Perspectives by Women in Securities Finance

Erika Fleming and Anita Hill Sands host a discussion with Amanda Pullinger, CEO of Debbie's Dream Foundation, about how meaningful relationship building drives professional success. Pullinger highlights the importance of cultivating strategic networks over time, approaching interactions with curiosity, and viewing networking as a reciprocal, long‑term practice rather than a transactional event. Th...

Elaina Kim Benfield (Vanguard) and Andy Vitrano (RW Baird) discuss a color‑based personality framework that highlights how different thinking and perception styles influence communication and leadership. They outline key traits across the major color groups and show how recognizing these differences helps teams tailor messaging, meetings, feedback, and decision‑making to improve collaboration and...

Join Meredith Roderick and Erika Fleming from Women in Securities Finance as they host a discussion led by Brooke Gillman with career coach Megan Key, Director of Career Consulting and Leadership Development. Brooke and Megan discuss how to navigate career changes effectively, including practical advice on networking, building a personal brand, and maintaining confidence, intention, and clarity. M...

Elaina Kim Benfield, Assistant General Counsel at Vanguard, sits down with Andy Vitrano, Senior Vice President Manager of Coaching and Special Programs at Baird, to explore the power of being connected to others and having a shared purpose in driving success. They discuss how organizations thrive when colleagues support one another, hold each other accountable, acknowledge “invisible excelle...

Elaina Kim Benfield is joined by Lora Robertson, a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill, to delve into the multifaceted world of wealth planning. Lora shares invaluable insights on the significance of understanding your assets and investments, paying yourself first, saving early and often, strategic retirement planning, and preparing for life's unexpected events. If you'd like to connect with Lora...

Newest Virtual Chapter Lead, Erika Fleming, Senior Manager, Business Architect at Charles Schwab, joins her Co-Lead, Lori Paris, Senior Vice President and Head of Client Management at Northern Trust, to share the unique origin story of how she found her way into securities finance and offers advice for other women developing their careers. Continuation of "Our Stories" mini podcast series.

There are many different reasons why you may take time away from your career. Brooke Gillman of eSecLending interviews Roanna Kim of RBC Capital Markets and Jordana Parker of Provable Markets about how they relaunched their careers after time away from the industry and what helped the most in their journeys.

The new Boston Chapter Leads, Chelsea Grossman, Head of US Asset Owner Client Management at State Street Corporation; Bridget McGill, Head of Securities Lending Trading at Invesco; and Meredith Roderick, Head of US Securities Lending Relationship Management at Brown Brothers Harriman, join former Chapter Leads Betsy Coyne, Christel Carroll, and Marney McCabe to tell their unique origin stories of...

Elaina Kim Benfield and Betsy Coyne are joined by Andy Bernstein, creator of the 7-step process named Active Insight, teacher at Wharton Executive Education and founder of the Resilience Academy. Andy teaches us how resiliency comes from changing your mindset about stress and learning to think differently in the face of a challenge. Learn more about the Resilience Academy here: Resilience Academy...

Marney McCabe and Brooke Gillman have always been competitors, but now they are also personal and professional friends. Morgan Hillenbrand unlocks their story and teaches us why female allyship is critical to advancing women. Women in the Workplace 2023 report | McKinsey

In anticipation of International Women's Day, WISF co-founder, Elaina Kim Benfield asked two inspiring female entrepreneurs, Tessa Jenkins, founder of The Works studio, and Kristen Sapp founder of Orange Lotus to join us and share their experiences in stepping out of their comfort zones and starting successful businesses.

WISF co-founder, Elaina Kim Benfield speaks with Stephanie Movahhed, an Executive and Leadership Coach for Krishtel, about navigating difficult conversations, setting boundaries, letting go of perfectionism and people-pleasing, and remembering you always have a choice. Learn more about Krishtel here: https://www.krishtel.com You can find Stephanie on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smov...

Harpreet Bains of J.P. Morgan was joined by Selina Suresh, Co-CEO of The Culture Practice, for an enlightening discussion about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, navigating DEI fatigue, generating measurable goals, creating practical changes in the workplace, and how micro exercises lead to macro changes.

Francesca Sanzone of Pirum speaks with Nadine Chakar, CEO of Securrency, about Nadine's inspiring career journey that led her to be a key pioneer in the evolution of Blockchain while taking risks, not being afraid of failure, and continuously learning new things.

Liz Rotem speaks with Angela Lee, founder of 37 Angels, about her mission to close the gender gap in Angel Investing through education. Learn more about her mission, 37 Angel's accomplishments and how you can get involved.

WISF Toronto Chapter Leads, Roanna Kim and Mary Jane Schuessler, sit down with Samir Dhrolia from British Columbia Investment Management to learn about their industry leading centralized global trading approach and their intense focus on prioritizing diversity and developing talent.

Daren Pippio, Chairperson of the SIFMA Securities Industry Institute (SII) Board of Trustees, is joined by fellow Trustees Lana Calton, Tom Gooley and Joe Colaizzo to discuss how the SII is developing the future leaders for the financial services industry.

Our Toronto Chapter leads Mary Jane Schuessler and Roanna Kim sit down with Steve Everett from TMX to hear the latest topics from an infrastructure perspective and the ever looming T+1 phenomenon we are all facing.

Nehal Udeshi, Co-Head of Cross Asset Financing at Goldman Sachs speaks with Craig Starble, CEO of eSecLending, John Stracquadanio, Co-Founder of Appia Ventures, and Social and Behavior Change Expert, Morgan Hillenbrand from TetraTech about what CEOs and Business Leaders can do to increase diversity on their teams.

Following our first courageous conversation podcast last year, Mike Daly of Goldman Sachs, met with Kyle Kolasingh of RBC I&TS, and Larry Albaugh of eSecLending, to talk about being gay men in the Securities Finance industry and what their individual experiences have been towards bringing their authentic selves to work in a world where unconscious bias exists.

WISF co-founder Elaina Kim Benfield from Vanguard talks with Tia Adams from Goldman Sachs about her career journey, hiring a career coach, and leading with authenticity.

SIFMA hosted their Diversity, Equity & inclusion Leadership Summit on September 20th, 2022 at the Morgan Stanley Headquarters in New York City. This summit brought together business executives from all facets of capital markets to broadly understand how diversity, equity & inclusion shapes today's workforce and plays a role in how we serve our clients. Cheryl Crispen, Executive Vice Presid...

Leadership is key to creating and maintaining high performing teams. Vanguard's Elaina Kim Benfield discusses what leadership means at Vanguard with John James , Senior Staff and Head of Vanguard's Institutional Investor Group, his Chief of Staff, Emily Magee, and Sam Anaokar, Head of Strategy, Partnerships, and Operations for Vanguard's Institutional Investor Group.

WISF members Melissa Gow from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Brooke Gillman from eSecLending opened the IMN conference diving into topics such as the gender wage gap and gender wealth gap and how they continue to impact gender equality in the workplace

WISF partnered with Carmella Haswell of Securities Finance Times for this two-part miniseries. In this episode, Carmella speaks with Jacqueline Waller at eSecLending, Simona Stoytchkova at State Street, and Ina Budh-Raja at Bank of New York Mellon about the current landscape facing women in the industry, the power of networking, and the road to diversity. Part 2 of 2 mini podcast series