The Most Admired Women Leaders in Business 2021

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From Editor’s Desk For over years, women have tried hard to move on from the corner table to the board rooms, from seeming too opionated to sitting at the head and making decisions for the company. But today, women are at every table, making decisions for their companies, and leading some of the greatest organizations. With every step they take, with every decision they make, women are holding the baton to pass on to the next generation of young girls aspiring to be entrepreneurs. This issue of The Enterprise World of The Most Admired Women Leaders in Business 2021 features the stories of some of such women. Featuring for the cover story is- Lynne Peyton has been enabling organizations to get better results and pushing aspiring/budding leaders out of their comfort zone for more than 20 years now. Being a successful entrepreneur herself, owning a number of businesses in the UK, Ireland, and the USA. Lynne has weathered every challenge thrown at her, standing out like a true leader and a beacon for all women aspiring to own a business. She has seen many turbulent times, right from the 2008 Financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic and all her businesses not only survived but also grew throughout the crises. However, the business she is most passionate about is Lynne Peyton Consultancy – a coaching and mentoring service, geared mainly towards helping organizations working with vulnerable children and families to get scalable and positive results. It is her capacity to motivate, inspire, and challenge both busy professionals and entrepreneurs that makes Lynne one of the most admired women leaders in business 2021. Ángela Álvarez, Founder and CEO of Aglaia Capital. Aglaia Capital was founded with a strong belief – To contribute to solving some of the issues found in the industry and Ángela’s professional journey. She was set out to create something that will have an impact to create a better world. Her wish is to imprint a vision and a personalized approach to the deals on the industries she has worked in as well as combine the discipline, knowledge of investment banking with technologies such as blockchain. Ángela wished to develop a platform with blockchain for making a more efficient and scalable business of providing funding, and making investments, and imprinting a customized and most dynamic approach on the most traditional deals. Also, Aglaia Capital and her team wanted to make an impact on the world, as the way of doing business around values also constitutes their essence, such as innovation, sustainability, integrity, diversity, and impact to make a better world. Neeti Dewan is a co-founder and board director of SYMMR, a SaaS platform company. Neeti Dewan also serves as the Global Head of Tax for Club Car, LLC. Headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, Club Car is a global manufacturer of golf cars, utility, personal transportation, and other low-speed vehicles, including all-electric models, and related aftermarket parts and services. In addition to its leadership in fleet golf cars, Club Car manufactures a growing line of products for consumers and commercial customers, including hotels and resorts, college campuses, airlines, theme parks, and rental companies. The company’s training helps executives take control of their lives. Their focus is on learning how to manage your mind, and once you learn that, then it’s much easier to manage your job, business, family, people, situations, and anything that life springs at you. It teaches people to be bold in life and take charge of what they want to achieve in life, for themselves and others. It wasn’t this easy for her when Neeti started her business journey. She has had many stumbles and bruises before learning what works in business and in life to be successful. Neeti now teaches these success principles covered in her two books on leadership. Shalmali Shalmali W.

