Roopam Janda: My experience as a woman in financial services

WIFA 2022 taking place on July 6

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Head of implementation at Praemium, Roopam Janda shares what encourages, challenges and inspires her in a traditionally male-oriented industry...

You have worked in largely male environments in financial services and Dubai. Have things got better for women over the years or not? I'm not sure what it's like on the other side of the fence as I've only ever worked in largely male-dominated environments, firstly I.T. and now financial services. What I have experienced, is that further up the ladder I climb there seem to be fewer female colleagues. The financial services industry has recognised in recent years that decisions being made in the boardroom are by people with the same background, the same education, and therefore typica...

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