Global Women in FinTech Collaboration
Leveraging our global campus network, the University of Wollongong is initiating the Global Women’s Fintech Collaboration, focusing on networking, mentoring, and sponsorship opportunities.
Only 2% of FinTechs worldwide have been founded by women, while nine out of 10 firms have no women in the C suite. The problem of underrepresentation is compounded due to the convergence of two industries, Finance and Technology, each typically dominated by men. There is a need to strategically invest in capacity development in a targeted manner, such as through education, networks, reskilling and redeployment
Led by Professor Grace McCarthy, Dean of the School of Business in Australia, and Professor Payyazhi Jayashree, Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong in Dubai, the Global Women in FinTech Network aims to achieve these goals by highlighting the enablers and impediments for Women in Fintech.
The Network aims to create opportunities for women to develop the requisite skills necessary to be agentic leaders and users of Fintech and thus be equal partners in the FinTech ecosystem. The Network aims to showcase successful women in Fintech and provide opportunities for Women in Fintech to collaborate, and will draw on the expertise of UOW Dubai, Australia and India, as well as on the expertise of our alumni, industry partners and others passionate about gender equity.