Stacey Cunningham joins host, FNA’s Isabella Ivanov, to discuss Stacey’s role at the New York Stock Exchange and her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated sector.

Stacey Cunningham is President of the NYSE Group and a member of the executive management committee of the parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). NYSE Group includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest equity exchange and premier venue for capital raising, as well as a diverse range of equity and equity options exchanges.

Prior to being named NYSE President, Cunningham served as NYSE Chief Operating Officer and has held several senior positions at global exchanges. Cunningham has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Catalyst, and the Partnership of New York City.
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With conversations and advice from influential women across the Fintech sector, the FNA Talks mini-series, Women in Fintech, aims to bring awareness to the role women play within the financial industry and the importance of gender diversity within the sector.

00:00:21: Stacey’s Background and Role
00:03:12: Current work focus and day to day role
00:05:44: Is Gender diversity an issue?
00:10:26: How has the lack of diversity influenced your actions?
00:14:00: Importance of diversity in finance
00:16:24: Steps we can take to minimize the gender gap
00:19:12: Role of women in Finance over the next 10 years
00:20:03: What steps can women in the younger generations take?
00:22:11: Final advice for women in STEM

Over the past few years, Slavka has chaired different working groups at the EBA, such as the Network on Sustainable Finance, the Sub-group on Risk Assessment Systems, the mandate to develop the European Supervisory framework and the Subgroup on supervisory Effectiveness and Convergence.

Before joining the EBA, Slavka worked for the National Bank of Slovakia as the Head of Supervisory Division for Banks with Advanced Risk Management Approach, responsible for supervising all large banks in Slovakia.

Slavka holds an MBA in general management from the City University of Seattle and a Master's degree in Mathematics and Physics from the Comenius University Bratislava.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:26 Slavka's Role at EBA and Introduction to EBA
00:02:02: What topics are you focusing on under the Digital Finance work
00:03:31: Education and the background to your current role
00:07:40: Is diversity an issue in the industry anecdotally speaking
00:12:53: Importance of diversity in Technology and finance

Index

00:00 – Introduction to FNA Talk

01:34 – Financial Cartography

05:01 – Maps of Trade Networks

10:47 – Maps of Financial Markets

15:31 – Maps of Financial Market Infrastructures