Laura Hutton is Co-Founder and Head of Fraud and Financial Markets at Quantexa – the start-up solving financial crime and terrorism through data analytics, AI and machine learning. Laura has over 12 years’ experience using data and network analysis to tackle fraud and financial crime. In the wake of the 2008 Jérôme Kerviel rogue trading...Read More

It wasn’t that long ago when the boardroom was full of men dressed in greys and blacks. Women were there too but you didn’t notice them.  They blended into the background wearing, you guessed it, black and grey. But thankfully times have changed.  Women can dress as women, femininity now has a value. When it...Read More

In believing in ourselves everything and anything is possible. In believing in ourselves we can reach far out and make our dreams reality. In believing in ourselves nothing becomes difficult. Yes, the word ‘believe’ is quite important in our vocabulary. Perhaps to become and be more aware what vocabulary we are using for ourselves, how...Read More

Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, founder of Tapoly, suggests the six essential steps you should take to ensure success in freelancing. Here are Janthana’s top six essential steps to be successful in freelancing: Make sure you’re protected When working as a freelancer, it is important not to underestimate the importance of obtaining the right insurance. At some point...Read More

Saira Demmer joined Ignata as Head of M&A and became the CFO, before rising to UK CEO. Her knowledge in recruitment and talent solutions was honed during six years spent in Deloitte’s M&A strategy team, where she was involved in a number of high-profile deals in the recruitment sector. With her innate understanding of the...Read More

Running, leading and managing a business doesn’t come with a magical handbook. It comes with life experience, shaped and designed by the uniqueness of the personality of who we are. There are 101 challenges and great opportunities, pain in all shades of colours that leads to growth where strength and confidence will be developed. Not...Read More

Women are still being under-represented in executive ranks, according to a new report. The report, conducted by Cranfield School of Management and sponsored by Aviva, highlights the lack of progress in improving gender diversity at the highest executive positions of FTSE 350 companies. Despite progress in female representation in non-executive board positions, the report identifies...Read More

Retail is in my bones, all four of my grandparents worked in retail, yet we all had very different journeys within it. Whilst I’m known as a retail expert due to my television work, I’m actually a consumer expert. I trained academically at Salford University and INSEAD, and from the junior management teams in retail,...Read More