Women in Data Podcast

Ep19. Cristina Meloni - What do Credit Risk Analysts do?

Did you know credit risk analysts were key workers? 

This week, Karen is joined by Cristina Meloni, Senior Credit Risk analyst at Lloyds Banking Group. In this episode, they talk about Cristina’s experience as a Credit Risk Analyst. You will get a good sense of what the responsibilities of risk analysts are and why their role is so important. Cristina also shares the challenges of the job along with her view of what it takes to make a good credit risk analyst. While listening, please remember that these are Cristina’s view and that they should not be associated with those of Lloyds Banking Group. 

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Ep.18 Freya Holland – Owning your career!

This week, Karen is joined by Freya Holland, EMEA & International HQ Analytics Lead at The Kraft Heinz Company. From feeling unhappy and losing confidence to driving the analytics agenda for a multinational FMCG company, Freya shares her journey to own her career. In this episode, you will also find tips to grow confidence. 

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Ep.17 Caroline Pankhurst - How to get rid of limiting beliefs and build bravery!

Feeling like you would like to be braver and make changes happen? This week Karen is joined by Caroline Pankhurst, founder of Be Braver, and on a mission to help women realise more of what gives value and meaning to their personal and professional lives. While this episode started with Caroline outlining the Be Braver program to which she is generously offering a discount to the WiD community, it quickly got out of control and turned into a very personal conversation and a coaching session around bravery. Get ready to embark on a journey to identify your limiting beliefs and to walk away from them. You will also hear about Caroline’s work, discover the main traits of people who are perceived as courageous and try out 2 simple exercises to realise how courageous you already are.  

 

As a WiD, you can join Be Braver with up to 40% of discount. All you need to do is head to www.be-braver.com/ and use the offer code WIDBBC40 for the basic membership and WIDBBC35 for the full Be Braver program. 

 

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Ep.16 Lara Izlan - Finding opportunity in uncertainty

This week, Karen is joined by Lara Izlan, Director, Advertising Data & Analytics at ITV and one of the DataIQ 100 most influential people in data.  Lara’s career in digital media spans a number of recognisable brands across different roles, with a central theme of using data to facilitate business transformation. Through first-hand experience, Lara has developed her views on how businesses and individuals can cope and thrive with change. With COVID-19 accelerating the pace of change, new challenges have arisen and uncertainty is more present than ever in our lives. In this episode, Lara shares insights from her career journey through transformation and tips for how individuals and teams can surface opportunity in periods of uncertainty. 

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Ep.15 Sarah Hunt - Saying yes to a side hustle and flexible working

The summer break came and went and as promised, we are back with some great content and giveaways. 

This week, Karen is joined by Sarah Hunt.  After almost 30 years of experience in data analytics, Sarah was made redundant during the lockdown. Thankfully, she had a side hustle and chose to transform her unfortunate situation into an opportunity to focus on her yoga teaching business.  If you have been thinking about having something on the side, or would like to change your working pattern, this episode might just be what you need. Tune in to hear about the importance and benefits of having a side hustle, as well as Sarah's tips to approach the topic of flexible working hours with your manager. Throughout September, Sarah also offers the WiD community access to her online yoga classes. Head to www.yogawithsarahhunt.com where the first 30 will get a free class with the voucher WID100% and 30 will get 50% off with WID50%.  

 

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Lucile Ripa – Career choices and Analytics in consultancy

This week, Karen is joined by Lucile Ripa, Analytics & Data Science Partner at Wunderman Thompson. A deep dive into data roles and projects in agencies, this episode is full of insights. It is also full tips to help you ace your career; from using transferable skills to bring new ways of thinking to moving from analyst to manager or taking ownership of your work and presenting it in meetings. Whether you want to understand the type of projects data teams work on in agencies and what skills are needed there, or you are at a crossroads trying to decide what will be the next step in your career, tune in for lessons learnt over years of experience in the field. 

 

Please note that this episode is the last one before the summer break. We will be back in September with some great content as well as some giveaways.

Jessica Chapplow - Becoming a marketing engineer without a STEM background

This week, Karen is joined by Jessica Chapplow, Head of Digital Transformation at KR MediaCom. With an initial passion for Journalism and Marketing Jessica never imagined she would be destined for a career in data and technology. Yet, in 2019, she was selected as a finalist for Women in Tech’s Young Leader of The Year Award. In this episode, you will hear about Jessica's journey to mould herself to become a Marketing Engineer, including the challenges she faced while studying for a Masters in Data Science and Machine Learning. Get ready for tips on how to navigate the world of Data Science without a-STEM background.

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Kanwal Bhatia - Images are numbers! From medical imaging to sports analytics

In this week’s episode, Karen is joined by Kanwal Bhatia, Machine Learning Specialist and Entrepreneur at Antler. After more than 10 years of experience in medical imaging analytics, Kanwal decided to start her own business, MetaLynx, transferring her knowledge to analysing sports videos. In this episode, Karen and Kanwal discuss how data science and machine learning are used in medical imaging, as well as the challenges Kanwal faced in the healthcare industry. They will then discuss Kanwal’s experience of starting a data science business, the challenges around finding a co-founder, especially from the point of view of someone who used to have low confidence. 

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Bhavya Jha – The role of data in the financial industry

This week, Karen is joined by Bhavya Jha, Manager of Advanced Analytics at M&G plc. Specialised in building machine learning models and data strategy, Bhavya also uses her skills and enthusiasm to participate in various hackathons and teaches data analytics and python coding. In this episode, you will hear about how data is used in the pension and retirement industry, what benefits you would get from taking part in hackathons and Bhavya’s passion to bring more women in the industry. 

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Catriona Lindsay - Reflections on a career journey!

This week, Karen is joined by Catriona Lindsay, Global Head of People Analytics at Avon. From a default career to finding her ideal role, Catriona shares the story of her journey to find her purpose and owning her career. Get ready for a fun and insightful episode, where both Karen and Catriona share their highs and lows along with their key learnings.

 

Enjoy!