Panel Discussion #1: Financial Literacy
December 17, 2021
Cracking open the conversation between lenders and women entrepreneurs
The Leading Lenders' team recently hosted their first of a series of panel discussion, bringing together lenders and women entrepreneurs to crack open the conversation on the potential barriers of women entrepreneurship. The theme of this panel discussion was financial literacy, in which panellists had the chance to have a conversation around the following questions:
The invited panellists for this panel discussion were:
The Leading Lenders' team recently hosted their first of a series of panel discussion, bringing together lenders and women entrepreneurs to crack open the conversation on the potential barriers of women entrepreneurship. The theme of this panel discussion was financial literacy, in which panellists had the chance to have a conversation around the following questions:
- Financial literacy is an important skill for entrepreneurs. What role does financial literacy play when it comes to the application process for a business loan?
- What can be done to help increase women's financial literacy level?
- What is your number one tip that you would suggest to a lender to help remove financial literacy barriers?
The invited panellists for this panel discussion were:
- Tricia Chio- Senior Account Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
- Anne Guimond-Nadeau- Associate Vice-President, Commercial Banking, National Bank of Canada
- Victoria LaBillois - President, Wejuseg Construction
- Tanya Priske- Executive Director, Centre for Women in Business
- Melanie Rupp- Senior Director, Loans & Advisory Services, WeBC
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