Focusing on the End Goal: Graduate Advice from Fintech Entrepreneur and Former Barclays Head of Digital Products Ying Cao

Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3

07/05/21 • 42 min

Ying Cao, Fintech Entrepreneur, Board Member of several prominent Fintechs, and Former Head of Digital Products at Barclays Investment Bank, shares her experiences of the Fintech ecosystem and how her perspective on the work-life balance has changed during her illustrious career.
Initially starting out as a Strategy Consultant at the Oliver Wyman Group advising Fortune 500 companies, Ying helped launch several key business models and products. After OWG, Ying's work led her to Barclays Investment Bank, working on digital products, workflow automations and data science.
Being an entrepreneur herself, she has built businesses and products which attract hundreds of millions of funding and now serves as a mentor and business ambassador for Barclays Open Innovation Platform (Rise) to coach Fintech companies for business growth and product development. She has also set up her own business called Liyt Coaching, which focuses on mentoring individuals to accelerate their growth and development.
In this episode, Ying joins Work in Fintech founder Matthew Cheung and founder member Jagraj Singh to discuss emerging Fintech technologies, motivation for work, and how students/graduates can get into and make their mark on the industry.
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07/05/21 • 42 min

Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3 - Focusing on the End Goal: Graduate Advice from Fintech Entrepreneur and Former Barclays Head of Digital Products Ying Cao

Transcript

Matthew Cheung (00:04)
Hi, this is Matt from Work in FinTech! Today I'm joined by Jag Singh who's an undergrad studying physics at Leicester University, and we're delighted to bring on today the great Ying Cao. I'll hand over to you Jag because you've got a ton of questions for Ying. And just before we do, Ying, do you wanna just give yourself a quick introduction?
Ying Cao (00:23)
Perfect. Yeah. Thank you so much, Matt and Jag, for having me here today. It's a great pleasure to talk

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