#13 - Anastasija Oleinika (Twino) on leading the team through pandemic, 60/40 approach to culture, employee mental health and building a lifelong financial platform

Anastasija is the CEO of one of the most recognized tech companies in Latvia - Twino. Having started out in investment banking and M&A advisory, she now manages one of the largest P2P lenders in continental Europe with a team of 400+ people in 6 countries. Having led the company through the pandemic as a shock to investor confidence across asset classes worldwide, Anastasija now builds Twino into a licensed broker and a lifelong financial partner to their clients. 

By listening to this episode you will learn:

• How to take over company management from a Founder CEO
• About the EU-wide initiative to launch a public fund to support R&D/Capex heavy companies
• To hope for the best and prepare for the worst as a crisis response strategy
• About different strategies that P2P lending companies used to handle the pandemic
• To prioritize profitability over growth in times of crises
• That more regulation is coming to the business model in Europe to protect investors
• That the efficient market hypothesis in Finance is getting further and further from the reality
• How to make remote less depressing and more bearable for your team
• Advice on dealing with mental health issues in your team
• A model for coming back to the office in a semi-flexible manner
• The 60/40 approach for culture, having 60% general company culture and leaving 40% for the separate culture of different offices or even teams
• That people in the Baltics are universal soldiers and are hard to be replaced with hires abroad
• The main challenges of growing as a manager
• Practical advice on managing work/life balance

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