Vanessa Vallely

Vanessa Vallely

As a keynote speaker Vanessa Vallely is a widely recognized expert in regards to networking and online branding. She is also a sought after motivational speaker and a front figure for the female empowerment.
Vanessa Vallely is a recognized expert in person-to-person business networking, online branding and she is also a sought after motivational speaker. Vanessa is regarded as one of the most well networked women in and out of London and is passionate about sharing her know-how and experiences with others.
In 2008, Vanessa started the networking site: www.wearethecity.com (WATC) as a vehicle to help other Women connect and grow both personally and professionally. Today, WeAreTheCity experiences over 5 million hits per month and an average of 260,000 unique visitors.

WATC has become the Little Black Book for UKs female workforce. Its 30,000+ members rely on this fantastic site to inspire, motivate and provide them with the direction they need to take their careers or businesses to the next level. Vanessa & her co-founder also recently created www.careerscity.co.uk, which is a niche female job board aimed at raising visibility of career opportunities open to women.

Vanessa works tirelessly to further the Diversity Agenda. Women in Banking & Finance (WiBF), recognized her achievements with the 2011 Womens Champion Award. Furthermore in 2009, Vanessa co-founded the citywide diversity forum, The Networks of Networks (TNON). The TNON includes the Diversity heads and heads of womens networks from 48 firms.

Global corporations, universities, charities and radio broadcasters invite Vanessa to speak on career progression, networking, mentoring and profile as well as her 25 years of experience in the City and Financial services. Vanessa has also keynoted at some of the largest trade shows and in countries such as India, the Middle East and the US.

As evidence to the success of the knowledge she shares with others, Vanessa is on every watch list following top women, such as: Financial News Top 100 Rising Star across Europe, Africa and EMEA, Financial News Top 100 Women in Finance as well as The International Alliance for Womens Top 100 Global Women who are making a notable difference to female empowerment. In 2013 she received honours such Brummels Top 30 Inspirational Women in the City, as well as being awarded the Global Leadership Award at Columbia University from US network Womensphere. Vanessas latest achievement is being cited as 1 of 50 Women of Influence by UKs leading magazine, Good Housekeeping (Nov 2013).

Vanessa has recently released her first book, Heels of Steel which tracks her amazing career climb to the C-suite. As well as being an autobiography, the book also imparts 13 chapters of tips and advice aimed at helping the next generation to achieve career success. This book is currently in the top 10,000 business books on Amazon.

Vanessa is committed to community work, serving as a Non Executive for Prostate Cancer UK and she is also the Pearly Queen of the City of London, which represents a fundamental aspect of Londons heritage.
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