High Flying Ladies
Archive for November, 2011
Lessons learnt from my first week as a working mum
I went back to work full-time mid last week, which is why I haven’t been able to write much recently. My last days of freedom I decided to relax and do all those things I don’t have time for anymore – pedicure, manicure, eyebrow threading, some shopping, hanging out on the playground with my daughter, [...]
Doing good by getting rich: the 80,000 hours society
This morning, there was a very interesting discussion on doing good on BBC radio. The provocative claim of one Oxford based community is that you can do more good by becoming a banker than by becoming an aid worker. They very short summary is that by becoming rich, you can easily fund several aid workers’ [...]
Venture Capital for Private Investors event at the London Business School
Yesterday I attended another fantastic event at the London Business School, “Venture Capital for Private Investors“, organised by our private investors alumni club. Speakers included former Apax Partners Chief Investment Officer Adrian Beecroft, founder of the first European Search Fund (more on this later) and serial entrepreneur Simon Webster and Alex Hoye, a fantastically successful [...]
MF Global Files for Bankruptcy – how not to lead a financial services firm as illustrated by Jon Corzine
Last week, I talked about my utter disenchantment with Rajat Gupta, former global head of McKinsey and ex-Goldman board member now accused of passing on insider trading secrets (a charge he denies). Unfortunately, this week we already have to move on to our next case study: Jon Corzine, former Goldman CEO, former governor of New [...]
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