Across the ever-expanding FinTech world, the need to pave the way for equal opportunities in the workplace couldn't be more prevalent, with top female leaders in UK FinTech citing a lack of industry recognition for their contribution (27%) and non-transparent promotion processes (25%) as particular challenges to career progression.  

This calls for the FinTech landscape to continue striving to achieve gender parity in the workplace; championing diversity and inclusion methods can help FinTechs innovate by providing a broader range of perspectives to identify opportunities and create solutions for all types of customers. 

In our next Wired-In webinar, Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Starr, will draw upon the key findings from her widely successful book 'FinTech Women Walk the Talk' that contains insight from over 150 FinTech experts, more than 100 of which are women.

Nadia will uncover the following: 

 

 

Nadia co-founded the Harrington Starr Group in 2010; a leading Financial Technology recruitment firm. Having recruited in the financial services technology sector for 18 years, Nadia has been responsible for helping over 2000 people find jobs. As Chief Customer Officer, she runs the Podcast Series, ‘The DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Discussions’, to share the challenges and successes of those driving equitable change in the industry.

 

Nadia has written a book: ‘FinTech Women Walk the Talk: Moving the needle for workplace gender equality in Financial Services and beyond’- and within it quotes 100+ of her podcast interviewees. Her campaigns for gender equality include the award-winning “19% List” that gives companies continual visibility of female technologists looking for work.

Nadia is Winner of Investing in Talent 2019 Awards; Most Inspirational Recruitment Leader; Innovate Finance: Women in FinTech Powerlist Judge; FinTech Magazine Top 100 Women in FinTech 2022; The Recruiter Awards: Recruitment Agency Leader of the Year 2022; European Women’s Payment Network: ‘Positive Trouble Maker of the Year 2022’. Nadia is an Industrial Fellow at the University of East London: Centre of FinTech; and a regular contributor to Forbes.com.