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Leaders in Spotlight Lynne Peyton has been enabling organizations to get and most dynamic approach on the most traditional deals. better results and pushing Also, Aglaia Capital and her team wanted to make an aspiring/budding leaders out of their comfort zone for impact on the world, as the way of more than 20 years now. doing business around values also constitutes their Being a successful entrepreneur herself, owning a essence, such as innovation, sustainability, number of businesses in the UK, Ireland, integrity, diversity, and impact to make a better world. and the USA. Lynne has weathered every challenge thrown at her, standing out like a true Neeti Dewan is a co-founder and board director of SYMMR, a SaaS platform leader and a beacon for all women aspiring to own a business. She has seen many turbulent company. Neeti Dewan also serves as the Global Head of Tax for Club Car, LLC. times, right from the 2008 Financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic and all her businesses Headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, Club Car is a global manufacturer of golf cars, utility, not only survived but also grew throughout the crises. personal transportation, and other low-speed vehicles, However, the business she is most passionate about including all-electric models, and is Lynne Peyton Consultancy – a related aftermarket parts and services. In addition to its coaching and mentoring service, geared mainly leadership in fleet golf cars, Club Car towards helping organizations working with manufactures a growing line of products for consumers vulnerable children and families to get scalable and and commercial customers, including positive results. hotels and resorts, college campuses, airlines, theme parks, It is her capacity to motivate, inspire, and challenge and rental companies. both busy professionals and The company’s training helps executives take control of entrepreneurs that makes Lynne one of the most their lives. Their focus is on learning admired women leaders in business 2021. how to manage your mind, and once you learn that, then Ángela Álvarez, Founder and CEO of Aglaia it’s much easier to manage your job, Capital. Aglaia Capital was founded with a business, family, people, situations, and anything that life strong belief – To contribute to solving some of the springs at you. It teaches people to issues found in the industry and Ángela’s be bold in life and take charge of what they want to professional journey. She was set out to create achieve in life, for themselves and others. something that will have an impact to create a It wasn’t this easy for her when Neeti started her business better world. journey. She has had many Her wish is to imprint a vision and a personalized stumbles and bruises before learning what works in approach to the deals on the industries she business and in life to be successful. has worked in as well as combine the discipline, Neeti now teaches these success principles covered in her knowledge of investment banking with two books on leadership. technologies such as blockchain. Ángela wished to develop a platform with blockchain for making a more efficient and scalable business of providing funding, and making investments, and imprinting a customized

COVER STORY 10. Lynne Peyton Consultancy

ARTICLES CONTENTS 22. Aglaia Capital 34. Neeti Dewan 26 Shaping the Next Generation of Women Leaders 30Women, Work and Rules- Rewriting Responsibilities

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Cover Story LYNNE PEYTON CONSULTANCY Where Leaders of Tomorrow are Made!

Cover Story In the search for exemplary leadership and successful ventures, we discovered many entrepreneurs and businessmen/women. But what makes a person a leader, and above all what qualifies as a leader? We have heard many stories revolving around leadership, and necessary qualities, etc. They hold true but being a leader is more than just about character, persona, or discipline. It is a way of life! While leadership skills may take time to develop and nurture, with the boom in e-com and work from home culture, many companies and ventures are picking up pace. Many of them have a single operating person or a small team of staff. Then how to develop those leadership attributes, and turn your team and company into a successful unit? Lynne Peyton has been enabling organizations to get better results and pushing aspiring/budding leaders out of their comfort zone for more than 20 years now. Being a successful entrepreneur herself, owning a number of businesses in the UK, Ireland, and the USA. Lynne has weathered every challenge thrown at her, standing out like a true leader and a beacon for all women aspiring to own a business. She has seen many turbulent times, right from the 2008 Financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic and all her businesses not only survived but also grew throughout the crises. However, the business she is most passionate about is Lynne Peyton Consultancy - a coaching and mentoring service, geared mainly towards helping organizations working with vulnerable children and families to get scalable and positive results. It is her capacity to motivate, inspire, and challenge both busy professionals and entrepreneurs that makes Lynne one of the most admired women leaders in business 2021. “Lynne's skill in challenging, motivating, and maximizing results from individuals and groups is unsurpassed. She brings a unique, highly expert approach to all her work and has an amazing ability to unlock individual potential and bring out the best in people.” - CEO, Non Profit Organisation 12 DECEMBER 2021

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Ángela Álvarez, Founder & CEO “ Be the change that you wish to see in the world.“ 22 DECEMBER 2021

