and Product Teams with regard to Active Global Bond Strategies. Her responsibilities are wide-ranging and cover technical aspects of the credit markets and investment strategies as well as client communication, marketing considerations and product development.
She is an enthusiastic self-starter with strong analytical skills and client-facing capabilities. She graduated from ESSEC Business School, holds an MBA and has been a CFA Charterholder since 2015.
Amelie is passionate about empowering women to take charge of their personal finances in order to improve their well-being and support their future growth.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Alvaro works at HSBC and is an alumnus of Royal Holloway, University of London. I am interested to hear new and diverse experiences that help me and other men understand the issues faced by an exclusive environment.
Job Titles:
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Fixed Income Investment Specialist
Amelie has 12 years of experience in the Asset Management industry and is currently a Senior Fixed Income Investment Specialist at Legal & General Investment Management where she has established herself as the key link between Portfolio Managers, Distribution and Product Teams with regard to Active Global Bond Strategies. Her responsibilities are wide-ranging and cover technical aspects of the credit markets and investment strategies as well as client communication, marketing considerations and product development.
She is an enthusiastic self-starter with strong analytical skills and client-facing capabilities. She graduated from ESSEC Business School, holds an MBA and has been a CFA Charterholder since 2015.
Amelie is passionate about empowering women to take charge of their personal finances in order to improve their well-being and support their future growth.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Co - Founder of Men for Inclusion
Brian Ballantyne is a co-Founder of Men for Inclusion. He is on the Board of WIDE (Women in Digital Empowerment) Luxembourg, on the Advisory Board of the "Flexpo" flexible working UK conferences, and he is author of Confessions of a Working Father (all proceeds donated to Winston's Wish, a charity for bereaved children), which encourages more men to lean in at home. Brian has delivered male allyship workshops in Madrid, Berlin and Virginia, as part of his Diversity role at Amazon, and he has also facilitated mental health and wellbeing workshops.
Job Titles:
- Ambassador
- Inclusion Ambassador
Chris Lelliott is an Ambassador at Men for Inclusion. He is a Regional Business Manager for a leading financial services organisation and chairs the Inclusion committee across the Europe and Americas region within his business. With a global career spanning 12+ years, he has lived in the UK and Hong Kong, and worked with colleagues and clients across more than 30 different countries. He believes that in order to be fully inclusive, we must continue to listen to feedback, challenge ourselves to deliver meaningful change and be open to continuous development.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Advisory Board Member - Senior Risk Manager at Janus Henderson
David has twenty years' experience in audit and risk management having previously been Head of Operational Risk at Threadneedle Asset Management and Global Head of Operational Risk at ICAP Group. David has experience developing and implementing operational risk frameworks, risk based regulatory capital assessments, risk appetite and corporate governance. David prides himself on his ability to build strong relationships and is known for his candour and integrity.
Keen to help realise the benefits of diversity in the financial services industry, David believes redressing gender balance will only be achieved if both sexes are comfortable discussing the issue and removing barriers in partnership.
Dr Jill Armstrong led the ‘Collaborating with Men' action research programme at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge where she was a Bye -Fellow. Jill published a number of reports from this research including "Everyday Workplace Inclusion". Jill writes and speaks on inclusion and gender. She wrote "Like Mother, Like Daughter?: How career women influence their daughters' ambition", published in 2017 by Policy Press. Her second book, "The Accidental Sexist", written with Gary Ford and Stephen Koch, is scheduled to be published in April 2021. Jill has run many workshops (online and in the room) on how to call out accidental sexism and how to act in more inclusive ways.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Independent Consultant
Gary is an independent consultant specialising in IT transformation and employee engagement. Previously, he was a Managing Director at JP Morgan where he managed a number of enterprise wide IT delivery programmes. In 2016, Gary co-founded JPMorgan's male allies programme for Women in Technology which ultimately became a firm-wide network across the whole company. The group developed an inclusion workshop that has been run over 200 times across 6 countries and trained more than 2,000 allies. He now works with other organisations around inclusion and is the male allies advisor for Women on the Wharf and co-founded Men for Inclusion.
