Welcome to the Women in Tech Series from the Global Tech Leaders Podcast. Today we are speaking to Bineeta Mitra, Head of Compliance and Information Security at Signeasy. She is a strategic thinker with an excellent background in auditing, finance and compliance. Now working in a highly relevant and cutting-edge industry at the moment as we move into a digital economy. She is based in Mumbai, India and has great experience in the UK.
We kick off by asking Bineeta to share her career journey and what has led her to where she is today.
- Transitioned from finance into technology, accidentally.
- Charted Accountant.
- Family conditioning.
- Fascinated by technology.
- Technology auditor at MTV in London.
- MBA at Warwick University.
- Financial Crime Compliance.
- Financial Consultant.
- More security and compliance awareness.
- Keeping clients secure.
Then we ask Bineeta about Indian society and expectations around destiny.
- Standards are Engineers, Chartered Accountancy, Lawyers or Doctors.
- Families saw success in these professions from family and friends.
- Cultural conditioning.
- Best educations.
- Stable opportunities.
- Father is a huge motivation.
Next, we ask Bineeta how we attract and retain more women in tech.
- Supportive culture.
- Women in the workforce are speeding up growth.
- Female role models.
- Male members of the workforce.
- Demonstrate support.
- Feedback and failure.
- A professional in technology.
- Attitude matters.
- The right kind of mentors.
- Women do enjoy working in technology.
- How we perceive ourselves.
- Take a chance at technology.
Then we ask Bineeta to share more about Signeasy and why it's exciting over there. And we dive deeper into Bineeta’s role at Signeasy.
- Making e-signing easy.
- More than a decade.
- Improving services.
- A team of 90.
- Big companies and individuals.
- Consistent training.
- Improved controls.
- Type 1 and type 2 compliance.
- Review agreements.
- Managing third parties and customers.
Lastly, we ask Bineeta to share with us how she stays organised.