AGLAIA CAPITAL Women are taking the business world by storm. In this Ángela wished to develop a platform with blockchain for edition of The Enterprise World, Enterprising making a more efficient and scalable business of providing Women of the Year, we celebrate some of the most funding, and making investments, and imprinting a dynamic and visionary women entrepreneurs of 2021. customized and most dynamic approach on the most traditional deals. In the spotlight is the story and company of Ángela Álvarez. She is the Founder and CEO of Aglaia Capital. Also, Aglaia Capital and her team wanted to make an impact on the world, as the way of doing business around Aglaia Capital was founded with a strong vision and focus to values also constitutes their essence, such as innovation, revolutionize traditional Corporate Finance. The company also sustainability, integrity, diversity, and impact to make a works in revamping and providing unmatched services for better world. transactional technology for the financial industry with blockchain. Ángela believes in a fair code of the way of doing business where ethics and balance among the parties will be present The company has been evolving and growing since its inception through a transparent and trustful way of proceeding, and under the exceptional leadership of Ángela Álvarez. She is one she wanted to express those values through her company as of the most promising and imminent names in the industry, well. known for her indomitable leadership and unrivaled expertise. “Serendipity, passion, and vision have been also a Ángela is not only a true leader and entrepreneur to her core but constant in my professional and vital path as well as a also an inspiration for budding entrepreneurs alike. paradoxical thinking, and some people that I have found along my path have brought me in a way or another What inspired Ángela, and how Aglaia Capital was found where I am now.” Ángela ads Aglaia Capital was founded with a strong belief - To contribute What Aglaia Capital offers, and how the company is a to solving some of the issues found in the industry and Ángela’s class apart professional journey. She was set out to create something that will have an impact to create a better world. Aglaia Capital was born with a strong focus on traditional Her wish is to imprint a vision and a personalized approach to Corporate Finance, and on transactional technology for the the deals on the industries she has worked in as well as combine financial industry with blockchain, and both have been the discipline, knowledge of investment banking with evolving since inception. technologies such as blockchain. www.theenterpriseworld.com 23

Team of Aglaia Capital They are proud of being focused on technology without losing humanity, and of integrity. Ángela believes in diversity, as a competitive advantage in this complex world, and in developing the capacities and the natural unique traits of the team, as a way to contribute to the rest, as well as on governments codes based on consensus and better practices. Aglaia Capital has two main areas. One is focused on advisory Innovation and Creativity are at the essence of Aglaia Corporate Finance, M&A, and Private Equity, focused on Capital, and its the natural fuel for its continuing selected niche funds and investors, off-market deals, mainly in development. Most of the Corporate Finance deals, and in Spain and Europe, selectively in other geographies, specializing particular, digital assets and Token generating events in Financing structures, Hotels, Real Estate. Financing structures projects, as well as the creation of the Tokens, require a for Real Estate and Corporates, as well as off-market deals of good dose of both in every member of the team. hotels, Real Estate, and Distressed Assets, have been their core, which they are continually adapting according to the situations. The CEO of Aglaia Capital In traditional Corporate Finance, they are usually focused on a Ángela Álvarez is the Founder and CEO of Aglaia Capital. niche base, with investors and off-market investment She has developed her professional career chairing opportunities. Their advice is personalized, independent, and executive international positions, and Boards in big they usually analyze the opportunities with a lens of investors entities and global banks, in Corporate Finance, Mergers, and know well the ecosystem of investors and financing and Acquisitions (M&A), Investment Banking, mainly providers, and what they are interested in. focusing in the Financial, Real Estate, Hotels, Restructuring, and Alternative Financing sectors, as well The second area is focused on Fintech, Blockchain, and Digital as in Fintech Blockchain that attracted her interest years Assets. They are insiders in the Tech and in the Financial ago as a way to solve most of the issues that found in her Industry which makes a difference for maximizing the value. On industry. Digital assets, they provide advisory on the token generating events, covering also the legal and technical area through our She founded her company Aglaia Capital to imprint her affiliated teams. vision on her industry and combine traditional Corporate Finance with Blockchain. She also founded Aglaia Capital They are also a Fintech company, addressing the whole cycle of DeFi Platform, a Permissioned Blockchain Platform the operative with digital assets. They are about to launch our deployed in the Ethereum Blockchain, with a particular Permissioned Platform for tokenization, based on decentralized focus on tokenizations of securities, and digital assets, finance Aglaia Capital DeFi Platform, which allows to get which completes the offering of a new generation of funding and invest easily, while participating in the new Corporate Finance, Alternative Investments, and Private financial infrastructure, mainly focused on the digitalization of Capital Markets. She has an affiliate company, a Private securities, deployed in the Ethereum Blockchain. Office, and Corporate Finance boutique in London. This Platform for tokenization is the result of the evolution of She is an active speaker at Economic Forums, active in the the traditional Corporate Finance and private capital markets international M&A, Fintech and Blockchain space, businesses combined with blockchain, as a way to solve some of passionate about decentralized technologies and the issues faced by the industry. cooperation business models, Featured as Top Fintech Influencer, Top Women Leaders, Top CEOs, and Elite league of innovative entrepreneurs, among others, as well as being awarded and her company with some innovation and other excellence awards since its inception. 24 DECEMBER 2021



