Ann Cairns
@AnnMCairns
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Chair @CABPayments Chair @TMFgroup Chair @FAforWomen | board member @LightRock | Trustee of stop MS appeal @mssociety
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Joined March 2014
Who knew that #Barbie would be feminist cool? #Mattel have done a great job with a satirical take on their 64 year old product. Think I will watch the movie, along with #Oppenheimer which I read is trailing at the box office..we’d rather be in the pink.
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It’s not just where are the women, although that is scarily stark, it’s where are any voices apart from the tech companies?
Is this what the future looks like? Where are the women in these important discussions?
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If empathy is the most important leadership trait we may have a problem. A recent Korn Ferry annual survey of 3,000 HR professionals, showed 1/3 don’t find their CEO empathetic, a 16% drop from 2022. #leadership #empathy #ceo
forbes.com
You always knew demonstrating empathy is positive for people, but new research demonstrates its importance for everything from innovation to retention.
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How actors are losing their voices to AI via @FT Sad and a bit sinister! Actors not realising they have signed away the rights to their voice in perpetuity. #AI #IP #Unemployment
ft.com
Performers forced to compete with themselves as companies’ use of technology for cloning prompts calls to update copyright law
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UK steer co @pavitacooper @LizDimmock @steffanrhys1 & @LWhitcombe83 signing the book at @LSEGplc on #IWD2023 after #RingTheBell for #genderequity #EmbraceEquity
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HR Magazine - UK ranks fifth globally for progress on gender equality- sounds good but only 1% of global companies have closed their gender pay gap. That gap widens for women of colour. We have a long way to go to achieve parity. #genderequity #HR #paygap
hrmagazine.co.uk
Gender equality has seen steady but significant progress around the world, according to new research.
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You have been a great leader @WFPChief and we look forward to @cindymccain taking your legacy forward.
Congratulations to my friend @cindymccain on your nomination as the new @WFP Executive Director! Ambassador, your extraordinary experience & leadership will be critical as conflicts, climate shocks & hunger soar. Look forward to working together, our transition will be seamless!
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“Whether you're a feminist or an economist – or just a person who wants to live in a better world – you should want to see all girls in school.” — @Malala
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Another reason to love Rihanna ♥️ She’s donated millions to fight climate change 🌍
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rescued after 5 days under the rubble in turkey. my god, what a miracle.
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The pink tax is actually contributing to the hoard of women leaving the workplace at alarming rates. If we want to tackle this growing problem, then we must reimagine what work should look and feel like, and it goes far beyond the notion of money.
fastcompany.com
The pink tax is more than money, and it’s entirely too costly. It’s time for change.
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Thailand is allowing the nation’s first virtual banks to offer services in 2025 as part of efforts to boost competition and cut costs for businesses and individuals- a trend we’ve seen in recent times spread across Europe.
bloomberg.com
Thailand will allow the nation’s first virtual banks to offer services in 2025 amid a push to boost competition, widen loan access and cut costs for businesses and individuals.
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With venture capital drying up and banks failing to properly digitally transform over the past decade, 2023 will be the year we see acquisitions on the table for a number of struggling high-growth fintech firms.
cityam.com
The UK’s fintech sector will see a wave of acquisitions this year as cashed up banks and investment firms swoop and buy struggling firms on the cheap, a top venture capital chief has predicted.
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By addressing #FinancialInclusion once and for all, we can take on other crises such as the “reduction of poverty, better health, food security, being resilient if you’ve been displaced by climate or by war.”
thesuitecollective.com
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, Women's World Banking's CEO and President, is helping low-income women access formal financial services.
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The Bank of America has stated that #CBDCs, stablecoins and other digital currencies represent the “future of money.” It concludes that central banks must adopt technological advances or risk becoming irrelevant in the long term.
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Despite global #Investment in the #Fintech industry slowing down in 2022, the UK retained its position as the leading nation for fintech in Europe, and the second best globally behind the U.S. - £10.2bn was received in funding last year.
uktech.news
The UK retained its European dominance in fintech last year despite global investment in the industry decreasing in 2022.
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#BigTech has not been immune to recent economic hardships and higher rates of firings last year have been found to have disproportionately affected #Women and mid-career talent, making it even more difficult to improve #Diversity in the sector.
reuters.com
2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person with one too many years under their belt.
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Thanks to the digitalisation of the past few years, emerging markets have been able to skip a generation of #Innovation and enable ‘technology leapfrogging’, in turn, fuelling #FinancialInclusion.
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