Posts in Entrepreneurship
Ep 10 - Coping, Overcoming and Thriving with Adjoa Adjei- Twum, Compliance Expert and Entrepreneur

Adjoa is a subject matter expert in financial crime compliance with specific expertise in economic sanctions, Anti-money laundering, and terrorist financing. Adjoa oozes so much positivity, spirit, and gusto! But you have to be when life has thrown you curve balls from so many angles. Having suffered an unimaginable loss so early on in her life, Adjoa continues to thrive in various spaces and is an inspiration to us all to put on a good attitude and push forward with strong determination.

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Ep 9 - "From where you are to where you want to be" with Catharina Abiola-James, Business Analyst and Author

The possibilities are endless when you can blend your passions in and out of the workplace to lead to transformational business and personal change. That is what Catharina has been able to achieve as she uses her extensive toolkit as a business analyst to help people and small businesses thrive.

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Ep 5 - For Love and Leadership - Navigating your career with finance Managing Director, Bukola Adisa

Bukola is the founder/CEO of Career Masterclass, a not for profit social enterprise dedicated to enabling the progression of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) professionals in the workplace. Through webinars, live events and the annual STRETCH conference, Bukola teaches practical career tips to a varied BAME audience which has resulted in tangible career progress for the participants. An amazing conversation with a woman who rose to an MD role at Barclays, London.

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Ep 2 - From Passion to Profits with Lawyer turned Baker, Toyin Opebiyi of Tees Bakery

On this episode, I chat with Toyin Opebiyi, a lawyer turned baker extraordinaire on her from law to the business and the many diverse stops she took in between. Pick up your pen and paper guys! This is a masterclass in launching a new business/brand and turning your passion to profits.

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Ep 1 - The Tea of Private Equity with Adesuwa Okunbo - Rhodes

For our first episode is with Adesuwa Okunbo - Rhodes, Black Female Founding Partner & MD at a PE firm. We discussed her background and her pathway into finance that led her to Partner & MD of a Private Equity firm at only 28 years old. She spoke passionately about the wins she secured through persistence but also about some of the challenges associated with being the trifecta of female, black, and young.

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