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WinTrade Global TalksAlex Weeks - How to PUSH your idea forwardHave you got an idea for a business that you sometimes think about?
Or do you come across other businesses and admire how they've managed to put a great idea into practice?
Do you wonder what opportunities there are to start a tech business and how to go about it?
Self-made billionaire Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx says this;
“Every person in their life has had a million dollar idea. No doubt. It's just, are you going to take action?”
That's a great question to ask yourself. What exactly are yo...2021-07-0139 minWinTrade Global TalksAndy Gwynn - LinkedIn CoachGot a LinkedIn account?
Confident you're making the most of the platform that, with over 740 million users, describes itself it as “the world's largest professional network?”
Happy that you know how to get yourself and your business noticed by the right people and companies on LinkedIn . . . and are using all of its features to the full?
Know exactly why and how 2021 is the Golden Age for LinkedIn and you're doubled down on those opportunities that are presenting themselves, as never before, on this platform right now?
Sure that you're on top of your...2021-06-2943 minWinTrade Global TalksAdrian Joseph - Managing Director, Group AI and Data Solutions at BT GroupMany believe AI will be the most transformative tech trend of the next 5 years. What about you?
We'll be speaking to Adrian Joseph, OBE to find out all about the impact of AI, the digital transition and tech on business and especially on SMEs!
Adrian Joseph is the Managing Director, Group AI and Data Solutions at BT Group. Prior to this he was a Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) and led Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services in the UK and Europe. He has over ten year’s Cloud, digital, data science and analytics experience gained in se...2021-06-2048 minWinTrade Global TalksRaffaella Tenconi - What female entrepreneurs should know about the global digital transition in order to achieve success!We'll be speaking to Raffaella Tenconi to find out all about what female entrepreneurs need to know about the global digital transition in order to succeed. Raffaella is an economist, entrepreneur and a mum of two. She is the founder and Managing Director of ADA Economics, specialising in forecasting currencies and the business cycle. For Raffaella entrepreneurship was always in her blood: she is the daughter of two entrepreneurs and she will tell us how that upbringing inspired her to achieve. She left her native Italy at the age of 17 to study at the London School of Economics and...2021-06-1445 minWinTrade Global TalksLouise HarriesCan you answer a few questions that could be the difference between your business success or not - would you be interested to know more?
If I said I can:-
• introduce you to someone who can tell you what it takes to become a supplier to IBM - would you be interested to know more?
• facilitate you asking her questions about possible IBM contracts, - would you be interested to know more?
• offer you this opportunity as part of our WinTrade Global Webinar & Networking Experience FREE of charge - would you be interes...2021-06-0333 minWinTrade Global TalksNkiru UwajeNkiru leads SWIFT’s engagement with the financial services industry ecosystem and is responsible for managing and sourcing co-innovation opportunities that accelerate and de-risk SWIFT’s strategy to develop new opportunities for growth.
Prior to joining SWIFT, Nkiru worked at the forefront of new technology as the Blockchain Strategy Lead for Dell Technologies UK & Ireland. Here she championed Dell Technologies’ partnership with VMWare to build and bring to market their Enterprise Blockchain platform.
In her wider capacity, Nkiru acts as a trusted adviser to the financial sector on digital transformation and innovation. She is an experie...2021-05-2734 minWinTrade Global TalksAnn Cairns, Executive Vice Chair of MastercardThis week you will be talking to the unstoppable Ann Cairns, one of the most influential women in business and on boards.
Not only is she the most senior woman in Mastercard, Advisor to Government and the Global Co-Chair of the 30% Club, but she is one of the nicest women we've met during our Talks.
And I want you to meet her too
To find out Ann’s answers on just some of the questions I will be asking which include:-
Are there really still more men on FTSE 100 boards called Joh...2021-05-2051 minWinTrade Global TalksAmali de Alwis MBE - Managing Director of MicrosoftAmali De Alwis CAN steer the UK office of one of the world's largest and leading Tech companies
THIS GIRL CAN!
Hear her why & how!
With her can do attitude Amali has risen to the top of the Tech Arena. She paves the way for SMEs and Women in the Tech World, sits on various boards in the Tech World.
