Come join us as we learn from the experts who work in the sector as advisors and who help women to get on boards across all industries.

Blockchain Companies are becoming more mainstream. The new form of capital raising requires those organisation must assure that they have proper governance. This is achieved through the creation of boards that are both part of the funding firm and independent members that can support the organisation in its growth.

The demands will be for individuals with not only a good understanding of the Blockchain and Crypto space, but having a solid back ground in other parts of business.

Women on Boards have launched a new report which reveals the hidden truth about diversity and inclusion across the whole FTSE All-Share. It shows a stark 'diversity divide' between those firms who are making progress - and those who are not.

All this proves why it is now more important than ever to maintain the scrutiny of board diversity and expand it to cover all forms of diversity across the entire FTSE All-Share. It shows why female and other under-represented candidates are still sorely needed to step forwards and develop as board members.

Read the full report here: https://www.womenonboards.net/en-gb/reference-items/resource-centre-articles/the-hidden-truth-june21

It's vital that we see more women in the space and in senior positions in the blockchain and crypto space. This event is designed to help you understand what you can do to get on that board, become the advisor to that company.

Moderator:

Genevieve Leveille is an experienced Senior Advisor and Board Member:

Genevieve is the Principal Founder and CEO of AgriLedger. AgriLedger enables trust, transparency and traceability through blockchain across the agricultural supply chain. Genevieve led a collaboration with Haiti’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry to deliver a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) pilot sponsored by the World Bank. The project went live in May 2020 allowing Haitian fruit farmers and consumers to reap the benefits of fairer prices and improved food security.

Genevieve was nominated by the Financial Times to the top 100 BAME in UK technology in 2019, was named a winner of the ComputerWeekly 2020 Women in Software and was one of the top 5 finalist for Quesnay’s Female Founders in FinTech in 2019. She is vice-chair of techUK’s Distributed Ledger Technologies Working Group, which provides strategic direction for all UK activities related to DLT and is an inaugural member of the Advisory Group for the Estonian Government’s eResidency initiative.

Panel:

Dr Amber Ghaddar

Dr Amber Ghaddar is one of the founders of AllianceBlock, the blockchain startup building the framework for the world’s first globally compliant capital market by bridging CeFi and DeFi. The startup was formed in 2018 and has constantly ranked in the best early stage fintechs in Europe (Money20/20, Websummit…). AllianceBlock issued its token in September 2020 and is now in the top 200 crypto projects by market capitalisation. It however, ranks fourth in terms of women founded crypto projects by market capitalisation.

Amber is the mastermind behind participative capitalism and calibrocracy and has been invited to world class events to give talks on the subject (Davos, Money20/20, TEDx, UN Women, BBC …). She was listed in the long list of “Rising Women In Crypto Powerlist 2020” by the Fintech Times. Additionally, she is a guest lecturer at EDHEC Business School in France on the subject of DeFi and cryptocurrencies.

Previously, Amber was a bond trader at JP Morgan London where she held various leadership positions.

Amber started her career in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs London, and moved from there to the Cross Asset Solutions team at JP Morgan London in 2012, where she built the JP Morgan UK Multi Asset franchise. Later, she spearheaded the Macro Systematic Trading Strategies team at JP Morgan London.

Amber holds a B.Sc in Science & Technology, Three Masters (Neurosciences, Microelectronics & Nanotechnologies, and International Risk Management & Business) and a PhD in Molecular Medicine. She is a graduate of McGill Canada and HEC Paris.

In her free time, Amber is an advocate of women in tech and blockchain. She is an investor in BIBA - an ecosystem that encourages girls into STEM subjects - and a mentor at Global Thinkers Forum and UN Women.

Rachel Tranter

Rachel is a founding director of Women on Boards UK. She spent 18 years as an international corporate tax consultant working with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. After leaving in 2008 she joined Cardio Direct Ltd, a medical provider of cardiac services. Rachel studied at the University of Birmingham and is a Bachelor of Commerce. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, ATII qualified. In 2017 Rachel joined the board of the Amateur FA as an Independent Non Executive Director and she is also an Independent Panel Member for the Ministry of Justice.

Away from WOB, Rachel is a passionate long distance runner, club tennis player and enjoys long walks with her two Hungarian Vizslas.

Toby Lewis

Toby Lewis, frontier technology market monitoring company Novum Insights’ founder and CEO, is a repeat entrepreneur, and well known analyst in the fields of blockchain, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech and venture capital.

He was one of the co-founders of venture capital analyst company Global Corporate Venturing, where he led both the analytics team and its editorial efforts. Lewis has written regularly for the Wall Street Journal.

Toby has spoken at numerous international technology conferences including Blockchain for Humanity, which took place during the World Economic Forum, Global Technology Symposium, South Summit, White Bull, Tech Tour and Global Corporate Venturing.