Send us a text CFO Career Story | Leadership Advice | Top Management | Women in Leadership | Finance Career | Lufthansa | Lead with Impact | In this episode, we converse with Simone Menne, former CFO of Lufthansa AG and Boehringer Ingelheim. Simone Menne is a member of the supervisory board and non-executive director in various companies including BMW AG, Deutsche Post DHL, Johnson Controls International and runs an art gallery in Kiel. We discuss with Simone her impressive career, what are her ...
May 10, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text Impact Investing | Venture Fund | Innovation | Healthcare Solutions | Women in Science | Business with Impact | World Impact | In this episode, we discuss impact investing: how to change the world through healthcare by creating impact businesses. My guest is Dr. Nina Rawal, the founder of Emerging Health Ventures, in Stockholm, Sweden. We cover how can we all individually contribute to changing the world for the better, and what are the steps to follow if you are interested in inv...
Apr 26, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text Diversity & Inclusion | Leadership | 100Women @Davos | Women who impact | Representation | Women in Board Positions | Africa Women CEOs Network | Today’s episode is about diversity & inclusion in leadership. My guest is the amazing Dr. Anino Emuwa, a powerhouse, founder, international public speaker, and advocate for gender-balanced business leadership. She was named one of the top 125 Diversity and Including experts to follow on LinkedIn & she has spoken at prestigiou...
Apr 12, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text Neuroscience | Entrepreneurship | Neuroimaging | Exploration | Innovation | Neuroscience of entrepreneurship | Creativity | Ideas Management | Brain Power | In this episode, our guest is Emily Clements who is completing a Ph.D. in Neuroimaging, a collaboration between the Entrepreneurship Institute and Neuroimaging Department at King’s College London, aiming to uncover if there is something different in the brain of those who think entrepreneurial. The questions she will address w...
Mar 22, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text In this special episode Alexandra Ciobotaru, the host of Femme Lead joins Noa Segre, Senior Strategist at Talent Garden to converse about navigating the career path in tech and lessons from female role models. This event was live-streamed on the 8th of March 2021, on International Women’s Day. Noa Segre is a Corporate Transformation Senior Strategist at Talent Garden, who shared insights from her experience in technology and innovation from startups and over 10 years of experience...
Mar 14, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text Product Management | Psychological Safety | High Performing Teams | Product Executive | Women and Earnings | In this interview, we discuss with Soumeya Benghanem the role of a product manager, learnings from Soumeya’s career, and how to create psychological safety to support high-performing teams. In the second part of the conversation, we also discuss the topic of women and earnings. Some of the questions we consider are: Are you happy with your earnings, are you unsure whether t...
Mar 08, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text Health & Wellbeing | Wellbeing Strategy | Organizational Wellbeing | Support & Education | How to develop a wellbeing strategy in an organization | Wellbeing Leader | Strategic Role | In this episode, Lisette shares her journey in IKEA, how she helped develop a well-being strategy, and how 2020 was the year that saw increased adoption of this topic in organizations, and what are some key steps to consider when tackling health & wellbeing in this setup. Lisette shares h...
Feb 22, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text Authentic Parenting | Your authentic self | The impact of your luggage in raising children | Intuition & education | Finding out who you are for yourself and your children | In this episode, we tackle the topic of authentic parenting, how do we find out who we are and what are our values, so we raise children from a place of authenticity and love, not only for ourselves but also for future generations. The main message of this episode is to take responsibility for yourself and...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text Mobility | Impact of technology on the mobility space| Gender & VC | The role of diversity in building companies | The success of an idea and what impacts it| In this new season, we deep dive into new fields of work and we focus on career paths we haven't mentioned before, as well as some topics we were encouraged by the listeners to add. In this episode, we discuss the world of venture capital, how to get started, what is to know about the mobility space with Sohaila Ouffata,...
Jan 25, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text In this episode, we converse with Kearney Principal, Ceyda Atay Haga about her path into management consulting, pieces of advice for young graduates who want to kickstart their career in consulting or experienced hires who want to transition to management consulting. Moreover, we talk about challenges and advice for those who want to learn from Ceyda’s extensive experience across 4 countries: how to tackle an interview, the importance of confidence, and how you can showcase your s...
Dec 29, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text In this interview we converse with Anja Monrad, the woman that leads Dell Technologies in the Central & Eastern Europe region, covering 31 countries, from Israel to Poland. This episode focuses on marketing communications and Anja's journey from starting as a graduate in IT sales to becoming an executive, all through planning her career. Having joined Dell as Marketing Director for the Nordic countries in 2000, Anja has since pursued an international career within Dell Marketi...
Dec 28, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the field of business development, how to work with high-level clients, how to communicate, and what questions to ask. The journey to navigate the corporate setup can be paved with challenges if the relationship with your customers is not strong. Ana Sarbu shares pieces of advice on how to build fruitful partnerships with business partners and ensure their needs are listened to and met while providing the service Palantir is best known for: the world's ...
Dec 16, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Dr. Ghina M. Halabi is the first person to obtain a doctorate in astrophysics from a Lebanese university, a Space Scientist at the University of Cambridge, Programme Director at Cambridge Judge Business School's Entrepreneurship Centre, and the founder of She Speaks Science. Through all of her initiatives, she aims to make science accessible and women in STEM more visible, one story at a time. In this episode, Dr. Ghina discusses the role of astrophysics in science, gender biases ...
Nov 04, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text In this interview, Madalina Petrescu M.D. is sharing what it truly means to live a heart-centered life. She goes beyond the traditional healing of the physical heart and dives deep into living life from your heart. She talks about how to live an aligned life, a whole, and balanced life, what true health really means, involving all aspects of self including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Madalina has always been attracted to the space of the heart and the healing arts,...
Oct 21, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text How do you decide to start a business that would serve women in the financial industry? The answer? You quickly realize that women are underrepresented in the financial markets, and they generally retire with 35% less wealth than men. In Denmark, the number is 43% less for women. Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen is the co-founder of Female Invest, Northern Europe's leading financial educator. The goal of Female Invest is to help women become better at investing and managing their personal f...
Sep 19, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text This episode of the interview podcast focuses on the field of learning and development. Alina Cristina Buteica is a professional with years of experience in the learning space, having built the department for Africa's first billion-dollar company, Jumia. 1. Upbringing and education section: Alina Buteica is a graduate of 3 business schools and has lived in 17 countries on 3 continents. With such an amazing life story, Alina will focus on her journey into learning and development a...
Aug 27, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Brittany Arthur is an expert in innovation and design thinking, and through her company, Design Thinking Japan, she bridges the world of innovation and organizational change. Brittany organically developed the ability to connect her love for Japan with her passion for processes and customer-centricity. She has a double degree in business and Japanese, as she identified that this is the field she wants to pursue as it outlines her passion for people. Career Path Section at 10’: Wha...
Aug 25, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text How to find your path? How to understand what is in store for you by listening within? A tough question, it appears. However, with the right advice, you can find a way to unlock your potential and have a fulfilling career. This episode focuses on emotional intelligence with the incredible Antesa Jensen. She founded Adventure Awake, a company focused on human-centric innovation through transformational experiences. She helps people take something that exists within us, empathy, and...
Aug 14, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text This episode is an introduction to the podcast on female leadership and role models, Femme Lead with Alexandra Ciobotaru. The narrative follows the reason for starting a podcast and the aim of this initiative. After joining different community events and many initiatives in the technology field, I decided that a podcast will bring to light my passion in an open format for everyone to listen to. The podcast is focused on showcasing female role models from communities around the wor...
Aug 05, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 1
