{"id":7581,"date":"2022-12-15T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversityproject.com\/?post_type=team&p=7581"},"modified":"2022-12-15T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:36:38","slug":"reema-kotecha","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/diversityproject.com\/team\/reema-kotecha\/","title":{"rendered":"Reema Kotecha"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am the first generation of my African-Indian family to be born in the UK. Having grown up in Essex, my childhood was spent supporting my working-class parents in their local shop, providing care to my hearing-impaired mother, and attending a state school where I was one of 4 students from an ethnic minority. Going to university in London, at LSE, opened my eyes \u2013 I met people from all backgrounds, had access to a new set of possibilities and the world as I knew it became bigger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having spent the last 15 years of my career in Asset Management, first as a Management Consultant working with c15 Investment firms and their leadership teams, and then becoming the Asset Management COO at a FTSE100 Insurer at 35, I have increasingly become more alert to the challenges and opportunities that come with diversity, particularly gender and socio-economic diversity in our industry. I have seen and felt what fosters inclusion and what doesn\u2019t, and the direct relationship with business performance as a result.<\/p>\n

I feel passionately about enabling a more level playing field in the Investment and Savings industry, and to do that, I recognise unrepresented individuals need enhanced support throughout their careers. I personally have deeply benefitted from teams, mentors and clients who have accepted me for who I am, and I try to do the same for everyone I work with. The times I haven\u2019t had that support have been the most difficult of my career. It\u2019s why I am so pleased to be supporting the Diversity project as an Ambassador, and I look forward to both providing further mentorship, particularly to early careers, and continuing my own learning!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false},"groups":[64],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReema Kotecha - Diversity Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/diversityproject.com\/team\/reema-kotecha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reema Kotecha - Diversity Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am the first generation of my African-Indian family to be born in the UK. 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