For all the damage and Why are Women Better in but all the workers thereby helping disruption, the pandemic had Leadership Roles? reduce work-stress and burnout. And caused, to see the silver lining, once these factors are eliminated, all it has also helped us look towards the To advance the gender justice and the companies are left with is a next generation of work. This era has gender equality, women as leaders and sustainable productivity of workers in propelled us all to a new work decision makers are critical to the the long-term. environment, and has promoted remote business environment. This will also work and has been able to fuse the help to further the economic, social Even though policies may not fix professional and personal life of many and the political progress for everyone. everything, it can prove to be a great employees. By striking the right starting point to address and eradicate balance, the average employee has In a world that is changing rapidly, the gender problem that prevails in been able to maintain a good personal where the nature of work is shifting many businesses. Research has proven life and also perform better at the rapidly, there remains a shortage of that the companies that have active office. skill and will continue to be so in the equal opportunities and gender coming decade. At this time it is inclusive policies have seen more The leaders that have mastered the art crucial for businesses to understand women in all levels of management. of self-management while also women's leadership potential to avoid navigating some unexpected frontiers them of their peril. Unless and until these policies get a have pushed themselves ahead during buy-in from the managers, most of this challenging year. The striking Creating a gender-balance, especially these policies sit there in drawers, qualities like that of a rigid emotional at decision-making levels, will not only gathering dust. To make these policies discipline, the unnerving resilience and help businesses make a good sense of work, it is important that the managers an advanced sense of self-awareness, the things that are happening, but will are trained in that way. the qualities that are required the most also help to pave way for a much more in a crisis have been honed by women diverse and productive nature of Another important factor to take into as they have worked their way to the enterprises which will in turn benefit consideration is the domino effect. corner offices and board rooms. the workers, employers and societies. When there is a woman already working at some top level, she is The obstacles that many women have How to Promote Women in bound to attract more women into the faced while making their way to the Leadership Roles? workplace, with a hope of reaching top have seasoned them to become that point. And that is how women can leaders, as this next generation of work Due to the pandemic, the world has be more involved in businesses and is taking shape. And to add to the seen a rapid shift from a traditional workplaces. magic of it all have been the unique working environment to a digital challenges of the pandemic, forming a working environment. As we step into Shaping the next generation of women culture of its own. this digital era, companies are required leaders is not a task, for which to be more proactive about breaking someone has to start from the scratch. Why Women in Leadership? down the culture of constant With the numerous movements across availability. the world, businesses are already Naturally, women are the most seeing a number of women take on the powerful agents of change. Apart from To ensure this, the companies need to charge. But with some little changes to that, the far-reaching benefits of gender introduce policies like flexi-time, how we approach gender imparity can parity and diversity in leadership and teleworking, maternity and paternity build the next generation of women decision-making have had immense leave and return-to-work programmes. entrepreneurs. effects on the business and are being Introducing such policies will ensure recognized in all the spheres. And even that working women are not deprived so, the women of the world continue to at work for handling both, the work being under-represented in major and their responsibilities at home. decision-making in the fields of politics, businesses and communities. As a matter of fact, introducing these policies will not only benefit women, 26 DECEMBER 2021

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Women, Work &Rules Rewriting Responsibilities Are we happy with the work gender- balance today? There sure is an increase in the percentage of women working today, but is it enough? Is it satisfactory? According to a survey by World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap report, it states that it will take about 267.6 years to close the economic gender gap. Meaning that it will be more than two more centuries to get women the economic rights they deserve. A look back at the history of women in workplace shows us that the numbers of women in workplace has increased significantly in the last 60+ years, since they entered the economic system to supplement the male earning capacity, which was lost to two world wars. www.theenterpriseworld.com 31

