The Gender Finance Podcast
Where finance meets equality: unpacking power, policy, and possibility. In this podcast, we explore the critical intersection of gender and finance, from the structural barriers still embedded in global financial systems to the innovative solutions reshaping who gets to invest, lead, and build wealth. Each episode dives into a key dimension of gender-inclusive finance, offering insight, challenge, and inspiration. Through conversations with investors, economists, founders, regulators, and leading experts, we reveal how finance can be a force for equity.
Episodes
In this episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, Jenny de Nijs, Chair of the Luxembourg Gender Finance Task Force and Director at the Ministry of Finance, speaks with Petra Hielkema, Chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), about the hidden gaps in gender finance and why financial resilience must be a lifelong priority. They discuss why pension gaps persist and which of their drivers tend to be ove...
In this episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, we speak with Nathalie Bausch, CEO at DWS Investment S.A. and COO at Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., about how women and men may approach career opportunities differently and what influences those decisions. In conversation with Simon Gorbutt, Deputy CEO at Luxembourg for Finance, Nathalie revisits a pivotal moment in her own career to explain why sponsorship and challenging self-impose...
In this episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, Francesca Gigli Prym, CEO of UBS Asset Management (Europe) S.A., joins Jennifer de Nijs, Director at the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance, to discuss leadership, role models, and gender diversity in investment teams. Francesca reflects on how her own career journey has shaped the way she leads today, and what it means to be a female CEO and a role model for others in asset management. Sh...
In this episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, we speak with Lize-Mari Barnes, CEO Luxembourg and Global CFO P&C Reinsurance at Swiss Re, and Global Women at Swiss Re Lead. Lize-Mari reflects on navigating career acceleration alongside major life transitions, and what organisations can do to better support progression across different life stages. She discusses balancing ambition with self-care, managing the invisible load, and...
In this episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, Daniela Klasen, Luxembourg Country Head and Head of Institutional Banking at RBS International, joins Jennifer de Nijs, Director at the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance, to reflect on nearly 30 years of evolving banking culture in Luxembourg.Daniela shares how inclusivity is embedded into daily decision-making at RBS - from fair hiring practices and diverse talent pipelines to accountabl...
In this episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, we speak with Micaela Forelli, CEO of M&G Investments Europe and Vice President of EFAMA, about how gender finance is moving from commitment to integration within asset management.
Micaela reflects on her path to CEO and the role mentors played in shaping her leadership approach. She also shares how M&G is advancing gender diversity through concrete organisational and investment...
Brenda Bol, CEO of Cecabank Luxembourg, sits down with Simon Gorbutt, Deputy CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, to discuss how opportunities for women in banking are shifting from visibility to genuine choice and agency. She shares insights on leadership, the role of culture in enabling progression, and why ambition is not one-size-fits-all.The conversation also explores how embedding diversity in daily decision-making, alongside evolv...
In Episode 2 of The Gender Finance Podcast, Julie Becker, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, sits down with Jenny de Nijs, Chair of the Gender Finance Task Force, to discuss how leadership, visibility, and sponsorship play a transformative role in advancing women in finance.
Julie shares her personal journey to becoming the first woman to lead the Luxembourg Stock Exchange since its founding in 1928. From the lessons of being spo...
Can finance help close the gender gap? In this premiere episode of The Gender Finance Podcast, EIB President Nadia Calviño and Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth tackle one of the most important challenges in global finance today: making finance work for women.
They discuss how the EIB is boosting gender-smart investment, access to capital for female entrepreneurs, the role of mentorship, Luxembourg’s Gender Finan...
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