Job Titles:
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Project Manager Scrum Master
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Investment Analyst for European Credit Strategies at Napier Park Global Capital
Job Titles:
- Ambassador
- Inclusion Ambassador
Jamie is an ambassador at Men for Inclusion. With 13 years' in Financial Planning and a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society and the Chartered Management Institute, he has extensive experience managing large, diverse teams both in London and remotely across the UK. Jamie is currently Assistant Director in the Strategic Operations team at Brewin Dolphin and directly oversees the FP Academy, an apprenticeship programme for new entrants to financial services. He is a firm believer that leaders have a responsibility to challenge and promote greater diversity and social inclusion, but also that diversity brings strength through new ideas, approaches and perspective, so is keen to be an ambassador for greater diversity in financial services, and is looking forward to collaborating with the Men for Inclusion community.
Job Titles:
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Director in the Regulatory Relations Group
- Steering Committee Member of Morgan Stanley 's African
- Vice President in the Environmental and Social Risk Management Group at Morgan Stanley
Joy Mpofu is a Vice President in the Environmental and Social Risk Management group at Morgan Stanley; where she is engaged in developing and implementing the bank's approach to environmental and social risks across its businesses. She leads the engagement with external stakeholders, such as NGOs and Regulators, on the topic of climate change, deforestation, modern slavery. Previously, Joy focused on advising the firm on UK regulators' expectations on climate change risk and sustainability.
Joy is also a Steering Committee member of Morgan Stanley's African and Caribbean Business Alliance (ACBA). Whilst on the steering committee of the ACBA, Joy has received recognition for her contributions to helping Morgan Stanley towards its strategic goal of creating a more diverse and inclusive work environment.
In 2011, Joy graduated from Exeter University with a degree in Law LLB (Hons).
Joy was born in Zimbabwe and raised in the UK & Switzerland.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Membership Manager
- Membership
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Head of Consultant Relations Advisory Board Member
- Head of UK
Lindsey is Head of UK Consultant Relations with responsibility for LGIM's strategic relationships with investment consultants and professional independent trustees. Lindsey joined LGIM in 2015 from the credit specialist Cairn Capital where she had the role of UK Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations. Prior to that, she ran Investor Relations at Credaris and previously managed Consultant Relations at the London hedge fund, BlueCrest Capital. Lindsey graduated from the University of Leicester and holds a BSc in Communications, is a charter holder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association and holds the IMC.
Lindsey is a full-time working mother of two young girls and with a career background that includes television and fashion production, she is a passionate advocate of diversity in all forms. Lindsey also champions greater openness around discussing mental health with the goal of encouraging more inclusive and supportive working cultures.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Advisory Board Member / SVP Chief of Staff Global Programs and EMEA Region for Functions Technology, Citi
There are two things that Louisa gets very excited about: people and puzzles. After changing her degree from Philosophy to Computer Science, she graduated with a 1 st from the University of Birmingham. Louisa could see the power in technology and how it could provide lean solutions to complex problems. She started her career at JP Morgan, after a spring week and summer internship, working in the global infrastructure department. There, she managed data centre transformation programmes before becoming the global governance lead supporting the corporate investment banking equities and derivatives technology department. Louisa then went to HSBC where she ran a PRA mandated non-financial risk optimisation program across the global back office. She also led a culture change programme within the technology risk and controls department, driving greater collaboration and better employee engagement across the bank. In January 2021, she moved to Citi to become the chief of staff for global programs and EMEA region for functions technology.
Throughout her career, Louisa has been heavily involved in culture change, diversity and inclusion. She currently holds two board positions: Men for Inclusion (Connecting networks of Male Allies) and Women on the Wharf (Diversity and Inclusion across Canary Wharf). In April 2020, she co-founded the Women on the Wharf ‘Inspire' series, a virtual learning and networking series which over 2,000 people have attended to date.
