Welcome
Vanessa Vallely is the founder of leading women’s network and website, www.wearethecity.com which serves an audience of over 70,000 City Women. She also co-founded the City wide diversity network, The Network of Networks which includes the Diversity heads and heads of women’s networks from 45 FTSE firms.
On a professional level, Vanessa has been in Banking and Finance, specialising in IT and Operations for the past 22 years. She has held a number of senior positions across the City, most recently Chief Operating Officer at a leading retail bank. Vanessa recently completed her corporate education at the Chicago Booth University and is now studying to achieve her certification as an Executive Coach.
Vanessa was awarded the Champion for Women award at the 2011 Women in Banking and Finance awards. She was also identified by the Financial News as a Top 100 Rising star under 40 in 2010 and as one of 100 most influential Women in Finance for 2011. Vanessa has also received her first global award from TIAW, where she was named as one of 100 Women making a global difference.
Vanessa is an accomplished motivational speaker who is often called upon to speak at numerous corporates and charities about her expertise in Diversity and Female Networks. In addition she also covers subjects such as The Power of Networking, The Power of Profile, Work Life Balance as well as her own interesting career story which started at the tender age of 16. Vanessa has also recently been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s hour, BBC Essex and has featured in a number of leading periodicals such as CityAM and The Square Mile.
Aside from her professional responsibilities, Vanessa is also a Non Executive Director for the National Youth Music Theatre and The Prostate Cancer Charity. Due to her family heritage, Vanessa is also the Pearly Queen of the City of London.
Vanessa also has a keen interest in developing future pipelines of talent and in spare time mentors and coaches a global team of cross sector individuals.
If you wish to contact Vanessa, please email Vanessa.Vallely@wearethecity.com
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