Mind the Gap: The Money Divide
Women face a lifetime of financial gaps - from pay disparities to career breaks and lower investment confidence. These gaps don’t just affect earnings today, but financial security for the future.
So how do we change that?
In this Mind the Gap panel, we’ll explore:
💰 Pay & Progression - How to advocate for raises and promotions in a system that wasn’t built for women.
📝 Planning for the Future - How life events, from career breaks to separations, impact long-term wealth, and what to do about it.
📈 The Investment Gap - Why women invest less, what that means for financial independence and how to start investing if you find it daunting
Join us as we bring together HR experts and financial specialists to discuss the barriers, bust the myths, and share practical steps to close the gap:
Chelsea Karaolis (Unify)
Mooka Maboshe (Octopus Money)
Kate Daly (amicable)
Moderator - Chrissie Lewis (Bolt)
Plus, our expert coaches will be on hand for bite-sized 1:1 sessions. Whether you've got a question about pension consolidation, side hustle tax, budgeting hacks, or something else, our coaches can help you make sense of it all.
On the evening
👋 17:30-18:00 | arrival, drinks and mingling
🎙️ 18:00-19:00 | panel discussion and Q&A
💬 19:00-20:00 | networking drinks
About the panel:
Chelsea Karaolis
After dropping out of college early, Chelsea was driven by a desire to build a different future from the one she knew growing up on a council estate in North West London. Finding her way into recruitment, she went on to partner with some of the world’s leading financial services firms. After a decade in the industry, Chelsea felt a lack of purpose and founded Unify – a recruitment agency on a mission to connect overlooked and underrepresented talent with meaningful opportunities. She brings lived experience and industry insight to champion equity and inclusion where it's needed most.
Mooka Maboshe
Mooka is a Financial Planner at Octopus Money, a money advice brand for everyone. Mooka spends her time on the front line with customers, helping people set out a step by step plan to achieve goals spanning from getting married, buying their first home, investing for the first time, or thinking about their pensions. Mooka is passionate about tapping into her client’s vision for what they want to achieve in their life.
Kate Daly
Kate Daly is one of the UK’s leading experts on divorce, separation and family law reform. A Divorce Specialist, certified Relationship Counsellor and co-founder of amicable — the award-winning online legal service — Kate helps couples and separated parents navigate separation more positively. Inspired by her own challenging divorce, she founded amicable to change the way people experience separation. Kate is a regular commentator on BBC, Sky News, ITV and other major outlets, and hosts The Divorce Podcast, where she explores relationships, separation and co-parenting with leading experts.
Chrissie Lewis
Chrissie has held leadership positions at both Deliveroo (leading global courier experience and gender equity efforts) and at Bolt (leading global operations and engagement). Currently, she shares her expertise as a career coach and is a sought-after speaker and trainer on inclusion and gender equity.