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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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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This month Alsi and Joy are joined by Sarah Oluwole, Chief Operating Officer at Lumin Wealth. Sarah was previously the youngest qualified accountant in the UK and since starting her career at Deloitte, has now been at Lumin Wealth for over a decade where she has helped to grow the firm to £1 billion AUM. Sarah has also had two children in that time with her husband who has now runs his own fitness business.

This is our most emotional podcast yet and Alsi and Joy both end up in tears listening to Sarah's emotional story about giving birth to her daughter. It is an incredibly moving episode for so many reasons, and the bravery and hope that Sarah and her husband displayed is truly inspirational. Thank you to Sarah for her openness and honesty. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

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