The Purse Podcast

Shaun Richards is an independent economist who specialises in inflation measurement and monetary economics. This follows a career in the City of …

Michele Wucker is a strategist, speaker and best-selling author. She coined the term 'Gray Rhino' as a call to take a fresh look at how we respond to …

Vicky Pryce is an Economist and the author of her latest book 'Women vs Capitalism', which was published by Hurst in November of 2019. She is a frequent contributor to media broadcasts and debates on the economy and on …

Abby Davisson is a social innovation leader and career development expert. Most recently, she spent nine years at global retailer Gap Inc., where she served as president of the Gap Foundation and a senior leader on the …

Alix Lebec is the founder and CEO of Lebec Consulting, a women-owned and led company working across philanthropy, impact investing, and ESG.

Alix is …

Diana van Maasdijk is the Co-Founder & CEO of Equileap, an ESG data provider specialised in gender data.

Headquartered in Amsterdam, Equileap is the leading provider of data and insights on gender equality in the …

Patricia Lizarraga is an experienced independent corporate board director, Audit Committee Chair, Risk Committee member and Financial Expert for NYSE listed companies.  She is a Wall Street executive with over 25 years …

Tatum Getty has built her career in marketing, working with brands such as Mattel, SoulCycle, Barry’s Bootcamp, and Tonal for the past 10+ years …

Barbara Clarke is the Co-Founder of The Impact Seat LLC and Chair of the Board of The Impact Seat Foundation. 

Launched in 2021, The Impact Seat …

Julie Castro Abrams is the founder and Managing Partner of How Women Invest, an early stage venture firm focussed on high growth, tech enabled …

Anna Sofat, known as the Voice of Women’s Wealth, is passionate about money being a force for good in business and beyond. As an award winning and highly qualified financial planner until recently, she had advised …

Julia Elliott Brown is a highly respected entrepreneurial advisor working exclusively with female founders, with a wealth of experience in inspiring, …

Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).

She was previously Senior Managing …

Victoria Ross is a Chartered Financial Planner for Progeny Wealth. 

Progeny bring together independent financial planning, asset management, tax, HR and private and corporate legal services, under one roof. Victoria has …

Sally Mueller is the Co-founder and CEO of Womaness. 

Womaness is a high-performance collection of modern menopause products developed for women, by …

Shaun Richards is an independent economist who specialises in inflation measurement and monetary economics. This follows a career in the City of …

Ruth Shaber, MD is the Founder and President of the Tara Health Foundation, which promotes health, well-being, and opportunity for women and girls through innovative evidence-informed programs. She is also the …

Anna Poberezhna is a sustainable development and technology entrepreneur. She is the founder for ClearHub which is reimagining resources, industrials …

Patience Marime-Ball has more than two decades of investment experience across capital markets, including debt and equity financing, large scale infrastructure, distressed assets, as well as venture stage opportunities.

Shaun Richards is an independent economist who specialises in inflation measurement and monetary economics. This follows a career in the City of …

Rebecca Chesworth is an equities strategist, a thought leader and a conference speaker.

She loves to share a passion for equities investment built on extensive market and client knowledge from 30 years as a fund …

Gillian Fleming's expertise includes Advisor, Investor and Non-Exec to start-up and spin-out companies with 20 years’ experience in the entrepreneurial ecosystem advising and nurturing early-stage ideas through to …

Cindy Gallop is the founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn (MLNP) launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’.

In 2013 she turned MLNP into the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social …

Michele Wucker is a strategist, speaker, and best-selling author. She coined the term “gray rhino” as a call to take a fresh look at how we respond …

Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). 

She was previously Senior …

Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women's World Banking, a global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to financial …

Sara Zulkosky is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Recast Capital, a 100% women-owned platform investing in and supporting emerging managers in …

Marypat Smucker is a Co-Founder and Principal at Parallelle Finance, a gender lens investment research firm founded in 2019. Prior to founding …

Dr Louann Brizendine MD, completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and …

Jill Pay is a former Serjeant at Arms in the House of Commons and she was the first woman to hold this position in 600 years. Her appointment was …

Kisha Mays is a successful serial entrepreneur, visionary global business development strategist, a best-selling author, an angel investor and a …

Jordan Dargue is a founding director, non-executive director, Women Angel of the North, investor, talent & business growth consultant supporting …

Anna Raptis is the Founder and CEO of Amplifica Capital. 

