Unleash your personal branding, unlock your hidden potential

Most women in banking and finance are the best-kept secret in their industry. Decades of expertise, zero visibility outside their employer. This session will show you how to build a powerful personal brand alongside your corporate career - so your reputation, influence, and opportunities grow beyond your employer. You’ll learn why visibility is one of the most valuable forms of career insurance, how to establish yourself as a trusted thought leader without leaving your role and how to turn your knowledge and experience into greater impact and opportunity.

This is about future-proofing your career, owning your expertise and ensuring you are recognised not just for the role you hold - but for the value you bring.

Your speaker

Rebecca Leppard

Rebecca Leppard is a former journalist turned marketing and branding expert with over 16 years’ experience building brands across corporate hospitality, media and agency leadership in Asia.After relocating to England during the pandemic and facing hundreds of job rejections, she stopped waiting for permission and built her own path. She founded Upgrading Women, a marketing and branding agency helping professional women turn their expertise into visibility, credibility and commercial success beyond their job titles.Her clients include corporate lawyers, finance leaders and founders who have gone on to publish books, speak at TED, and appear across major media platforms. Rebecca also works as a Fractional CMO across fintech, tradetech and luxury hospitality.She brings a powerful, real-world understanding of what it takes to build a personal brand that opens doors—because she built hers from the ground up in a market not designed for her.