Outside of work, Louisa is a keen traveller, massive foodie and cellist.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Co - Founder
- Member of the Advisory Board
I am English, born in Birmingham I moved to London at the age of 5. I am dyslexic and with little support or understanding from schools I failed miserably academically and left education as soon as I could with no qualifications.
In the early 2000's my journey took a very different path when I co-founded E2W and organisation that is focussed on supporting and helping women in their financial services careers and helping financial institutions to attract, recruit and retain them. This year E2W will make a real difference to the careers and lives of over 800 women. Through the support we give them via our membership programme and by partnering with Financial Institutions who want to recruit, retain and help them flourish.
Frustrated at the pace of change on the journey to an inclusive and diverse industry in 2021 I launched Men for Inclusion, with my partners, to help more men in the majority groups to become true advocated for inclusion. I am doing this because I'm passionate about the economic and social benefits. More men need to get on board with the agenda. Today, we have the opportunity to drive lasting change.
Job Titles:
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Manager at E Finance Consulting Reply
I have enjoyed a really diverse career, travelling the world with my roles and experiencing many different working environments (6 cities, 5 countries across 3 continents).
I have over 13 years of experience within financial services with a proven track record of operating in highly complex and regulated environments at a global level (such as JP Morgan New York & London, State Street Bank, Canada Life and The European Commission in Brussels). During this time, I gained significant expertise in developing global risk and compliance programmes and embedding a sustainable compliance culture in business strategic initiatives.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Debt Capital Markets
- Associate Director and Member of the Global Strategic Relationship Management
Molly joined Fidelity International (FIL) London office in August 2013. Molly is currently an Associate Director and member of the Global Strategic Relationship Management (SRM) function. The SRM Team works with the world's largest financial institutions and technology companies to optimise Fidelity's investment management performance and operational efficiency. Molly plays an integral role in targeting strategic counterparties, mapping the enterprise opportunities and maintaining relationships that promote counterparty best practices.
In 2016, Molly worked in Fidelity's Hong Kong office in a sales support role covering Asia ex-Japan clients within the Institutional Distribution business.
From 2013 - 2015 Molly had a number of roles at Fidelity in London including UK Institutional distribution support and as product specialist for the FIL Global Equity Income Fund.
Prior to joining Fidelity International, Molly spent two years at Barclays working in the Business Management function covering small to midsize enterprises.
Molly is involved in several charitable activities including co-leader of Fidelity's corporate sponsorship for the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney as well as running charitable yoga sessions for Fidelity's staff. Molly is a marathon runner and certified yoga instructor.
Job Titles:
- Risk Analyst at Legal & General Capital
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Coach and Associate Member of the CIPD
- Writer
Richard is an award-winning leader in diversity and inclusion. He is an expert at driving culture change across global workplaces and has designed inclusion strategies for a diversity of organisations and sectors. Richard has experience across the People agenda including in graduate recruitment, organisational policy, leadership, and learning and development.
A qualified coach and associate member of the CIPD, Richard is a highly skilled facilitator and trainer. He is passionate about engaging majority groups to support equality and inclusion for underrepresented, marginalised and/or minority groups - he sees true allyship as critical to securing lasting change.
Richard is a keen writer in his personal time and is working on his second fictional novel based on Caribbean folklore. He enjoys volunteering and was previously a Trustee for the Fawcett Society, the UK's leading feminist charity.
Job Titles:
- Head of Advisory / Investment Consulting Analytics at Barclays Wealth Management
- Inclusion Ambassador
Rustom is currently the Head of Advisory/Investment Consulting Analytics at Barclays Wealth Management and Investments. He has thirteen years of experience in asset management and private wealth. Rustom specialises in tactical and strategic solutions, business management, process optimization and reporting over a broad range of areas, teams, product types and asset classes. He is results-oriented and a decisive strategic thinker with a proven ability to effectively work across the organisation to implement change. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and Economics and a Master's degree in International Securities, Investment and Banking.
Rustom has experience in leading diverse teams and has witnessed the overwhelmingly positive effect that a diverse, inclusive and collaborative workforce can have on productivity. He is looking forward to being an ambassador for promoting diversity in the wider industry and to being a part of the Men for Inclusion community.
