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or 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 isLynne 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.

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Leaders in Spotlight 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 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.

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, including all-electric models, and

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

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.

COVER STORY

10. Lynne Peyton Consultancy

22. Aglaia Capital

Shaping the Next Generation of Women Leaders

34. Neeti Dewan

Women, Work and RulesRewriting Responsibilities

Lynne Peyton CEO

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Where Leaders of Tomorrow are Made!

LYNNE PEYTON CONSULTANCY

Cover Story

n 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

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“Success is Never Accidental”

Success is the sum of all of the choices we make and above all else, success requires awareness, decisions, commitment, and it requires action.

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Ángela Álvarez, Founder & CEO

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omen are taking the business world by storm. In this edition of The Enterprise World, Enterprising Women of the Year, we celebrate some of the most dynamic and visionary women entrepreneurs of 2021. In the spotlight is the story and company of Ángela Álvarez. She is the Founder and CEO of Aglaia Capital. Aglaia Capital was founded with a strong vision and focus to revolutionize traditional Corporate Finance. The company also works in revamping and providing unmatched services for transactional technology for the ﬁnancial industry with blockchain. The company has been evolving and growing since its inception under the exceptional leadership of Ángela Álvarez. She is one of the most promising and imminent names in the industry, known for her indomitable leadership and unrivaled expertise. Ángela is not only a true leader and entrepreneur to her core but also an inspiration for budding entrepreneurs alike. What inspired Ángela, and how Aglaia Capital was found 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. Ángela believes in a fair code of the way of doing business where ethics and balance among the parties will be present through a transparent and trustful way of proceeding, and she wanted to express those values through her company as well. “Serendipity, passion, and vision have been also a constant in my professional and vital path as well as a paradoxical thinking, and some people that I have found along my path have brought me in a way or another where I am now.” Ángela ads What Aglaia Capital offers, and how the company is a class apart Aglaia Capital was born with a strong focus on traditional Corporate Finance, and on transactional technology for the financial industry with blockchain, and both have been evolving since inception.

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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. Innovation and Creativity are at the essence of Aglaia Capital, and its the natural fuel for its continuing development. Most of the Corporate Finance deals, and in particular, digital assets and Token generating events projects, as well as the creation of the Tokens, require a good dose of both in every member of the team. Aglaia Capital has two main areas. One is focused on advisory Corporate Finance, M&A, and Private Equity, focused on selected niche funds and investors, off-market deals, mainly in Spain and Europe, selectively in other geographies, specializing in Financing structures, Hotels, Real Estate. Financing structures for Real Estate and Corporates, as well as off-market deals of hotels, Real Estate, and Distressed Assets, have been their core, which they are continually adapting according to the situations. In traditional Corporate Finance, they are usually focused on a niche base, with investors and off-market investment opportunities. Their advice is personalized, independent, and they usually analyze the opportunities with a lens of investors and know well the ecosystem of investors and financing providers, and what they are interested in. The second area is focused on Fintech, Blockchain, and Digital Assets. They are insiders in the Tech and in the Financial Industry which makes a difference for maximizing the value. On Digital assets, they provide advisory on the token generating events, covering also the legal and technical area through our affiliated teams. They are also a Fintech company, addressing the whole cycle of the operative with digital assets. They are about to launch our Permissioned Platform for tokenization, based on decentralized finance Aglaia Capital DeFi Platform, which allows to get funding and invest easily, while participating in the new financial infrastructure, mainly focused on the digitalization of securities, deployed in the Ethereum Blockchain. This Platform for tokenization is the result of the evolution of the traditional Corporate Finance and private capital markets businesses combined with blockchain, as a way to solve some of the issues faced by the industry.

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The CEO of Aglaia Capital Ángela Álvarez is the Founder and CEO of Aglaia Capital. She has developed her professional career chairing executive international positions, and Boards in big entities and global banks, in Corporate Finance, Mergers, and Acquisitions (M&A), Investment Banking, mainly focusing in the Financial, Real Estate, Hotels, Restructuring, and Alternative Financing sectors, as well as in Fintech Blockchain that attracted her interest years ago as a way to solve most of the issues that found in her industry. She founded her company Aglaia Capital to imprint her vision on her industry and combine traditional Corporate Finance with Blockchain. She also founded Aglaia Capital DeFi Platform, a Permissioned Blockchain Platform deployed in the Ethereum Blockchain, with a particular focus on tokenizations of securities, and digital assets, which completes the offering of a new generation of Corporate Finance, Alternative Investments, and Private Capital Markets. She has an affiliate company, a Private Office, and Corporate Finance boutique in London. She is an active speaker at Economic Forums, active in the international M&A, Fintech and Blockchain space, passionate about decentralized technologies and 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.

or all the damage and disruption, the pandemic had caused, to see the silver lining, it has also helped us look towards the next generation of work. This era has propelled us all to a new work environment, and has promoted remote work and has been able to fuse the professional and personal life of many employees. By striking the right balance, the average employee has been able to maintain a good personal life and also perform better at the office. The leaders that have mastered the art of self-management while also navigating some unexpected frontiers have pushed themselves ahead during this challenging year. The striking qualities like that of a rigid emotional discipline, the unnerving resilience and an advanced sense of self-awareness, the qualities that are required the most in a crisis have been honed by women as they have worked their way to the corner offices and board rooms. The obstacles that many women have faced while making their way to the top have seasoned them to become leaders, as this next generation of work is taking shape. And to add to the magic of it all have been the unique challenges of the pandemic, forming a culture of its own. Why Women in Leadership? Naturally, women are the most powerful agents of change. Apart from that, the far-reaching benefits of gender parity and diversity in leadership and decision-making have had immense effects on the business and are being recognized in all the spheres. And even so, the women of the world continue to being under-represented in major decision-making in the fields of politics, businesses and communities.

