Women in Finance: Then v.s. Now

Diversity & Inclusion
CPD: 1 Hour(s)

Throughout the years, the financial services industry has made vast progress in promoting gender diversity within the workforce.

Join us to hear from Camilla Love, Founder of F3 – Future Females in Finance, and Amara Haqqani, Chief of Staff, Chief Executive Office of IFM Investors.

This upcoming webinar will focus on the theme of women in finance, exploring the progress achieved, and the steps needed for further improvement.

Discover the importance on building empowering relationships with your work peers, along with the value of networking and perseverance as a woman in the financial services sector.

Be a part of this crucial conversation and contribute to shaping the future of the industry.

Participants may be able to apply for 1 hour towards meeting their annual continuing professional development obligations. It is the individual's obligation to determine the relevance of CPD to their license conditions. 

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Camilla Love

– Managing Partner, Alpencrest Capital Pty Ltd; Director, Perennial Investment Management Limited; Founder, F3 – Future Females in Finance

Camilla is the Managing Partner of Alpencrest Capital Pty Ltd, a specialist capital placement agent supporting global fund managers with their Australian superannuation and wealth management clients.

Prior to founding Alpencrest, Camilla spent twenty three years with the Perennial Group as an integral member of the team marketing, promoting, building and governing the Perennial business. Camilla continues her relationship with Perennial as a Director at Perennial Investment Management Limited and a Director at Perennial Private Ventures GP LP Pty Ltd, governing Perennial’s venture capital limited partnership.

In 2017, Camilla also founded F3 – Future Females in Finance. F3 aims to foster the next generation of female talent in financial services through education, providing great career role models, demystifying careers and providing practical work experience. In 2022, F3 was awarded the Women in Finance Community Program Award, for its work developing the pipeline of talent in finance.

Camilla is a member of the Advisory Board of Kaizen Recruitment and is the Chair of the Abbotsleigh Foundation. Camilla is the Chair of the UNSW Alumni Advisory Committee and Director of the UNSW Foundation.

Camilla holds an MBA (Exec) from AGSM and was the recipient of the Michael Page Scholarship for her strategic year.

Camilla has jumped out of a plane twice, likes to ski off high mountains and loves a good laugh (one ‘Who’s line is it anyway’ episode at a time).

Amara Haqqani

Chief of Staff, Chief Executive Office, IFM Investors

Amara Haqqani is Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive at IFM Investors. She is a financial services senior executive with over 20 years industry experience, spanning operations, technology, product, strategy and regulatory affairs, in three financial services sectors - financial technology, funds management & superannuation/pensions.

Amara has worked for firms such as Aviva (now part of Insignia), RBC Global Asset Management, Equity Trustees, Challenger, Bennelong Funds Management and Iress.

She is most well known for her time in strategy, policy and solution design for retirement income.

Amara holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Commercial Law, is currently completing an MBA, and has also completed minor qualifications in sustainability, governance, product management and financial planning.