There is no liberation without financial independence. Hear all about the largest untapped revenue potential for finance: women. This underserved market segment has historically been barred from access which still results in discrimination today, from interest rates, disrespectful treatment to gatekeeping which also impacts non-binaty people. But there are also good news and hope and one surprising best practice that you wouldn't have guessed. Alex is COO and Managing Director at ACI Diversity Consulting as well as a speaker and panelist. She spent 14 years as a senior executive in product and tech in the finance industry, at American Express and most recently Solaris, where she was responsible for innovative and disruptive projects in the digital and open banking space. From chatbots to Buy Now Pay Later, product pitches in London and New York and testing Apple Pay at 4am at the Frankfurt train station, she's seen it all. Her specialty is organizational design and building scalable teams and businesses. Finance disruptor by day, diversity activist by night: in this homogeneous industry, she has built several intersectional networks, including futura at Solaris, and conducted the first data collection in Europe focusing not only on "women and finance" but especially on trans* and migrant women. She has been recognized for her achievements as a Future Maker by Business Insider, as Prout Executive #1 by Prout At Work and many more, including Global Digital Women, Beyond Gender Agenda, Impact of Diversity… This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx