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Citigroup.Inc. (&ldquo;Citi&rdquo;), Career Ready and Progress Together are not affiliated and are independent companies, though Career Ready and Progress Together has a relationship with Citi through Citi Global Insights. The speakers&rsquo; views are their own and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citi or any of its affiliates.
All opinions are subject to change&nbsp;without notice. Neither the information&nbsp;provided&nbsp;nor any opinion expressed constitutes&nbsp;a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. The expressions of opinion&nbsp;are not&nbsp;intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results.

Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa is a seasoned social entrepreneur and senior leader with a track record of executing innovative social impact concepts, particularly within the media and youth development sectors. Tokunbo is the current Chief Executive of Career Ready, a UK wide social mobility charity that links employers with schools and colleges to open up the world of work for young people. Tokunbo is a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs and was a Cabinet Office appointed Social Enterprise Ambassador for three years. In addition, in 1999 Tokunbo was co-founder of the ORIGIN rites of passage programme for young men of African Caribbean descent. In 2020 he founded the Black Unity Bike Ride, which saw 2000 riders cycle across London with the aim of increasing diversity within cycling and also celebrating Black empowerment. Tokunbo joined Career Ready in January 2020, following his role as CEO of the Foyer Federation. He was highly commended at the 2021 Third Sector Awards as a &lsquo;Rising Chief Executive&rsquo; and was shortlisted for CEO of the Year at the 2022 Charity Times Awards. Tokunbo embodies the ethos of Career Ready and our mission to boost social mobility. He grew up in a single-parent family in Leyton, East London and went on to study journalism at University of the Arts, London. Prior to working in the third sector, he enjoyed a successful career in journalism. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his young family, competing in triathlons, listening to 90s hip-hop and watching Liverpool Football Club.

Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa, CEO, Career Ready 

Sophie Hulm is the CEO of Progress Together, a not-for-profit membership body. Progress Together aims to level the playing field for employees from all socio-economic backgrounds, across UK financial services. As Head of Skills Policy at the City of London, Sophie was the founder and architect of a Government commissioned Socio-Economic Diversity Taskforce. Sophie sees a clear link between the skills and labour challenges which exist in UK financial services and the need for greater socio-economic diversity at senior levels. Sophie joined Progress Together as Chief Executive in September 2022. Sophie currently sits on the SteerCo for the 30% Club and has led a number of high-profile initiatives including the Lord Mayor&rsquo;s Dragon Awards. Throughout her working life Sophie has focused on the power of business to bring about change, including working for a welfare-to-work organisation, a Corporate Responsibility membership body, and as a trustee for Governors for Schools. Her dad is a working-class East Londoner and her mum a retired academic with immigrant parents. She lives with her partner and two mixed-race children who are big fans of Pokemon and Octonauts.

Sophie Hulm, CEO of Progress Together

Andrew has 30 years&rsquo; experience in the financial services industry and has been at Citi since 1996. He has been in Research management roles for 18 years having previously been a No.1 ranked investment analyst. He is Global Head of Research at Citi and a member of Citi&rsquo;s ICG Management Committee with a broad mandate to coordinate and develop original content across the whole of Citi&rsquo;s Banking and Markets businesses. Andrew is also a co-Chair of the Citi Women affinity network in the UK and a member of various academic Advisory boards, including at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He works with numerous universities, think tanks and research institutes in order to facilitate collaboration between Citi and outside research partners, with many research outputs being produced through Citi&rsquo;s publicly available GPS series which he launched in 2011. Andrew has two degrees from Oxford University and taught as a Lecturer at Keble College, Oxford, before joining the Financial Services industry.
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Andrew Pitt, Global Head of Insights, Citi 

Season 4

Talent is everywhere, but all too often opportunity isn't. The futures of far too many young people are determined by background, not potential. Evidence shows that people born into low-income families do not have access to the same opportunities as those born into privilege, regardless of their skills or hard work.
Andrew Pitt, Citi&rsquo;s Global Head of Insights joins the podcast to talk about the bank&rsquo;s efforts to help people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds access and climb the career ladder. He explains why a socially diverse workforce makes business sense and the evidenced impact it can have on wider society and GDP.
Joining him is Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa, CEO of Career Ready, which connects talented young people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to a spectrum of different industries and employers, through summer internships. He describes his interns as &lsquo;pioneers&rsquo; and reveals the barriers they are overcoming, as they pave the way for future generations.
Sophie Hulm, CEO of Progress Together, joins to talk about the importance of collaboration among UK financial services. She explains how data collection is an essential cornerstone for companies to measure mobility. And how diversity of experience and innovation in leadership leads to sound decision making.

Good Things Happen, E1: Social Mobility - Breaking Barriers

On August 28, Paris will host the Paralympic Games - where some 4,400 Paralympians will compete in 23 sports in front of over 3 million spectators.
The Paralympics shine a spotlight on the incredible talent, dedication, and perseverance of Paralympic athletes. Championing freedom, empowerment and a strong sense of personal identity, Para Sport not only promotes inclusive professional sporting opportunities, but also drives wider societal change. Celebrating differences, encouraging equality and inclusion, Para Sport is transformational in helping empower the lives of the world&rsquo;s 1.2 billion people living with disabilities.
Lauren Steadman MBE, UK Para Triathlete and Gold Medalist and Citi Ambassador,&nbsp; joins the podcast to talk about her personal journey, her mindset, and motivations, as well as her ambitions for elevating mental health awareness in sport.
Joining Lauren is Ingrid Giordano, Head of Early Career Talent Acquisition at Citi. Ingrid highlights the many ways that Citi is championing Para Sport, including its athlete mentorship programme.
Citigroup Inc. (&ldquo;Citi&rdquo;), and Para Sport. are not affiliated and are independent companies, though Para Sport has a relationship with Citi as they are a founding partner of Para Sport.&nbsp; The speakers&rsquo; views are their own and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citi or any of its affiliates.
All opinions are subject to change without notice. Neither the information provided, nor any opinion expressed constitutes a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. The expressions of opinion are not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results.
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Lauren Steadman is a British Paralympic triathlete competing in the PTS5 classification. Steadman began her Paralympic career as a swimmer at Beijing 2008. Receiving encouragement from her uncle, Steadman first tried Paratriathlon in 2011 and committed to the sport after competing in swimming events at London 2012. Her decision to change sports resulted in her first career Paralympic medal at Rio 2016 where she won Silver in the PT4 class. Steadman&rsquo;s determination in Paratriathlon led her to win her first Gold medal in PTS5 at Tokyo 2020. She was presented with the 2019 Female Para Triathlete of the Year award by 220 Triathlon Magazine and named Female Para Triathlete of the Year in both 2014 and 2015 at the British Triathlon Awards. With her athletic success, Steadman was named a Member of the British Empire in 2021. She is currently competing in the World Triathlon Para Series, most recently winning Bronze at the World Triathlon Para Championships in Spain. Simultaneously, she is preparing to qualify for Para Nordic skiing, a new discipline for Steadman. Outside of her athletic career, Steadman also took part in multiple celebrity-focused television shows, including being a contender of Strictly Come Dancing and being awarded co-winner of Channel 4&rsquo;s 2020 Celebrity SAS.

Lauren Steadman MBE, UK Para Triathlete and Gold Medalist and Citi Ambassador

Ingrid Giordano is the Global Early Career Talent Acquisition and Program Management Head responsible for the global strategy and ongoing innovation and optimization of the early career operating model, workforce planning, processes, and technology platforms.&nbsp; In her role, she leads a team of early career professionals and oversees the global campus and early career attraction and selection strategy, growth of the programs, end-to-end management of analyst and associate programs.&nbsp; Ingrid&rsquo;s team develops and manages relationships with business sponsors and steering committees to ensure the campus strategy is embedded in the overall business agenda and culture as well as measuring the effectiveness of the programs against stated success criteria.&nbsp; Ingrid began with Citi in the late 1990s working across multiple human resources areas as well as businesses.&nbsp; She has been passionate about playing an integral part in the attraction and development of early career talent.&nbsp; She has served on multiple steering committees, built many early engagement programs, and led several programs across products and geographies.&nbsp; Prior to joining Citi, Ingrid worked at various financial services firms as a client manager and lead for learning and development. Ingrid&rsquo;s contributions also include leading the submission recognizing Citi as having the #1 internship program in the Americas as well as recognition for award winning programming for the early identification program with a diversity, equity, and inclusion award.&nbsp; Ingrid launched the HBCU Innovation Leadership Symposium Program at Citi providing HBCU students across 20 HBCUs an opportunity to learn about opportunities in financial services.&nbsp; She has supported the Asian Leaders of Today initiatives including serving as a moderator and panelist for various initiatives.&nbsp; She serves on Citi&rsquo;s Global Asian Heritage Diversity Committee.&nbsp; Ingrid received her Bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Pace University.&nbsp; She was a Director-Employer on the NACE (National Association of Colleges &amp; Employers) Board of Directors.&nbsp; She serves on advisory boards including being a member of the New York Jobs CEO Council, College Apprenticeship Advisory Board and JFF Ventures Corporate Innovation Council.&nbsp;

Ingrid Giordano, Head of Early Career Talent Acquisition, Citi

On August 28, Paris will host the Paralympic Games - where some 4,400 Paralympians will compete in 23 sports in front of over 3 million spectators.

Good Things Happen, E2: Athletes That Inspire: Para Sport

The speaker's views are their own and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citi or any of its affiliates. All opinions are subject to change without notice, neither the information provided nor any opinion expressed constitutes a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. The expressions of opinion are not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results.

Andy Sieg joined Citi in September 2023 as Head of Wealth. He is a member of Citi's Executive Management Team.&nbsp; Andy was previously the President of Merrill Wealth Management, where he oversaw a team of more than 25,000 people providing investment and wealth management services to individuals and businesses across the U.S. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1992, and previously held senior strategy, product and field leadership roles in the wealth management business.&nbsp; From 2005 to 2009, Andy served as a senior wealth management executive at Citi. He returned to Merrill Lynch in 2009 after the firm's acquisition by Bank of America. Earlier in his career, Andy served in the White House as an aide to the assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy.&nbsp; Andy earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Penn State University and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. He serves on the Board of the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris and as an Advisory Council Member for the Stanford Center on Longevity.&nbsp; Andy and his wife, Heliane, and their three children reside in Greenwich, CT.&nbsp;

Andy Sieg, Head of Citi Wealth

Kristen Bitterly Michell is Head of Investment Solutions for Citi Global Wealth. In this role, she is responsible for leading our investments business globally serving all of our clients at Citi Global Wealth. This includes delivering the entirety of our investment product offering including performance, innovation, development, platform and sales.&nbsp; Most recently, Kristen was Head of North America Investments at Citi Global Wealth where she was responsible for the investments business serving our Citi Gold and Private Bank clients across North America. Prior to this, Kristen has had numerous leadership roles in the organization including Head of Americas Capital Markets and Head of Investments for the East Region at Citi Private Bank.&nbsp; Kristen has spent over two decades in the industry leading teams at Citi, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan. A fluent Spanish speaker, Kristen has extensive experience covering clients globally and speaks regularly in the media and at industry conferences, presenting in both English and Spanish.&nbsp; Kristen holds a BA in Economics and Spanish Language &amp; Literature from the University of Notre Dame (sum ma cum laude) and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 24, 65, 31 licenses.

Kristen Bitterly, Head of Investment Solutions, Citi Wealth

This is an extraordinary time in global history. Over the next decade, it is projected that there will be $100 trillion dollars of new wealth around the world &ndash; created through human ingenuity, free markets, great ideas and capital and talent coming together. So says Andy Sieg, Head of Citi Wealth.
Andy joins the podcast to discuss all things Wealth. From clients&rsquo; increasingly global needs to private banking and wealth planning. As well as Citi Wealth - the exciting new integrated division he&rsquo;s returned to Citi to lead.
Joining Andy is Kristen Bitterly, Head of Investment Solutions for Citi Wealth. Kristen talks about the emergence of technology in wealth management, the important causes investors are backing and the unique professional and personal rewards working at Citi brings.
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Good Things Happen, E3 - Wealth Management: Growing, Preserving & Protecting Wealth

Citigroup Inc. ("Citi"), and Arize AI are not affiliated and are independent companies. The speaker's views of their owner and may not necessarily reflect the views of Citi or any of its affiliates. All opinions are subject to change without notice. Neither the information provided nor any opinion expressed constitutes a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. The expressions of opinion are not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future result.

Aparna Dhinakaran is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Arize AI, a pioneer and early leader in machine learning (ML) observability. A frequent speaker at top conferences and thought leader in the space, Dhinakaran was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30. Before Arize, Dhinakaran was an ML engineer and leader at Uber, Apple, and TubeMogul (acquired by Adobe). During her time at Uber, she built several core ML Infrastructure platforms, including Michealangelo. She has a bachelor&rsquo;s from Berkeley's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science program, where she published research with Berkeley's AI Research group. She is on a leave of absence from the Computer Vision Ph.D. program at Cornell University.

Aparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Arize AI

Dr. Prag Sharma leads Citi&rsquo;s Global Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI CoE). He is one of only 10 Citi Tech Fellows globally. He us a resident expert in Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML) across the organisation. As such, Prag has led the development of Citi-wide best-practices from a Governance, Risk &amp; Controls and Technology perspective in AI, addressed AI-related infrastructure and tooling needs across the organisation and enabled state-of-the-art AI design, development and use at Citi across all its businesses. Prag represents Citi externally and has led numerous high-profile engagements with clients, global regulators, trade bodies, regional/ other advisory committees and external experts in the world of AI. Prag has led R&amp;D teams and technology consultants in both industry and academia for over 15 years, working on emerging technologies with start-ups and multinationals in the Financial Services, Health, Technology and Pharmaceutical sectors. He also co-founded two start-ups in his previous life. Prag holds a PhD in Machine Learning (Computer Vision) and an MBA, majoring in Innovation.

Prag Sharma, Head of Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI CoE), Citi

AI is having a transformative impact across multiple industries and the world. But what exactly is driving this rapid growth and what are the ethical considerations we need to consider as AI continues to evolve?
Prag Sharma, Citi&rsquo;s Global Head of Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence joins the podcast to tell us what he believes this year has in store for AI &ndash; the latest advancements and emerging trends.
Joining Prag is Aparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer for Arize AI, a platform that helps people better understand AI, troubleshoot problems and provide guardrails when AI makes decisions.
Prag and Aparna bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from the front lines of AI research and development, as we discuss what is happening in this emerging industry, in 2024 and beyond.