How Can Women On IT Grow A Career In Finance?

Welcome to PHD (Positivity Hack Delivered) Episode 059 by Beata Young with guest Rosa Armesto Plaja. Our PHD guest, Rosa Armesto Plaja, is the Deputy Director-General of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges  (FESE), responsible for coordinating all regulatory policy campaigns and strengthening  FESE’s positioning on the key issues and priorities for exchanges in Europe. Rosa has almost 15 years of professional experience in EU affairs for the financial sector. She was Head of Public and Regulatory Affairs of FESE and prior to rejoining FESE, she spent 4 years as a Member of the Management Team and Head of Public Affairs and Communications of Insurance Europe, in charge of the interest representation of the European insurance sector. She has worked in Brussels since 2007,  coming from Eurostat (the statistical office of the European Commission) in Luxembourg. Rosa holds a Master’s degree in Economics (major in Econometrics), a Bachelor’s degree in  Statistics, and a Professional degree in Piano. She is a Spanish national and speaks English, French and Spanish.