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6. How to achieve your full career and financial potential - Mary Agbesanwa: Founder of Now Your Talking Network This Independent Life
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Mary Agbesanwa is passionate about how technology is transforming and democratising the financial services industry and supporting millennials to achieve their full potential.
Mary spent several years working as a strategy and operations Management Consultant. Now she works at a B2B fintech leading sales. She also runs a female millennial entrepreneurial community and business called the 'Now You’re Talking Network' which has over 850 members and aims to help women earn more and be more confident. The network runs regular events and workshops for their community of women and staff at over a dozen leading companies including PwC, WeWork, Multiverse, Henley Business School and British Land. Outside of work, Mary blogs on her Medium blog 'A Millennial's Diary' about careers and personal development for millennials and is also a trustee for Girlguiding, the UK’s largest charity for women as well as Learning Facilitator for Imperial College Business School’s Fintech Programme.
Her recent accolades include being Brummell 30 Inspirational Women in the City list 2022, Shortlisted for Black Tech Achievement Awards 'Fintech Professional of the Year 2022', MCA Young Consultant of the Year Finalist 2021, Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist 2020, McKinsey Next Generation Women Leader 2020 and No.1 on EMpower and Yahoo Finance’s Future Leader List 2020.
To learn more about Mary and Now Your Talking Network, please check out the links below:
Mary's links: https://linktr.ee/millennialmarya
Now Your Talking Network links: https://linktr.ee/nytnetwork
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryagbesanwa/
Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.
For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at rebekah@thisindependentlife.co, dms are always welcome.
Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.
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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education and honest real talk about the condition.
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Mary Agbesanwa is passionate about how technology is transforming and democratising the financial services industry and supporting millennials to achieve their full potential.
Mary spent several years working as a strategy and operations Management Consultant. Now she works at a B2B fintech leading sales. She also runs a female millennial entrepreneurial community and business called the 'Now You’re Talking Network' which has over 850 members and aims to help women earn more and be more confident. The network runs regular events and workshops for their community of women and staff at over a dozen leading companies including PwC, WeWork, Multiverse, Henley Business School and British Land. Outside of work, Mary blogs on her Medium blog 'A Millennial's Diary' about careers and personal development for millennials and is also a trustee for Girlguiding, the UK’s largest charity for women as well as Learning Facilitator for Imperial College Business School’s Fintech Programme.
Her recent accolades include being Brummell 30 Inspirational Women in the City list 2022, Shortlisted for Black Tech Achievement Awards 'Fintech Professional of the Year 2022', MCA Young Consultant of the Year Finalist 2021, Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist 2020, McKinsey Next Generation Women Leader 2020 and No.1 on EMpower and Yahoo Finance’s Future Leader List 2020.
To learn more about Mary and Now Your Talking Network, please check out the links below:
Mary's links: https://linktr.ee/millennialmarya
Now Your Talking Network links: https://linktr.ee/nytnetwork
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryagbesanwa/
Thank you for listening to this episode of This Independent Life. For more inspiring conversations, please do subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, where we have more for you to enjoy. If you liked this episode and want to help spread the word, please rate, review, and share with your community. We love seeing you share the love so feel free to tag us using @thisindependentlife.
For more information on other This Independent Life activities, or if you have any requests for who you’d like to see on the podcast in future, check out our website at www.thisindependentlife.co and subscribe to our newsletter, message us on Instagram @thisindependent and LinkedIn, or get in touch at rebekah@thisindependentlife.co, dms are always welcome.
Until next time, I'm Rebekah Lloyd, and you've been listening to This Independent Life.
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Rebekah Lloyd is a speaker, women's advocate, and founder of This Independent Life. She helps people to achieve personal independence in life through education across health, work and money, regardless of their background. Rebekah does away with the old training methods and puts facts, personal stories, and experience at the heart. She hosts and delivers impactful talks, workshops, events, and podcasts for both TIL and thought leading organisations, such as the University of Cambridge, General Assembly, STEMettes, and UNiDAYS. She founded an endometriosis support group “Endo, so what?” which provides a safe space for education and honest real talk about the condition.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thisindependentlife/message
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