Women’s Inclusion Network: Representation in the financial services industry

In this conversation, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jiat-Hui Wu speaks to Samantha Ghiotti, an entrepreneur, investor, executive, and current non-executive director at Bridgetown 3, a SPAC sponsored by Richard Li and Peter Thiel. The two discuss women’s representation in the financial services industry, from both the practitioner and recruitment sides; how motherhood impacts professional development and what organizations should do to remedy it; and their advice for the next generation coming to the workforce on what they should do to advance diversity and inclusion issues.

About the interviewer

Jiat-Hui Wu (jhwu@heidrick.com) is partner-in-charge of Heidrick & Struggles’ Singapore office and a member of the Financial Services Practice.