WWW Episode 19 with Shirin Dehghan

05/01/24 • 63 min

For our final episode of Season 2, Joy Davey and Alexandra Buchan-Heelas are joined by the outstanding engineering entrepreneur, Shirin Dehghan. Shirin moved to the UK from Iran when she was 14, did an engineering degree, developed software during her second maternity leave that led to her leaving her job at Vodafone and founding and running a company as CEO - which she ultimately sold for £85m!

Since selling her company, she has extensive experience in raising venture capital and since 2016 she has been a Chairwoman and investor of leading start-ups, medium sized and blue-chip companies. She has been an active angel investor and senior partner of a leading venture capital fund in London. Shirin’s latest venture is a fintech called Oxford Algorithms where she is full time CEO and co-founder.

Shirin is incredibly inspiring and has consistently taken brave steps in pursuit of her career whilst juggling motherhood to 2 children.

Shirin is also a huge supporter of women and girls doing STEM subjects and is a trustee of a charity, Smallpiece, that aims to do just this.

Shirin is a winner of multiple awards including Blackberry Woman in Technology, Best Woman in Mobile, Business Woman of the year 2013, and European Entrepreneur of the year 2013.

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Shirin is incredibly inspiring and has consistently taken brave steps in pursuit of her career whilst juggling motherhood to 2 children.

Shirin is also a huge supporter of women and girls doing STEM subjects and is a trustee of a charity, Smallpiece, that aims to do just this.

Shirin is a winner of multiple awards including Blackberry Woman in Technology, Best Woman in Mobile, Business Woman of the year 2013, and European Entrepreneur of the year 2013.

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WWW Episode 18 with Maxine Nwaneri

We have Maxine Nwaneri on our podcast this month which is a great honour. Maxine grew up in Nigeria and has an incredible story from being homeless and helpless to a #1 Amazon Bestselling Author and an Award-winning international speaker and leadership advisor. Maxine’s story is an inspiration and her experiences, including a near death experience after having her second child, have been the catalyst for her success.

Her new book is right up our street- The Future is Greater: A Working Mother’s Guide to Finding Balance- so do give it a read: https://bit.ly/Order_The_Future_is_Greater_Book

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Season 3 with Joy and Alsi

Joy and Alsi are delighted to return for Season 3. In the first episode of Season 3, Joy and Alsi provide an update on their journeys to date, including another pregnancy announcement!

Since last Season, Joy has been a Partner at CMS for over a year and discusses her experience returning to work from her second daughter into a new firm and new role. Joy discusses the benefits of being more senior whilst having young children and some of the practical challenges, including issues around perception and the challenges / benefits of moving jobs during this difficult period. Alsi has seemingly entered into more of a 'steady state' although has still moved house and nursery arrangements with her 2 daughters in the last year!

We are really excited to share our experiences of running the mentoring programmes for 2 years now and we give some tips for returning to work from maternity leave that we have learnt along the way.

We have some wonderful guests lined up for this Season so watch out for our monthly episodes and please do like, comment and subscribe!

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