Name: Driving change - Empowering women in Fintech
Uploaded: 2024-03-06T10:49:26.906Z
Duration: 129.68
Description: Fintech Founders is exploring women in fintech at Finovate Europe and this video jumps into driving change and empowering women in fintech with speakers including Chantal Swainston, Founder of The Heard, Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Chief Customer Officer at the Harrington Starr and Jen Godderidge, Founder & CEO at Atmo.Earth.

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Quotas are a bit controversial, but
I think they're really necessary.

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A lot of the events that I speak
to they do work to quotas, whether

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or not they're public or not.

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Generally, they're trying to get
between 40 and 50 percent female

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representation, which I think is great.

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And if you don't have that number
to work towards, it can be really

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easy to just put that representation
to the back of your mind.

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So I do think quotas are probably a
great way of, pushing us forwards.

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Eventually, I hope we won't need them,
but for now, I think they are necessary.

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I think there's so much that we can do to
drive change in the industry for gender

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equality, for inclusion to, for all.

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And I think a lot of people talk
about whether we should have quotas

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when we are looking to hire, promote,
pay rise, whether we should have

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targets, whether we should have male
allies, and actually I don't think

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there is one silver bullet, and I've
always been quite open about them.

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I think the number one thing that
we should know is the value of

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inclusion for us all, and have
everybody included in inclusion.

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And I love the saying inclusion
is about including everybody.

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Once we have that, and everyone
understands the why, that it's

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not a threat, that it's a benefit
for us all, I think then we can

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really have confident male allies.

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We can have quotas that will work
and targets that everyone is behind

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because they understand the value
of them and the benefits that

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they will have as an individual.

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Once we start getting those foundations
right, there's so much further we can go.

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I think we need more grassroot
level change, really at entry level.

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Men are naturally more confident and women
are naturally questioning themselves more.

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So really more empowerment
at an early stage.

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So really looking at schools.

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and how can you nurture that early,
not just for female, but also for

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different backgrounds, and really
empower people to, go the extra mile.

Quotas are a bit controversial, but
I think they're really necessary.

A lot of the events that I speak
to they do work to quotas, whether

Generally, they're trying to get
between 40 and 50 percent female

And if you don't have that number
to work towards, it can be really

easy to just put that representation
to the back of your mind.

So I do think quotas are probably a
great way of, pushing us forwards.

Eventually, I hope we won't need them,
but for now, I think they are necessary.

I think there's so much that we can do to
drive change in the industry for gender

And I think a lot of people talk
about whether we should have quotas

when we are looking to hire, promote,
pay rise, whether we should have

targets, whether we should have male
allies, and actually I don't think

there is one silver bullet, and I've
always been quite open about them.

I think the number one thing that
we should know is the value of

inclusion for us all, and have
everybody included in inclusion.

And I love the saying inclusion
is about including everybody.

Once we have that, and everyone
understands the why, that it's

not a threat, that it's a benefit
for us all, I think then we can

We can have quotas that will work
and targets that everyone is behind

because they understand the value
of them and the benefits that

Once we start getting those foundations
right, there's so much further we can go.

I think we need more grassroot
level change, really at entry level.

Men are naturally more confident and women
are naturally questioning themselves more.

So really more empowerment
at an early stage.

and how can you nurture that early,
not just for female, but also for

different backgrounds, and really
empower people to, go the extra mile.

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Fintech Founders is exploring women in fintech at Finovate Europe and this video jumps into driving change and empowering women in fintech with speakers including Chantal Swainston, Founder of The Heard, Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Chief Customer Officer at the Harrington Starr and Jen Godderidge, Founder & CEO at Atmo.Earth.

