The Money Honey - Women in Property, Finance & Construction

Branching Out: Samm Walker's Path in the World of Natwest Banking Samm Walker started her career as a Protection Adviser at John Charcol in 2019. She later transitioned to the role of Mortgage Manager but left the company in November 2021 in pursuit of new challenges. In November 2022, she returned to John Charcol, realizing her passion for working as a Protection Adviser and was subsequently...

Money Mogul at 18: Rebecca Lewis' Rise in Financial Services Rebecca Lewis embarked on her journey in the financial services world at the age of 18. This year, she celebrates a decade in the industry, having climbed from the bottom rung to her current role as Operations Director for Affinity Group. With a wealth of knowledge, strategic acumen, and a proven track record of success, Rebecca cont...

Nicola is a highly accomplished professional in the financial services industry, with more than 17 years of experience in the field. She co-founded the Dunham McCarthy Group in 2011, which now employs over 45 legal and financial specialists in its insurance, solicitors and mortgage divisions. Nicola and her team's dedication to putting clients at the centre of their operations have earned them...

Leadership in Finanze with Molly Markey With a decade in Banking and Finance, Molly excels in Bridging and Development. She started as a Relationship Management Apprentice at NatWest, then managed a corporate portfolio at Natwest Corporate. Later, she joined Arbuthnot Specialist Finance as a Relationship Executive and swiftly advanced to Relationship Manager, handling complex bridging/development...

Empowering Female Entrepreneurs: Navigating VC Funding with Roxanne Goodman Roxanne is the Founder at Female Founder Finance and current Managing Director at Goodman Corporate. She has 18 years experience in commercial finance and is on a mission to improve access to finance for female led businesses.   Roxanne created Female Founder Finance with the aim of building a bespoke, specialist female fi...

Unpacking Leadership in the Mortgage Industry with Emily Johnson: Is Management Enough? As Head of Operations at Allica Bank, Em Johnson never gets to be bored – her teams touch nearly everything that the Bank does. With a banking career spanning nearly 20 years, Em has worked in most teams that deliver for customers, including Relationship Management, Credit, Programme Management and Operations....

Dismantling Barriers in Fintech: Championing Diversity and Inclusion with Kayleigh Graham Kayleigh is the Head of Partnerships & Growth at Telleroo, a fintech company that specialises in automating supplier and payroll payments. With her diverse background, which includes a foundation in corporate and commercial banking, Kayleigh brings a unique perspective to the accounting and finance sector...

Navigating Success: Rachel Gregory's Journey Empowering Women in Accounting and Finance Join Rachel Gregory from ACCOUNTEX, Event Manager, LinkedIn Enthusiast, Women empowering community driver. As she talks about events, sales, finance, tech, self belief, drive and taking off the mask to unleash your full potential. Rachel has over 15 year’s sales experience and has previously worked in insur...

Accelerating SUCCESS: Unveiling the POWER of Female Leadership in Brokerage Alastair has been involved in finance for over 20 years. While still at university he founded and later sold two companies, one focused on entertainment and concierge services along with an online property portal. He went on to work in investment banking which took him around the world from London to Hong Kong & Singap...

Mastering Your Money Mindset: A Path to Financial Well-Being in Relationships Is a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Society of Will Writers. Her journey, began with a B. Sc in Computer Science degree from OSU, Nigeria, followed by an MBA in Finance. Debbie's 12-year stint with three major Nigerian banks shaped her profound understanding of finance. Her UK experience started...

Hands-On Hustle: Building a Mortgage Brokerage by Getting Your Hands Dirty I have 25 years industry experience; with positions ranging from Senior Mandated Mortgage Underwriter, assisting the launch of a new Mortgage Lender, Business Development roles and Arrears Counselling roles. Now through self-development and hard work and working my way up and generally working within all departments within...

Maternal Dilemma: Exploring the HUGE Impact of Motherhood on Careers Frances Cassidy has worked within Financial services for the whole of her 20 year career. Spanning lender and intermediary markets within retail, property, insurance and most recently specialist and mainstream lending. She currently has a senior leadership role with Barclays UK and Kensington Mortgages as Head of Mortgage Interme...

