Women in Finance & Tech - Reshaping the Industry - We advance

Women in Finance & Tech
Reshaping the Industry

Advance @ SIX
Role Model Event

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
18:00-19:30, online streaming, in English
Hosted by SIX

The future is inclusive

While more women are entering the finance & tech industries, we are only at the beginning of reaching equal representation and opportunities for all. In order to change the current stereotype that finance & tech are areas that traditionally are taken care of by men, more needs to be done to ensure that more women understand the benefits & growth potential the sectors offer, that women can raise through the ranks, lead teams and ultimately change the face of the industry.

Join us for this game-changing role model event and make use of a great opportunity to meet, discuss and learn from outstanding leaders of the industry. This valuable exchange on how companies can pave the road for more women in finance and tech is a “must”!

During this event, you will

  • get the unique opportunity to hear personal career stories of outstanding women in the industry and ask your questions
  • learn about the benefits & growth potential in the finance & tech sectors
  • understand what it takes to be successful as a woman in finance & tech
  • learn how to overcome the challenges women face
  • get inspired on how you as a leader (male & female) can shape the future and make it more diverse & inclusive for all

agenda

18:00

Welcome note by Jos Dijsselhof, CEO of SIX and Alkistis Petropaki, General Manager of Advance

18:10

Keynote speech Marion Leslie, Head of Business Unit Financial Information and Executive Board Member at SIX

18:20

“Reshaping the Industry” – Panel discussion

19:00

Closing note by Deborrah Schaer, Lead Accelerator & Open Banking at F10 and Q&A

19:30

End of Event

Keynote

Marion Leslie

Head Financial Information at SIX

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Marion Leslie

Head Financial Information at SIX

Marion Leslie is Head Financial Information at SIX and a member of the SIX Executive Board. She is also a member of the BME Board of Directors. As Head Financial Information, Marion leads the SIX global data business, serving financial institutions worldwide with critical data and insights to support their clients.

The British-Australian dual citizen brings a strong industry knowledge and more than 25 years of experience in developing and operating successful businesses in the Financial Information space. She holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in French and German from the University of Cambridge.

Marion was included in the World Federation of Exchanges “Women Leaders List 2021” and was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance by Financial News in 2020. In 2017, she was nominated in the Cranfield University Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch Board Report and in 2014 was the winner of the Award for Achievement at the Women in Banking and Finance Awards.

In addition to this, she has been a Non-executive Director of the Board for the UK Hydrographic Office, since 2015 and a Trustee at Prostate Cancer UK since 2016.

Marion Leslie and her husband moved to Switzerland with their two children in January 2020.

Panel

Elzbieta Czetwertynska

Managing Director Citi Country Officer, Switzerland, Monaco and Liechtenstein

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Elzbieta Czetwertynska

Managing Director Citi Country Officer, Switzerland, Monaco and Liechtenstein

Elzbieta Czetwertynska is the Citi Country Officer (CCO) for Switzerland, Monaco and Liechtenstein. Based in Zurich, she assumed her role in March 2019 after a five-year stint in Latin America. Her previous role was CCO and Corporate and Investment Banking Head in Ecuador, where she drove double digit revenue growth in a complex macroeconomic environment.

Elzbieta has enjoyed a 25-year career with Citi working in different countries in Europe and Latin America. She joined Citi Ecuador as corporate bank relationship manager in July 1994. From 1999 to 2003 she was Head of Transaction Services, Asset-based Finance and the SME segment in the Dominican Republic, befor moving to the United States for a year as internal auditor covering corporate credit for Latam.

In 2004, Elzbieta moved to Europe where she joined Citi Handlowy’s risk management team in Poland and was appointed Senior Credit Officer a year later. Her last four years in Poland she led the firm’s Commercial Bank business.

Elzbieta returned to Latin America in 2013 as Head of Citi Colombia’s Treasury and Trade Solutions business, where she successfully developed and executed a dynamic growth strategy.

Elzbieta holds a BSc (Hons) in Food Science, Economics and Marketing from the University of Reading, England. She is a certified coach in leadership and sales programs and has facilitated several risk management trainings. She has served as the President of the Board of Directors for the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce, and as a board member of Asobanca, the Ecuadorian Banking Association and Junior Achievement Ecuador Foundation respectively.

Elzbieta is married with three children.

Marion Leslie

Head Financial Information at SIX

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Marion Leslie

Head Financial Information at SIX

Marion Leslie is Head Financial Information at SIX and a member of the SIX Executive Board. She is also a member of the BME Board of Directors. As Head Financial Information, Marion leads the SIX global data business, serving financial institutions worldwide with critical data and insights to support their clients.

The British-Australian dual citizen brings a strong industry knowledge and more than 25 years of experience in developing and operating successful businesses in the Financial Information space. She holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in French and German from the University of Cambridge.

Marion was included in the World Federation of Exchanges “Women Leaders List 2021” and was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance by Financial News in 2020. In 2017, she was nominated in the Cranfield University Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch Board Report and in 2014 was the winner of the Award for Achievement at the Women in Banking and Finance Awards.

In addition to this, she has been a Non-executive Director of the Board for the UK Hydrographic Office, since 2015 and a Trustee at Prostate Cancer UK since 2016.

Marion Leslie and her husband moved to Switzerland with their two children in January 2020.

Priska Burkard

Managing Director TechFace – Thought Leadership Specialist Advance

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Priska Burkard

Managing Director TechFace – Thought Leadership Specialist Advance

Priska has worked over 15 years in the finance industry, where she led national and international IT projects for major banks with great success. She started her career in the IT world as a career changer, from Medical Laboratory Assistant to Software Engineering. Her skills and expertise enabled her to not only work for international projects but also move to Hong Kong to take on different roles in Project and Product Management.

In 2016 she left the finance industry to focus on building up her own company. As Managing Director of TechFace, Priska uses her experience, knowledge and passion to support women pursuing a purposeful career in tech and connect them to companies committed to diversity and inclusion.

Furthermore, she helped to build up Girls in Tech Switzerland, a global non-profit organization with the goal to attract and retain women in tech. She understands and experienced the hardship and strength needed as a woman in tech and wants to support the next generation reaching their dreams and career goals.

Moderator

Deborrah Schaer

Lead Accelerator & Open Banking at F10

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Deborrah Schaer

Lead Accelerator & Open Banking at F10

Deborrah has started her career in the fashion industry and co-founded a fashion startup, before moving to the African continent where she has helped build multiple tech ventures from scratch. After two years in management consulting in Germany, she joined a Swiss IoT startup that was acquired by Husqvarna Group, to build a digital business around the smart garden vision.

She currently works at F10, a leading FinTech accelerator backed by SIX and based in Zurich and Singapore, where she scouts and coaches FinTech startups and is responsible for scaleup and open banking projects.

Deborrah holds a master’s degree in business from the University of St. Gallen.

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registrations

This is an exclusive event for Advance member companies. Please contact the Advance Ambassador at your company for the registration details. For questions please contact  konstantina.nani@weadvance.ch