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What is

Risky Women?

Networks don’t just build careers. They build businesses.

Risky Women^® is a global network founded in 2014. We are dedicated to connecting, celebrating, and championing women in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). Formed to address underrepresentation of women in these fields, we have grown into a vibrant network that fosters collaboration, mentorship, and advocacy. Through our events, training and programmes, Risky Women empowers women, shares insights, and promotes best practices, becoming a pivotal force for diversity and inclusion in the industry.

Connecting, celebrating and championing

Podcasts

Insights and perspectives from our community of experts bringing the female voice and stories on this dynamic industry.

Listen

Events

From New York to Sydney, London to Hong Kong – share ideas, gain knowledge and identify opportunities.

View

Profiles

Meet Risky Women to Watch from around the globe who are excelling in their risk, compliance or regulation field.

Meet

Intelligence

Sharing articles and opinion, news and ideas and some things we just love, from the community of Risky Women and beyond.

Read

Chief Risky Woman

Kimberley Cole

Kimberley is the Founder of Risky Women and is passionate about inspiring and connecting women to be bold, to extend and to take risks.

With a foundation in Governance, Risk and Compliance the network focuses on the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape but offers connections and ideas for building business and careers for women and of course men too. Kimberley’s philosophy is centred on connecting, celebrating and championing women across the globe.

A global executive, she has extensive background in financial services and technology. As a sales and marketing leader for over 20 years she has worked with customers in multiple geographies on big data projects and identifying solutions to help them thrive in an increasingly disrupted world. She has driven growth and transformation across a range of functions with achievements including building and launching new products and transforming teams to create customer focus and accelerated growth.

Creating shared value and taking action she also established a platform to stop slavery and focus on how technology and data can help address this crime.

She is an angel investor and fintech advisor. Non-Executive Director of the Fair Employment Foundation and AustCham Hong Kong

Annual Reports

There are no signs of the pace of regulatory change slowing, so now more than ever we need to work together to anticipate future changes by sharing expertise and building connections. Our Annual Reports demonstrate how we continue to extend the network, share knowledge and insight and help you manage the business implications and opportunities. Take a look at how we connected, celebrated and continued the conversation with Risky Women experts across the globe.

And if you have ideas, we would love to hear from you – that’s why this network is so powerful!