Outside of work Rustom is passionate about polar travel, climbing mountains and hiking and also has an avid interest in wildlife and landscape photography, music and astrophysics.
Job Titles:
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Vice President, Credit Portfolio Management
Sean has worked in the financial services industry for 19 years. Throughout his career, Sean has always given time to help others understand the benefits of Diversity & Inclusion and the benefits to business. This work has led to trustee & advisory board positions at several charities and as an Ambassador for the Diversity Project itself. Having been part of inaugural Finance-led Diversity groups at several International banks and a leader in the City Veterans space he has a wealth of knowledge to bring as an Ambassador at Men for Inclusion. An advocate and supporter of ESG & STEM projects in the City and beyond
Diversity & Inclusion is my passion...Helping women flourish is what I love doing! As a woman of colour and a working mother I know first hand some of the struggles people face in the workplace. This is why I am part of the E2W team which was created to create a unique solution to a common problem faced by women pursuing careers in financial services.
Job Titles:
- Alpha Challengers Advisory Board Member - Senior Analyst in the Franchise New Business Group
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Stephen Koch has 27 years' experience in Investment Banking IT at a number of major financial services firms. He has spent most of his career building risk management systems and managing global technology development teams. Up until recently, he was a Managing Director at the same large US Financial Services firm.
He is now Director of Demographics at NHS-Digital.
In 2016, Gary and Stephen co-founded the firm's male allies programme for Women in Technology. Together they grew this network from a small group of people to a firm-wide network of allies across the whole organisation. This included developing an inclusion workshop that has been run over 200 times across 6 countries and trained more than 2000 allies. The programme has now been adopted across all business areas and the Investment Banking division recently started rolling out an updated version of the workshop.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Teresa Boughey MA FCIPD is CEO of award-winning Jungle HR and founder of Inclusion 247. She is a TEDx speaker, a Non-Executive Director, and author of Amazon bestseller Closing the Gap, designed to support business professionals at every stage of their inclusivity journey that was highly commended as an Exceptional Book that Promotes Diversity at the Business Book Awards 2020. Teresa is a UK Female Entrepreneur Ambassador, member of the Women and Enterprise and the Women and Work All Party Parliamentary Groups and a regular contributor to the media and public policy
Tina Freed - Chairman, COO, Founder
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Co - Founder
- COO
- Member of the Advisory Board
"E2W is uniquely positioned within the market place. Our insight into the industry has led to the development of a sustainable business and a rewarding employment model for talented like-minded people."
Tina is the co-founder of E2W, and has been instrumental in planning and leading its growth, ensuring the business makes headway in achieving its long term goals and objectives. "Sharing my vision and observing the growth of E2W as it met the needs of people from financial services background, in not just the UK but globally, has fulfilled my aspirations of providing choice to predominately women - and proven that we can work in a different way without compromising on outcomes."
Having worked for over 25 years in financial services, Tina remains passionate about harnessing women's experience, knowledge, and skills for the industry. She has used her experience to develop solutions which address the challenges faced when positively supporting people to achieve career aspirations, whilst at the same time delivering better outcomes to the business.
"I am proud of the part that E2W has played in driving awareness on the issues and challenges faced. The arguments are now well documented that having a workforce that is gender-balanced gives better outcomes. We will now make every effort to build on the work done to date to create a level playing field which enables us all to play a full role within financial services"
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Tracey is passionate about people fulfilling their full potential in the workplace irrespective of their backgrounds. Her unique career path which started in investment banking enables her to understand challenges that minorities face in the corporate world. Through her work at SEO London, as founder of Opportunity Central and working as an HR professional for an independent investment bank, Tracey has structured and delivered a number of successful formal mentoring programmes and works extensively on projects that promote diversity & inclusion and talent development within the workplace which has impacted thousands of lives. She is a certified coach who helps people unlock their potential by understanding how to unlock the value in their relationships to support their career goals. A notable career highlight was her nomination of the Champion Award in 2018 for a female leadership programme she structured and executed while at SEO London (HerCapital).