Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur

Vanessa Vallely is the founder of leading women’s network, job board and website, WeAreTheCity and WeAreTheCity Jobs which serves an audience of over 200,000 women each month in the UK and India. She also co-founded the UK wide diversity network, The Network of Networks (TNON) which includes the heads of women’s networks from 125 FTSE firms. The TNON also has chapters that serve both the LGBT & BAME community.

Vanessa has had an extensive 25 year career in Banking and Finance. She also sits on the board of CR-UK Women of Influence and has won various recognition awards such as Women’s champion for Women in Banking & Finance, TIAW’s Top 100 global women, Financial News Top 100, Top 30 Inspiring Women, Top 100 most connected women in the UK by GQ magazine & Evening Standards Progress 1000 of influential Londoners.

What people are saying

  • Thank you for your lively, insightful and practical presentation last week. We are getting some great feedback.
    We thought that the content was excellent and I particularly enjoyed your “been there, done it and lived to tell the tale” style of delivery.

    Yvonne Smyth
    Director, Hays
  • Just a note to thank you again for your input to our event last night, which we all felt went really well. We have had some really great feedback today with a number of people reiterating how inspiring they found your presentation.

    Karen Morrrish
    Sedgwick Law
  • Wanted to say thank you so much for the event today. The feedback so far has been brilliant and I personally really enjoyed the event.

    Louise Bunn
    Coutts
  • Thank you SO much for the fantastic speech yesterday. You are always such an inspiring speaker, and I’m incredibly pleased that our paths have crossed.

    Nicola Lancaster
    Shell
  • A warm “thank you” for your great input this morning’s International Women’s Day event at Sunbury. The event worked very well and we are getting very positive feedback from attendees.

    Miles Cudmore
    BP
  • On behalf of the Connect Women team , I would like to thank you for being our guest speaker yesterday. The feedback I received from the delegates that attended was very positive and I owe that to your engaging and entertaining discussion. I look forward to seeing you again at future networking events.

    Abi Banjoko
    Arup
  • I just wanted to say thanks again for your time yesterday evening and for sharing your experiences with us. I thought it was a really great event, and I’ve received such positive feedback from the attendees – I’m sure you’ll be hearing from some of them!

    Alison Pearce
    Northern Trust
  • Vanessa is a powerful and inspirational speaker. Her talk on the power of profile offers amazing insight on how to raise your profile both online and through networking opportunities. The feedback from attendees both in London and those linked in internationally was amazing, people literally could not get enough of her. She is a real inspiration and a force to be reckoned with on any women’s issue. Barclays will definitely be working with Vanessa again.

    Miranda Abrahams
    Barclays WIN Network
  • The Power of Profile by Vanessa Vallely is immensely enlightening and inspiring presentation! I have attended it twice within a few years and each time I listened breathlessly to every word! It is very sharp and up to the point, but the best thing is that in one hour she equips you with a whole tool box for your career success!

    Antonina Yemelyanenko
    President of Cass Women in Business Society
  • Vanessa was our guest speaker at this year’s Founder’s Day. She pitched her talk so brilliantly that she grabbed the attention of all the pupils, who ranged in age from 11 to 18. She was honest and direct, and her talk was both practical and reflective. She made her address so lively and interesting that the girls kept her here for an extra hour, firing questions at her! She was really inspirational.

    Mrs Jo Heywood
    Headmistress Heathfield School
  • We recently had the pleasure of Vanessa attending our Financial Services Communication session here at Navigant where she delivered her ‘Power of Profile’ talk. The feedback from this session was overwhelmingly positive and the talk was extremely insightful and thought provoking. Vanessa is one of the City’s best networkers and always goes out of her way to make real value added connections. In all of my dealings with Vanessa I am constantly inspired by her unwavering passion and commitment.

    Rebecca Drew
    Linkedin
  • Vanessa is a very inspiring person, providing practical tips on how to develop one’s network and career. Her enthusiasm is contagious!

    Sophie Treillard
    Full-time MBA, Cass Business School

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