Amplifica Capital is the first female focused VC firm in Mexico. They make investments that have a positive impact on the lives of women to increase their …

Sharon Vosmek is the CEO of Astia and Managing Partner of the Astia Fund. Astia is a global organisation  that works to level the investment playing field for startups that include women. Ms. Vosmek developed  Astia’s …

Ella Chase Hyland is the co-founder of Wellth Works, which cultivates and develops authentic feminine leaders, showing women that they create success …

Merryn Somerset Webb is Editor in Chief of Moneyweek, the best selling financial magazine in the UK. She is also a contributing editor to and weekly …

Marcia Dawood is an investor in over 200 early stage private companies. In addition to her own investing, she is a Venture Partner with Mindshift Capital and a part of the investment committee for Next Wave Impact Fund. …

Professor Heather Jane McGregor, CBE is the Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University. She is a non-executive director on …

Ann Badillo is a leading business strategist and advisor to executives, entrepreneurs and organizations. She incubates and accelerates startup ventures and ecosystems around the world. Her expertise helps leaders …

Angela Atherton (CFA, FRM) is the Co-founder and Principal of Parallelle Finance. Her commitment to financial inclusion and impact investing began at the start of her career when she managed screening and performance …

Shaun Richards is an independent economist who specialises in inflation measurement and monetary economics. This follows a career in the City of …

Shelly Porges is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, a global consortium of venture funds pledged to invest in …

Fiona O'Donnell McCarthy is a Principal at True Ventures. For more than a decade, she has partnered with founders to drive product innovation and help them to create the futures they envision. Her experience spans …

Dr. Kate Levinson, PhD, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), is the author of Emotional Currency: A Women’s Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money, published by Random House. Her work focuses on …

Cathy Curtis, CFP® is the founder and CEO of Curtis Financial Planning, a full-service financial planning firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area …

Christina (CJ) Juhasz is the Chief Investment Officer of WWB Asset Management (WAM,) a subsidiary of Women’s World Banking, responsible for raising and investing private equity funds with a gender lens.

Prior to joining …

Helene Guillaume is the founder and CEO of WILD.AI. She studied mathematics and financial risks, she was a quant in a hedge fund and management …

Isabel Oriol Bastos is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Head of Business Development at ADA Impacto, a female-founded fintech startup.

Isabel …

Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). She was previously Senior Managing …

Paulina Tenner is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, an author, a TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree, which started with a purpose to help tech …

Mary Waring is the founder of Wealth for Women Ltd, an award winning financial advisory firm, working with midlife women to help them leap into the next stage of their life: whether that be moving on from divorce, …

Gloria Feldt is an acclaimed expert on women, power, and leadership with frontline leadership  experience, a bestselling author, and in-demand keynote speaker. She is co-founder and President of Take The Lead, whose …

Judy Piatkus is an entrepreneur, publisher and business coach specialising in conscious leadership. She founded Piatkus when she was in her 20s and grew the company to become an international brand, before selling it in …

Barbara Stewart is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 28 years of investment industry experience; five years as a foreign currency trader and then …

Sergey Young is a longevity investor and visionary with a mission to extend healthy lifespans of one billion people. To do that, Sergey founded the …

Heather Jackson is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for social movement and extensive experience in the field of diversity and talent management. 

The former CEO and founder of An Inspirational Journey, Heather has …

Bridget Greenwood is the founder of The Bigger Pie, an organisation focused on supporting women in blockchain and emerging tech. 

As women represent …

Angelo Robles is the Founder and CEO of the Family Office Association (US/global).

He helps the world’s most successful families create modern, …

Shaun Richards is an independent economist who specialises in inflation measurement and monetary economics. This follows a career in the City of …

Victoria Pynchon is the co-founder of She Negotiates, a consulting firm and training workshop for women that nests today’s most effective negotiation …

Marina Spindler is a Business Strategy and Communications Consultant.

