34 - Cathi Raffaeli - CEO, Financial Services, NED, Mentor, Wealth Management

Another Alongsider participant kindly introduced our guest this time, Cathi Raffaeli. She describes herself as 'eclectic' and someone who is tenancious - she never lets go. It is no surprise that she has established a global reputation for her talent with money and organising. Money, she shares, is an enabler to prosperity and we hear some stories that support this. She also delights to tell how baby elephants are taught to dance - a talent that only shows its value as adult elephants. She cites some senior mentors and influencers (Jack Welch of GE). She equally mentions peers as valuable Alongsiders. For many, peers are more perhaps the competition. Her family used their wealth to build schools in parts of Africa and this informs her sense of money as an enabler to prosperity. Each year she picks a new topic to study or new activity to take up (currently sailing as a neophyte)...A great boss, peer, mentor and advocate. There is much to enjoy and learn here.