Amali is the MD Microsoft for Startups UK, as well as:
- Board member@Ada, the National College for Digital Skills
- Board Member@Diversity Board, Institute of Coding
...2021-04-2040 minWinTrade Global TalksNeeta & Nikita PhadnavisA story of how resilience, positive mindset, focusing on your focus and an "Attitude Of Gratitude" can make you see your world differently.They will leave you speechless!
Nikita Phadnavis is an early Years Professional with expertise in EYFS curriculum, Froebel and Montessori Philosophy.
She trained as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator, Safeguarding Office and First Aider. Nikita gained work experience in six different countries, with all age groups and in varied Educational Establishments – early years setting, state and independent schools and further education colleges and charity run schools.
She worked on a UN...2021-04-1336 minWinTrade Global TalksPhuzma Dyani, World Business Angels Forum Senator for South AfricaShe is a powerhouse who has worked with brands like Absa, MTN and Vodacom in Sales, Brand and Marketing.
Experienced Chief Sales and Marketing Office with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in Sales, Management of High Performing Sales teams, Business Development, Telecommunications, Strategy, and Policy. Strong sales professional with a Master's degree focused in eCommerce from Bond University.
She now holds various board positions, including CMSO - BBI, WBAF - International Partner, Founder - PANFID, Columnist - Globaltrade, Voice - SHE Community, Board Member
And she will share...2021-04-0642 minWinTrade Global TalksBeverley East - Whose Signature is it Anyway? Prevention is better than fraud.Beverley East has testified before 33 judges in 6 countries and her reports have been submitted
in courts in Pakistan, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago and Spain.
We train bankers across the Caribbean region in how to identify fraudulent documents
Ms. East was the lead expert in an Emmy nominated episode with the Smithsonian Channel in 2019
Ms. East participated in an FBI Black Box Research Study from July 26 2019 - May 17 2020 completing in 100 comparison sets.
Her Reference book "Whose signature is it Anyway? Complexities of Caribbean Fraud was released in November 30th 2020.
2021-03-1630 minWinTrade Global TalksDemystifying the Queen's Honours System with Sir Kenneth Olisa, Jenny Garrett OBE and Alison Bennett, Honours SecretariatDemystifying the Queen’s honours system.
It is no surprise that the royal tradition of honouring high achievers goes back to the Norman Conquests. However, what is surprising is that the first ‘commoners’ to be honoured en mass started as late as 1917, when the father of Queen Elizabeth II , King George V, began a new order of chivalry called the Order Of the British Empire. He did this to celebrate the outstanding contributions made by British citizen and soldiers to the war effort in WII and the system has remained in place to this day.
Today...2021-03-0949 minWinTrade Global TalksEmine ERDEM, President of KAGIDEREmine ERDEM is the President of KAGIDER where she has been a Board Member since 2013. A lawyer by profession, she served as a Chamber Counsel for Turkish Airlines between 1990-2017. Erdem is a Board Member of Erdem Holding since 1985. Formerly, Mrs. Erdem served various roles at international and local NGOs. She is of the founders of UNESCO-Istanbul Center for Global Ethics and Sustainable Development and a member of the Advisory Board of Association of Women Candidates. Mrs. Erdem speaks French and English.
Emine will speak on why women in economy is a prerequisite for sustainable economic growth...2021-01-1530 minWinTrade Global TalksVanessa Kingori, MBE publishing director of British VogueVanessa Kingori is Conde Nast's first and only black publisher and also Vogue's publishing director. Vanessa Kingori, MBE is a trail blazer in her own right. Not only was she the first female to hold the position of Publisher on GQ - (Gentleman's Quarterly) the quintessentially British Male magazine, but she went on to do it again on British Vogue.
Join to our membership program: https://talks.wintradeglobal.com/MEMBERSHIP_LANDING?r_done=12020-12-1744 minWinTrade Global TalksBarbara Stewart, CFA on Embracing Serendipity for Business SuccessBarbara shares her personal journey: how one person, with one idea, can have a dramatic effect on changing an entire industry.
