👑 IWW Panel: Women Who Lead: How to Navigate Power, Bias & Influence at Work

​Leadership isn’t about waiting for permission - it’s about building the influence and resilience to shape the environments you work in.

​As companies scale, pressure increases. Decisions move faster. Politics become more visible. And for many women, progression also means navigating bias - spoken and unspoken.

​In this International Women’s Day special, we go beyond generic leadership advice and into the real stories behind career progression in fast-growth environments. You’ll hear how senior women across finance, fintech, and people operations navigated bias, setbacks, difficult stakeholders, and high-stakes decisions - while building influence and shaping more equitable cultures around them.

​You’ll walk away with:

​✅ A clearer understanding of how influence actually works inside scaling companies
✅ How to navigate power, bias, and cross-functional politics without losing yourself
✅ What resilience really looks like at senior levels (and what no one tells you)
✅ Practical ways to build strategic visibility in your current role
✅ Honest lessons from setbacks, pivots, and career-defining moments

​👤 About the speakers

​Boyuan Wu is an Associate Director at Airwallex, operating at the intersection of strategy, finance, and growth in a fast-scaling global fintech.

​Julie Oey is a Strategic Finance Leader and former leader at Monzo, with deep experience navigating high-growth decision-making, commercial trade-offs, and influence at scale.

​Maggie Goodman is Head of People at Choco, leading people strategy in a fast-growth tech environment and shaping inclusive, high-performance cultures.