A few weeks ago, when I joined the Women in Power network, I shared that one of my goals was to step back into FinTech and continue growing my career towards Head of Engineering. The encouragement, advice, and confidence from this community gave me the push I needed to stop waiting for the “perfect time” and start taking action. I’ve now taken that first step and started exploring leadership opportunities in FinTech. Whether this particular opportunity works out or not, I’m glad I’ve moved from thinking about it to doing something about it. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me to back myself. Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the interview, it’s having the confidence to put yourself forward in the first place. Here’s to taking the first step. 🚀

Heading back to the UK on Sunday after a few unforgettable weeks away celebrating finishing my Masters.. No caves this time. But snorkelling with sea turtles and island hopping around Hawaii to now cheering on England from Vancouver Island, it’s certainly been an adventure! I know Paris is coming up, and I can’t wait to catch up on everything I’ve missed and hear all about it. See you all back in the chats soon. 😊 What have I missed you wonderful lot???? 🌟 💛 ✈️ 💛 🏖️ 💛 🌋 💛 🌟

Happy Friday you lovely lot! 💜 Time for another weekly leaderboard! 🎉 A massive well done to this week’s Top 10… 1. @Jane Fullman 2. @Gita Singham 3. @Kat Heywood 4. @Susan Walsh 5. @Sivasharmini Ganeshamoorthy 6. @Muthu Karunarathna 7. @Shereen El-Shennawy 8. @Amanda Parkin 9. @Karen Jones 10. @Cigdem Sengul Another brilliant week and it’s lovely seeing so many familiar names on there. Thank you to every single one of you who gets involved, whether you’re posting, commenting, asking questions, sharing advice or cheering someone else on. You all make this such a lovely place to spend my days. ❤️✨💃🏼😘 This week’s Member Spotlight is our fabulous @Sivasharmini Ganeshamoorthy 💃🏼✨🎉 I’m super excited to share Siva’s profile because she’s just landed an incredible new role, which is amazing news and so well deserved! 🥳🎉✨💃🏼 On a personal note, she’s also been an absolute superstar with my Finn. Siva has been tutoring him through his A Level Computer Science and we’re already seeing the difference in both his confidence and his grades….. I have watched him fall back in love with the subject & it’s been so warming!!! As a mum, I honestly can’t thank her enough. ❤️🎉✨💃🏼…. so keep an eye out for her spotlight over the next few days and make sure you show her lots of love when it goes live. ✨ Also… I have to share this because it made me laugh this morning. 😂 My manager messaged me to say most of this week’s work is done, we’ve got a busy week ahead next week, so I should take it easy today… then followed it up by saying if I needed some time off I should go and watch Gilmore Girls. 🤣😂🤣I don’t think I’ve ever had a manager who’s actively encouraged me to chill out so much in my life! Safe to say I’m still getting used to that, but I’m not complaining. 😂

Been busy filming my LinkedIn course 😀😀

Could this be…ANOTHER course??? 😱😱 Because, you know I just have SO much to share, and if you get asked, you grab that opportunity with both arms! Watch this space…