From East Berlin's Social Housing to Executive Board level in one of the largest banks worldwide, leading Capital Markets and Digital Assets, with 20 yrs financial services experience in top tier banks and brokers.I have a proven track record of setting up, transforming, and scaling business units in diverse and multi-cultural environments. I drive efficiencies and build market share with bottom line results and turnover in the hundreds of millions through organic growth or acquisitions. I ensure long term sustainability through innovation in products and services, aligned to advancements in technology and client needs, thereby restructuring businesses in the most cost effective manner. With extensive board level and branch head experience for legal entities in Cont. Europe and UK, I develop governance, risk and control frameworks and have build successful relationships with ECB / BaFin / Bundesbank and FCA/PRA and international executive stakeholders to ensure consensus and coherence across large complex matrix-led organisations. My ability to hire, motivate and develop functioning large diverse multi geographical teams has been the key to my success.I am a speaker for markets, diversity, leadership, ai, blockchain and tokenisation. I pride myself as a mentor and advocate for women in leadership, and was named one of the most inspiring women in Germany's FemaleOneZero 40 over 40 listing in 2020. I was shortlisted in the 2022 European Women in Finance Award as Trailblazer. Since 2021, I serve as Jury member and Mentor year on year in Germany's Impact of Diversity Awards.Starting out in External Audit, I qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and moved into financial services, working for leading investment banks such as Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, and Société Générale in various divisions in London, Paris and Frankfurt within Fixed Income and Equities. Thereafter, I joined IG Europe, a leader in online trading, as a Member of the Board, and Managing Director and Country Head for Germany and Netherlands. In 2021, I joined State Street Bank International, a global provider of financial services and solutions, as an Executive Board Member and Head of London Branch (SMF 19). In my role as Head of Global Markets, I am in charge of strategic growth, management, and oversight of our Capital Markets division. In my role as Head of State Street Digital, I drive innovation in our digital assets division. I hold a Bachelor with First Class Honors in Business Administration from LSBU in London.