Barbara started her career in finance nearly 30 years ago. She was one of a handful of women in a foreign currency trading room and she dressed like a man, swore like a man, and acted like a man.
During the financial crisis she started investigating the representation of women in investment. She found a majority of negative viewpoints. She thus had the idea to interview 50 highly accomplished women from around the world and share...2020-12-1638 minWinTrade Global TalksAntonia Belcher, director of MHBC CummingAntonia Belcher has a wide experience in the inspection and appraisal of many building types, ranging from large volume/high rise office buildings and mansion block residential apartment buildings to historic buildings, industrial property, school buildings, etc.
Antonia will speak about her Journey to be her authentic self. She is a transwoman working in the Construction and Property Sectors, and a founding Partner of her firm, MHBC, which is based adjacent St Paul’s Cathedral. She transitioned in a very male dominated working environment during 2000 to 2003, where there was no history or visible LGBT influences to draw on...2020-12-1539 minWinTrade Global TalksVicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser, on why we can't rely on Capitalism to bring about Gender Equality‘Why we can’t rely on Capitalism to bring about Gender Equality- or to bring about much needed diversity at the top of organisations.' Vicky will use her own experience through her career and her analytical work over a number of years to argue the case for need for continued government intervention in this area
Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). She was previously Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, Director General for Economics at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and J...2020-12-0645 minWinTrade Global TalksSuki Thompson Founder and CEO at Let’s Reset“If you don’t make time for your wellness, you will be forced to make time for your illness.”
Why looking after your own wellbeing can help improve your performance.
Suki Thompson – Founder and CEO of LetsReset , has advised some of the most powerful brands globally including, McDonald’s, Samsung, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Benefit Cosmetics, and worked with the top agency groups including WPP, Omnicom, Havas and Publicis Groupe.
The events of 2020 have changed how we do business for good, it’s given us new ways of working to adapt to, and accelerated the need for us a...2020-12-0346 minWinTrade Global TalksCarole Stone CBE, Chair, External Advisory Board of the YouGov CentreCarole Stone spent over 20 years at the BBC, beginning as a newsroom secretary she went on to produce Radio 4's flagship discussion programme Any Questions?
In April 2007 she became Managing Director of YouGovStone Ltd, a joint venture with the market research company YouGov plc. There she established a think tank, holding debates and polling members on issues of concern to us all.
Carole is Chair of the Tutu Foundation UK, which works to prevent and resolve conflict. It is based on the principles of Ubuntu which encourage us to recognise our common humanity and emphasises wh...2020-11-0230 minWinTrade Global TalksNadhim Zahawi MP, Minister for BEIS - What help is available from the government for your business During & Post COVID-19 PandemicAs the coronavirus pandemic continues, the government has said it will do whatever it takes to win the fight against COVID-19.
The government has given unprecedented support to business during the pandemic but what help is still available? What support can you draw on to ensure your business is protected with the investment it needs and to protect jobs that are vital to the economy? And what initiatives are in place to help the economic recovery?
Join our stellar line up of speakers for this important webinar. If you are a small BAME business - y...2020-10-2944 minWinTrade Global TalksShenin Lebrun, Nike’s EMEA marketplace development directorSeventeen years strong at Nike European Headquarters and ever entrepreneurial, WinTrade Global’s next impressive speaker is Shenin Lebrun. Shenin would like to invite you into her world and how she has accomplished her many dreams inspired by three simple words: JUST DO IT.
Listen to how Shenin navigated this industry as a black woman delivering on Brand Marketing, Merchandising and Sales strategy for Nike. Yet there is more to Shenin than meets the eye. Her story is personal and driven, inspired by passions that compliment her Nike values and accomplishments. Shenin created opportunities that have led her...2020-10-2829 minWinTrade Global TalksNiclas Holmberg, Managing Director listings Nasdaq SwedenNiclas Holmberg is the Managing Director responsible for listings in Sweden on the Main List and the growth market Nasdaq First North. He previously served as Vice President and held several senior positions in Capital Markets, Asset Management and International banking within the banking sector.
Niclas has studied economics at Stockholm University, the University of the West Indies and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. During his time in the West Indies, he served as national team coach in table tennis for Trinidad and Tobago.
