Women in Finance | CEO & Founder - Katharina Dalka 🇬🇧

« Women are still raised not to speak about money… You know, when I do my training in front of women, I say « I am a woman of money », and I pause. Then I continue and, a couple of minutes later, I say « ok let me go back to what I said first, how did it make you feel? » and I get a whole lot of feedbacks like « That was weird! » » Katharina Dalka – CEO & founder of Stellar One (answering to the question “why do you think they are still fewer women in key position in finance than there are men”)

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Tune in to the world of a business leader who is an expert in strategy and investment. Specializing in complex cross-border operations in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, she advises both companies and financial institutions.

In this podcast, Katharina shares her 18 years of experience in the finance sector and discusses the creation of Stellar One. We discover an ambitious woman dedicated to developing her personal skills to grow her business. Indeed, successfully negotiating deals, her area of expertise, is something she excels at and has been rigorously trained in.

Moreover, Katharina is actively committed to the professional development of women. Through the association March Women and a course she created, she empowers women with negotiation skills that go beyond the workplace : https://biaempowerment.com/.

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Depending on your personal aspirations, you may be particularly interested in:
00:00 - Katharina, founder of Stellar One & cofounder of Dydon AI
01:18 - Her way to France as a German woman
02:07 - The most important lesson she learnt over the years
04:00 - The challenge of scaling her businesses
04:40 - 2 examples of how Stellar One has helped a client
06:14 - How is she leveraging AI with Dydon AI?
07:09 - The link between Stellar One & Dydon AI?
07:58 - The AI project she finds the most exciting
09:30 - Her passion for negotiation and typical activities
12:16 - March Women, an association for women in M&A
14:40 - Her approach to working with male allies
17:02 - Empowering women with negotiation skills
19:25 - Women's reaction when she says "I am a woman of money"
22:22 - Benefits from the feminization of the finance sector.
23:31 - Her 'male code of conduct' for succeeding in negotiations
26:01 - What advice would you give someone facing discrimination?
28:34 - The drivers that keep her ambition up
30:30 - Advice to younger people starting their careers in finance