She worked at the oldest American think tank founded by Andrew Carnegie, and …

Donna Griffit is a corporate storyteller. She has worked globally for over 16 years with Fortune 500 companies, startups and investors in a wide …

Rebecca Chesworth is an equities strategist, a thought leader and a conference speaker. 

She loves to share a passion for equities investment built on extensive market and client knowledge from 30 years as a fund …

Jessica Espinoza is Vice President at DEG, the German Development Finance Institution (KfW Group) and the Chair of the 2X Challenge, a global initiative that has mobilised over $4.5 billion of gender lens investments …

Foong Ng is the founder and CEO of impact startup, Matchable. 

Foong was previously a Director at PwC advising on structuring M&A deals for Private Equity and Real Estate Funds. 

She also founded Suit & Pie, a …

Ulla Huotari is an Investment Manager at Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and professional impact investor. Ulla focuses on origination and execution of Financial Sector investments and projects with gender …

Katica Roy is a gender economist and the CEO and founder of Pipeline, an award-winning SaaS company that leverages artificial intelligence to identify and drive economic gains through gender equity. Pipeline launched …

Barbara Huson (previously known as Barbara Stanny), is the leading authority on women, wealth and power. As a bestselling author, financial therapist, teacher & wealth coach, Barbara has helped millions take charge …

Diana Biggs is CEO of Valour, the issuer of exchange-traded products providing investors with exposure to innovations such as digital assets. Their first product, Bitcoin Zero, is listed on the Nordic Growth Market …

Julia Angeles joined Baillie Gifford in 2008 and is the Portfolio Manager of the Health Innovation Strategy. 

Prior to Baillie Gifford, Julia worked …

Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). She was previously Senior Managing …

Cindy Gallop is the founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn launched at TED 2009 – ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’. 

In 2013 she turned MakeLoveNotPorn into the world’s first user-generated, human-curated …

Katrine Marçal is an award-winning author, journalist and keynote speaker. Her first book “Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner” has been translated into more than 20 languages and was hailed by Margaret Atwood as “a smart, …

Heather Ettinger is the CEO and Founder of Luma Wealth Advisors (US).

As a champion for women and girls for over 30 years, Heather Ettinger is widely recognised for her unique experience and dedication to helping women …

Eva is a digital leader who has pioneered the Internet, e-payments, e-commerce fashion solutions and e-CRM.

Eva co-founded the world's first Internet …

Tina Weeks is the founder of Serenity Financial Planning, a unique financial planning company that aims to deliver Financial Life Planning to as many people as possible in the UK. Tina has been a financial adviser since …

Matthew Stafford has worked with startups since 2010 and is the co-founder of 9others, a global entrepreneurs network, and Dot Matrix Group, an angel investment syndicate.

9others was established in 2011 and is now a …

Katie Donovan is one of the leading pay-equity experts and advocates in the US.  She innovated and authored the widely praised and quickly adopted restrictions on the common question of salary history in hiring and …

Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world.  Vicki is …

Shelley Kuipers is building the world she wants to live in. As an activist in business, entrepreneurship and investment, she is hell bent on defeating the status quo one project at a time, and replacing it with options …

Julia Elliott Brown, CEO and Founder of Enter The Arena, is the UK's leading fundraising and growth advisor working exclusively with women …

Lauren Winfield is the founder and CEO of Signum City, a mobile app that illuminates the power of money through gamifying the stock market. 

She aims to democratise investing and financial literacy, especially for Gen …

Gail Wong is the General Partner for Her Capital: a venture capital fund with a laser focus on female founders. They believe in the strength, drive and potential of female entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, the …

Veronica Mihai Das is one the of founding partners at Bloomwater Capital, a hedge fund based in the British Virgin Islands that employs quantitative algorithmic trading strategies for traditional cryptocurrency markets.

Anna Sofat is the founder of Addidi, a financial services boutique for women.  Anna sold the business to the Progeny Group who are spearheading a …

Sarah is a technologist, entrepreneur and angel investor. In 2014 she co-founded the fast-growing and award-winning angel network, Angel …

Barbara Stewart is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 28 years in the investment management industry, five years as a foreign currency trader and …