His WinTrade Global Talk will also explore why...2020-10-231h 07WinTrade Global TalksMarina Santalices Amigo, Global Lead of Women Will, Brand Marketing at Google Asia Pacific Pte. LtdMarina Santalices Amigo is a spanish advocate for diversity and inclusion, working as the Women Will Program Lead at Google. Women Will is a Grow with Google program that addresses the gaps in information and empowerment to help where women are being excluded, helping women gain economic independence.
She holds a BSc in Economics by the University of Warwick, a MSc in Marketing and Digital Media by ESCP Europe University and a Marketing Diploma from Wharton University. Early in her career Marina worked at AbbVie Pharmaceuticals and Pernod Ricard. In 2016 she joined Google to work in Spain...2020-10-161h 07WinTrade Global TalksRene Carayol MBE, founder of Carayol, on the importance of leadership in challenging times.Through his thought-provoking speeches and inspiring writing, René Carayol MBE has one of the most eminent minds on leadership across Europe. A visiting professor at the CASS business school, a regular columnist for the Sunday Times and an author of three distinguished books, it is often said that René has forgotten more than most of know about improving organisations through effective leadership.
For his WinTrade Global Talk, René acknowledges that the global pandemic offers an ongoing opportunity for progressive organisations. Enabling them to take another look at their recruitment policies to see how better they reflect the socie...2020-09-3049 minWinTrade Global TalksLady Valerie Corbett and Reinventing social perceptionsWinTrade Global Talks have had an array of inspiring and fabulous speakers over the last three months. The trend continues with our next impressive speaker. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Lady Valerie Corbett will have us glued to our screens presenting her specialised subject, “Reinventing Yourself”. Her conversation with us is particularly relevant now when you consider the major upheaval imposed on small, large and micro businesses as a direct result of the pandemic.
Underpinning Lady Val’s, (as she is affectionately known) presentation on personal reinvention is her core belief of empowering women. “Women lead differen...2020-09-1539 minWinTrade Global TalksRonel Lundall - EVP of Mastercard - Digitization is not the way of the future…It is nowIntroducing RONEL LUNDALL Executive Vice President, Global Delivery New Payment Platforms for Mastercard.
Ronel Lundall is the Executive Vice President, Global Delivery New Payment Platforms for Mastercard. Based in London, she is the next in line of impressive professional speakers sharing their extensive knowledge and skills, here at WinTrade Global Talks.
With the world as we know it dramatically pausing for the best part of three months this year due to COVID-19, social commentators, business and thought leaders globally are advocating a critical component of leadership for anyone responsible for shaping and leading teams.
2020-09-0838 minWinTrade Global TalksThe powerhouse of branding in a digital age…why Justin Timberlake, Rio Ferdinand, Rolls Royce and Aston Martin turn to Kubi Springer when they need a branding expert…The award-winning, Brand Specialist and Media Personality Kubi Springer, is our next sensational guest in our series of WinTrade Global Talks. With over 20 years’ brand marketing experience with her own personal moniker ‘She Builds Brands’, Kubi has worked with some global household marques labels such as Nike, Loreal, Blackberry, MTV, Rolls Royce and Aston Martin. She has also worked with R&B stars such as P. Diddy and Justin Timberlake. After securing an illustrious book-deal with famed publishers Bloomsbury, her book, ‘I AM MY BRAND’ made the shortlist for the Sales and Marketing category for the Business Book Awards 2020.
As a...2020-08-2542 minWinTrade Global TalksLYNNE FRANK OBE shared more insights in one webinar than I have been privy to in 1 year.There can be precious very few global conversations about women empowerment which does not feature WinTrade Global Talk’s next guest at the epicentre of the conversation. Lynne Franks OBE is an extraordinary woman for the exceptional times we find ourselves in.
Following a highly successful career in PR which included the creation of London Fashion Week and the British Fashion Awards, Lynne Franks has become a champion for women’s empowerment, sustainable business practices and social justice issues.
