Maths4Girls Event – online webinar

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Anca Ionescu for 50 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 11 - 18.

Event description

Maths4Girls Event- This session is delivered virtually via Zoom.

Speakers Profile:

Gillan Barnard - Transition Lead, COO, Group Transformation at Lloyds Banking Group.Experienced Senior Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Management, Project Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Business Process Improvement, and Resource Management. Strong PMO professional with qualifications in Project Management (APMP), P3O (Axelos) and Banking (London Institute of Banking & Finance) as well as over 30 years of industry experience.

Luisa Munaretto PHD - Vice Chairwoman of the Board chez Claranova / Co-founder of Brands-Beyond India Fund. As Change-maker inspired by the socio-economic transition of India, its cultural legacy and tech-savvy eco-system, she has been operating into the country as entrepreneur and investor for several years. Luisa is regularly investing in start-ups and serving as a board member of both listed and privately held companies which are showing an “India/Asian angle” in their expansion strategy. As vice-chairwoman and investor of Claranova SA, a US-France Technology group operating in IoT, digital printing and retargeting platforms, she is leading the group expansion in the Indian market through organic growth and targeted acquisitions of local emerging players.

Notes:

Maths4Girls events feature role models who work within finance, investment and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) industries to talk about how they use Maths Skills in their every day working lives.

• These events help students learn about a range of attributes to boost employability, to develop enterprise opportunities and to prepare for the world of work.


• In addition to this, students will gain an in-depth understanding of why skills such as resilience, conflict resolution, communication and independence are important within the workplace.

Age Appropriacy: This type of event is appropriate for any student aged 5 through 24. Refer to our white paper pages 9 and 11 for more details. This white paper summarizes more than 100 externally validated research papers on career pathways for students.