This change was brought about by the complex supportive roles like that of nurturing and social movements that took place to give women teaching, to working in industries. They can now equal earning opportunities, such as the feminist be seen as leaders and working in occupations movement, the expansion of service sector and that were prerogative of men. knowledge society and the increased access to education. This notable rise in the numbers has From the 1940s to the 2000s, the female resulted in women employment patterns have seen a huge shift. With entering a broad a significant impact on economic empowerment spectrum of of women, the shift in employment patterns, industries. As a women have now taken over the roles of result, women independent purchasers, but more importantly, have gone from their contribution to the macro value creations working in mainly has been wide and impactful over the years. Challenges in Workplace and Evolution- Patriarchy, gender defined roles, gender biased pay-rolls and many such have posed as the main challenges for women in workplace over the years. Women have been cast as weaker persons, subservient and weaker than men in most situations, denied rights, opportunities and an equal pay. These challenges become much more visible and prominent for women coming from developing countries and low-income families. While many countries are taking huge strides into eradicating patriarchy and establishing an equal workplace, it is highly unlikely to see sudden changes in the current environment. When women enter the workforce, they are already stepping into an unequal work ethic and 32 DECEMBER 2021

environment, one which is designed for men to Expand the Applicant Pool work in and succeed. It is true not just for the women coming from low-income families but If you wish to diversify your workplace, the first also for the women that come from the most and the foremost thing you need to do is expand educated and privileged backgrounds. your applicant pool. This simply means that the job applicants need to be diverse as well ergo, The Role of Management for a Fair you ensure that you are reaching out to women Workplace- also. Changes to be made in the management styles Make Mentors Available for Everyone and the execution of paper-written rules are imperative. Without that, it would be hard to When you have an experienced mentor that reach a point of fair play and work. It is an utmost guides you through the challenges and difficulties necessity to throw away the deep-rooted gender you might face in the workplace, it makes your biases, the differences in the pay-scale and most work-life easier and much better. This is an importantly, getting rid of the underlying yet opportunity that should be made available for all prominent shadow of patriarchy. in the workplace, no matter their gender. This will help eradicate gender inequality and promote Here are a few ways you can rewrite the healthy employee relationships in the workplace. responsibilities and bring about change. Zero Tolerance for Harassment Train your Managers- It is the management’s responsibility to step-in You should train your management team and identify harassment and actively stop it from thoroughly with the subtle anomalies of the happening. Unfortunately, in many companies workplace, like identifying gender inequality and today, harassment complaints are often ignored discrimination. Your managers should be aware and no action is taken against it. The ignorance and educated about the discrimination in towards such cases and overlooking that is still a workplace. They should have a clear idea of how strong indicator that gender inequality is much discrimination takes place, what steps are to be more prominent in workplaces. Managements taken to avoid it and how to prevent it from need to work profoundly and actively to make happening in the future. sure work is a safe space for women. Remove the Gender Pay Gap and be In Conclusion- Transparent About it- Technological changes have also propelled The gender pay gap is a resultant of the corporate human’s intelligence towards a whole new level. culture of secrecy. The companies need to And the examples of gender inequality in this introduce a new culture of transparency where modern day remain to be a shame to the society men and women are openly and equally and work places. With a voice louder than ever, compensated for performing the same amount of and actions stronger than ever, people now need work. A step forward from equal pay is that men to address these inconveniences and play fair. and women should be treated equally during the Equal opportunities, equal pay, equal appreciation recruiting process and once they step in the work for performance and equal distribution of projects environment. are the only things that are going to help rewrite responsibilities. www.theenterpriseworld.com 33

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Neeti Dewan An author, an entrepreneur, and a dynamic businesswoman In the search for admiring and dynamic businesswomen, we talk about Neeti Dewan. A community leader, Ms. Dewan is the Chair of the Atlanta Women on Boards 2020, serves on the Board at Harvard University, Kennedy School (WLB), and has served on the Board of the National Association of Women Business Owners as CFO. She was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a “Woman Making A Difference”, and by the National Diversity Council as “Most Influential and Powerful Women” in Pennsylvania and Atlanta. As the CEO of her consulting firm, she received the “Small Business Accountant Advocate of the Year Award.” Neeti is a co-founder and board director of SYMMR, a SaaS platform company. She is an inspiration for young women entrepreneurs and established businessmen/businesswomen alike. She is the author of the innovative and revolutionary business book, “From Executive to Yogi in Sixty Seconds.” The book has been hailed www.theenterpriseworld.com 35

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