Pathfinders 5 - Stacy Penn & Rachel Edwards: Overcoming bullying, dropping out of university and doing what makes you happy. How two very different paths led to the Financial Services Industry.

Pathfinders

Stacy Penn and Rachel Edwards are two of the mortgage industry's young, shining lights. Working in highly technical and important roles for the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, (AMI), much of what they do is generally not seen or understood by many they represent, though they are part of a new team who are changing this, and much more besides in an industry ready to embrace change. This episode is proof you never really know someone until you ask the questions and listen to the story.

Stacy and Rachel are Senior Policy Advisers at AMI, dealing with a whole host of challenges and helping to shape the whole industry, battling on behalf of mortgage brokers with regulators, the Government, and other bodies. They are passionate about the industry, D&I and equity, the green agenda, and much more besides.

They have come into the Financial Services world via very different paths, one dropping out of University, one working in a Northern bookmakers, and are really interested in showing how welcoming FS can actually be for young women and changing the culture of the industry from within. For any young people looking for inspiration on where to go next, or who think financial services is not for them, you may well think again.

In this episode, we chat about many things, including:

• How intense bullying led to "filling in a pond" and moving schools
• Dropping out of University
• Finding the positives and letting setbacks work for you
• Lessons from a betting shop
• Starting in Financial Services and dealing with being a young woman within it
• The importance of doing what makes you happy
• Learning from the Egyptians: Aggressively helping others
• The new industry Mentor Scheme and how you can help
• The best piece of advice Stacy & Rachel ever had
• The one person you would want to meet in history and what would you ask them

I am sure you will find something to take away from both of these ladies' journeys.

This is the Pathfinder Podcast, may the path you take be the right one for you.

Stacy on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacypenn
Rachel on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-edwards-a8219417a
AMI on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-mortgage-intermediaries/
AMI Website - https://www.a-m-i.org.uk
Working in Mortgages Website - https://workinginmortgages.org.uk

Details of the AMI & DIFF Mentors Scheme can be found here:
https://workinginmortgages.onpld.com

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