Although often overlooked by private investors, Kirsty recognizes that commercial property investment can be one of the most profitable and hands-off investment strategies when approached with the right knowledge. With 20 years of experience as a Commercial Surveyor and actively building her own portfolio, she is eager to help others achieve the same level of success. Kirsty's primary focus is...

Julie is an award winning independent financial adviser and a certified financial coach and host of the Women & Money Café Podcast. She is a longstanding member of the multi-award winning Chartered Becketts FS Investment Committee. Her thirst for knowledge continues, and she is due to become an ICF accredited coach in Spring 2023. But... "she doesn't look like one" she says. She&...

Sofia Jones, financial adviser and owner of Penny House shares: "When I was working in well-paid job in pharmaceuticals, I started learning about what I would need to do to train as a mortgage adviser. I believe everything happens for a reason. I was lucky to find a great broker who was willing to advise me when I was buying my first property, opposed to just completing a transaction, they ta...

We're delighted to have Barbie on the show! She is a total Money Honey babe. After the launch of a very successful movie, Barbie, on her way to play a quick tennis match, stopped to speak to me, Rosalia, on The Money Honey show. I ask Barbie about: 💖how she deals with so much criticism 💖 how she developed her career and personal brand 💖 and how she managed to achieve the all time epic Malib...

The PINK-tastic Elizabeth McQuillan is your Car Queen!  From finance to concierge car sourcing, be it business or personal, she’s got it covered. As a recently accoladed car finance expert, she admits to previously being 'that girl’ who felt intimidated and overwhelmed by car salesmen. Following a number of bad car and finance choices, she was finally saved in 2016, by her now husband, who had...

Money Education: Schools, Upbringing, and the Formation of Financial Beliefs - Part 1

Lexie is a Property Finder, Property Developer, Investor and Property Presenter and Content Creator - basically, her whole life revolves around Property! As a Property Finder she works for the people, not the vendors or landlords like an Estate Agent does. She has helped over 600 people find their dream home in London whether they are looking to buy or rent. As a developer, she has a small portfol...

Hannah has worked in financial services since 2018 following her graduation from Bournemouth University. Her finance journey began at Twenty7Tec as a Lender Relationship Coordinator and progressed to Insight Sales Manager before moving to London to work for United Trust Bank in 2020. Her first role was Key Accounts however, following a promotion in March last year, she has been working as the Corp...

Kristy has spent over 15 years in this industry from cashier to banking manager then falling pregnant with her only son while passing CeMap 3 weeks before giving birth. Not only that, she lost her younger brother 1 year before falling pregnant and her son was born 3 weeks early with sepsis. Kristy has used the struggles from her life experiences to push through and make a business while being a mu...

Does the fear of what others might think every stop you from doing something magical? Does imposter syndrome paralyse you from actually taking action? This was me last summer when I was rebranding from The Content Hive to Manuka Media and my personal brand persona was born: The Money Honey. I wasn't convinced. I told the graphic designer and brand strategist to bin it. I was too embarrassed to...

Sally has done so many different roles within the Financial Services world, starting out her career training as a Financial Adviser, then switching specifically to being a Mortgage Broker (she says because she saw the Mortgage Advisers receiving so many bouquets of flowers as thanks for helping people to buy their dream homes, yet people were never so grateful about their investments)! She switche...

Hilary Lewis is a trailblazing entrepreneur who opened her first business in the beauty industry at 22. She successfully managed a vacation rental property business in Florida alongside it. After selling her businesses and taking some time out, Hilary transitioned to the finance sector and currently serves as the Marketing Manager at Winchester Corporate Finance—a rapidly growing firm founded in 2...

Sabinder is Director of Operations at Avamore Capital. Having originally joined the firm in April 2018 as Marketing Coordinator, Sabinder has been key in the growth of the business, driving core strategies to build Avamore’s brand in the market and leading on operational changes to implement business efficiencies. She is involved in a cross section of the company and works particularly closely wit...