A proud grandmother of seven, she was awarded an OBE in 2018 for her work with the empo...2020-08-1841 minWinTrade Global TalksMary ‘Resilience’ Keightley – focused on helping women, in particular, to convert high potential to high performance in the corporate worldIn a world where organisations and systems seem to excel at making things complicated, it is a real pleasure to have our next international speaker at WinTrade Global Talks – who says it as it is! Born in Northern Ireland and an internationally sought after coach and speaker, her company’s website states plainly under its mission….”We lift others. It’s what we do. It’s not a job; it’s who we are.”
Mary Keightley is our next fantastic guest on WinTrade Global Talk.
Mary is a co-founder and partner of Mind Associates, an international sp...2020-08-1154 minWinTrade Global TalksBaybars Altuntas Chairman, World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) - ‘Towards a hyperconnected digital world’Baybars Altuntas, the Turkish entrepreneur, speaker, author, and Angel Investor, has had many high accolades throughout his distinguished, illustrious career. Last week he reaches another highpoint, by being the first man to be featured on our WinTrade Global Talks.
Born and based in Turkey’s economic, cultural, and historic centre, Istanbul, Baybars is a man with a mission. Formerly a Senior Advisor to the London Stock Exchange, President of the Business Angels Association of Turkey and the current Executive Chairman of the World Business Angels Investment Forum, he understands a thing or two about business. More pertinent to...2020-08-0448 minWinTrade Global TalksIf bravery had a name, it would be AkmaralPart of Akmaral's speech:
Wintrade asked me to do a talk on what I chose as the most important issues affecting my life as a professional woman. So what follows are issues which impact my career as a journalist and film producer, as a professional woman, and indeed, simply as a woman and a mother at this point in humanity’s history.
To address these issues, I need to focus on 2 questions.
First: Why is protest so often depicted as looting? (Or you choose a question – for structure)
Second: What do COVID-1...2020-07-2846 minWinTrade Global TalksGina Miller - Responsibility – Collective and IndividualTo date, she has started 7 innovative brands which have all exceeded accepted industry norms with the goal of delivering better outcomes for customers by incorporating simplicity, common sense and transparency.
She embraces the values of conscious capitalism and believes in sharing success and helping those less fortunate or drowning in the consequences of their lives. All the businesses she has started operate with a 'profit for purpose' model where a significant percentage of profits and resources are given to charities or community projects.
Bloomberg described Gina Miller as an “Establishment Wrecking Ball” but her drive for t...2020-07-2135 minWinTrade Global TalksHH Basma Al Said - A talk about growing our well-beingBasma Al Said from the Sultanate of Oman on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia.
COVID19 has caused a catastrophic impact across the globe on economies and the way that we lived our daily lives. Throughout the world, women have felt the brunt of this global upheaval. As women, not only have to fight to keep our businesses, everything else we have juggled in our substantive role as Superwoman has multiplied by the factor of 10. You see, as women, we are more likely to be the carers of our nuclear and extended families...2020-07-1442 minWinTrade Global TalksNadhim Zahawi MP, Minister for BEIS - How the government can support your business During & Post COVID-19 PandemicAs the coronavirus pandemic continues, the Government has said it will do whatever it takes to win the fight against Covid-19.
Join our stellar line up of speakers for this important webinar. If you are a small BAME business - you cannot afford to miss this.
Nadhim Zahawi MP, Minister for BEIS looks forward to engaging with the UK Black and African Caribbean business community to ensure they contribute to the design and the delivery of the “UK Business Bounce Back” in the re-start of economic activity post COVID-19 in 2020.
Given our call for equa...2020-07-1337 min
WinTrade Global TalksLady Nicola Mendelsohn CBE - Honesty, kindness and humanity. Not really what we expected from facebook. But exactly what we got!..everything we were not particularly expecting from Facebook but definitely got from their VP Facebook EMEA, Lady Nicola Mendelsohn CBE. When I sat down to watch her webinar, I was expecting to be bored, if I am honest. However, 1 hour later, it was as if the fresh wind of change had filled the room. She was insightful, open, honest and quite frankly, almost brought me to tears. She spoke at length about various aspects of her experience at Facebook over the last four months. And she really got very personal about her own health struggles and her response as a FA...2020-07-0845 min