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Why are Women Better in Leadership Roles? To advance the gender justice and gender equality, women as leaders and decision makers are critical to the business environment. This will also help to further the economic, social and the political progress for everyone. In a world that is changing rapidly, where the nature of work is shifting rapidly, there remains a shortage of skill and will continue to be so in the coming decade. At this time it is crucial for businesses to understand women's leadership potential to avoid them of their peril. Creating a gender-balance, especially at decision-making levels, will not only help businesses make a good sense of the things that are happening, but will also help to pave way for a much more diverse and productive nature of enterprises which will in turn benefit the workers, employers and societies. How to Promote Women in Leadership Roles? Due to the pandemic, the world has seen a rapid shift from a traditional working environment to a digital working environment. As we step into this digital era, companies are required to be more proactive about breaking down the culture of constant availability. To ensure this, the companies need to introduce policies like flexi-time, teleworking, maternity and paternity leave and return-to-work programmes. Introducing such policies will ensure that working women are not deprived at work for handling both, the work and their responsibilities at home. As a matter of fact, introducing these policies will not only benefit women,

but all the workers thereby helping reduce work-stress and burnout. And once these factors are eliminated, all the companies are left with is a sustainable productivity of workers in the long-term. Even though policies may not ﬁx everything, it can prove to be a great starting point to address and eradicate the gender problem that prevails in many businesses. Research has proven that the companies that have active equal opportunities and gender inclusive policies have seen more women in all levels of management. Unless and until these policies get a buy-in from the managers, most of these policies sit there in drawers, gathering dust. To make these policies work, it is important that the managers are trained in that way. Another important factor to take into consideration is the domino eﬀect. When there is a woman already working at some top level, she is bound to attract more women into the workplace, with a hope of reaching that point. And that is how women can be more involved in businesses and workplaces. Shaping the next generation of women leaders is not a task, for which someone has to start from the scratch. With the numerous movements across the world, businesses are already seeing a number of women take on the charge. But with some little changes to how we approach gender imparity can build the next generation of women entrepreneurs.

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Women, Work Rules

Rewriting Responsibilities

re we happy with the work genderbalance 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.

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This change was brought about by the complex social movements that took place to give women equal earning opportunities, such as the feminist movement, the expansion of service sector and knowledge society and the increased access to education. This notable rise in the numbers has resulted in women entering a broad spectrum of industries. As a result, women have gone from working in mainly

supportive roles like that of nurturing and teaching, to working in industries. They can now be seen as leaders and working in occupations that were prerogative of men. From the 1940s to the 2000s, the female employment patterns have seen a huge shift. With a signiﬁcant impact on economic empowerment of women, the shift in employment patterns, women have now taken over the roles of independent purchasers, but more importantly, their contribution to the macro value creations has been wide and impactful over the years. Challenges in Workplace and EvolutionPatriarchy, 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

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environment, one which is designed for men to work in and succeed. It is true not just for the women coming from low-income families but also for the women that come from the most educated and privileged backgrounds. The Role of Management for a Fair WorkplaceChanges to be made in the management styles and the execution of paper-written rules are imperative. Without that, it would be hard to reach a point of fair play and work. It is an utmost necessity to throw away the deep-rooted gender biases, the diﬀerences in the pay-scale and most importantly, getting rid of the underlying yet prominent shadow of patriarchy. Here are a few ways you can rewrite the responsibilities and bring about change. Train your ManagersYou should train your management team thoroughly with the subtle anomalies of the workplace, like identifying gender inequality and discrimination. Your managers should be aware and educated about the discrimination in workplace. They should have a clear idea of how discrimination takes place, what steps are to be taken to avoid it and how to prevent it from happening in the future. Remove the Gender Pay Gap and be Transparent About itThe gender pay gap is a resultant of the corporate culture of secrecy. The companies need to introduce a new culture of transparency where men and women are openly and equally compensated for performing the same amount of work. A step forward from equal pay is that men and women should be treated equally during the recruiting process and once they step in the work environment.

Expand the Applicant Pool If you wish to diversify your workplace, the ﬁrst and the foremost thing you need to do is expand your applicant pool. This simply means that the job applicants need to be diverse as well ergo, you ensure that you are reaching out to women also. Make Mentors Available for Everyone When you have an experienced mentor that guides you through the challenges and diﬃculties you might face in the workplace, it makes your work-life easier and much better. This is an opportunity that should be made available for all in the workplace, no matter their gender. This will help eradicate gender inequality and promote healthy employee relationships in the workplace. Zero Tolerance for Harassment It is the management’s responsibility to step-in and identify harassment and actively stop it from happening. Unfortunately, in many companies today, harassment complaints are often ignored and no action is taken against it. The ignorance towards such cases and overlooking that is still a strong indicator that gender inequality is much more prominent in workplaces. Managements need to work profoundly and actively to make sure work is a safe space for women. In ConclusionTechnological changes have also propelled human’s intelligence towards a whole new level. And the examples of gender inequality in this modern day remain to be a shame to the society and work places. With a voice louder than ever, and actions stronger than ever, people now need to address these inconveniences and play fair. Equal opportunities, equal pay, equal appreciation for performance and equal distribution of projects are the only things that are going to help rewrite responsibilities.

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Neeti Dewan

An author, an entrepreneur, and a dynamic businesswoman

n 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

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