Rising Stars Winners: Podcast Mini-Series

In this inspiring episode, we chat to Matthew Coles, our 2024 CSR Rising Star. Matthew shares his journey in championing corporate social responsibility in his workplace and how his Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) has been a unique strength in driving his success.

We delve into the significance of the Rising Stars Awards and explore the vital role neurodivergent individuals play in creating diverse and innovative work environments.

In this episode, which celebrates another exceptional young professional in Jersey’s finance industry, we focus on our 2024 Accountancy Rising Star, Sivaradjen Ramsamy.

Sivaradjen shares his career journey, achievements and the significance of winning the Rising Star award.

He also offers insights into his career, the best advice he’s received and what he enjoys most about working in finance.

Louise Burrows, Head of Marketing at Jersey Finance, chats with Yurii Tsybulskyi, the 2024 Law Rising Stars winner from Baker & Partners. Yurii shares his journey in law, the challenges he’s faced, and his advice for aspiring professionals.

Yurii also reflects on his experience at the Rising Stars Awards Ceremony and the importance of networking events like Future Connect for career growth.

Join Louise Burrows, Head of Marketing at Jersey Finance, as she chats with our 2024 Digital Rising Star, Eve Smith.

Eve shares her unique journey into the finance industry, the challenges she’s overcome, and her insights on working in the digital sector.

She also reflects on her experience at the Rising Stars Awards Ceremony and what it meant to her.

The support functions of a business are key to keeping it running smoothly and efficiently.Kim Hamon, the 2023 winner of the Human Resources category of our Rising Stars Awards, joins us on this episode to share with us how she became a shining star in her company.

The 2023 Banking Rising Star was Lauren Davey from Barclays. In this episode we find out about Lauren’s career journey, how she felt about being nominated and winning the award, and the ceremony itself. She also discusses why she enjoys working in Jersey’s financial sector, her previous career paths and how they helped her during the transition into the finance industry.

Our 2023 Rising Star in the Fund category was Natalia Jurajda. Natalia recently sat down with us to discuss her win, the progression in her career journey since joining the industry from school and why she thinks the finance industry is a great career path.

The 2023 Rising Star in Law was Ellen Jarvis from Walkers Global. Ellen sat down with us to discuss moving to Jersey in her 20s, why she enjoys her role, studying for the Jersey Advocacy Exams and her career aspirations.

We were delighted to be joined by our 2023 Diversity and Inclusion winner, Rabia Farooque from PwC, to hear about her fascinating career journey, and learn about her win.
Listen to Louise Burrows, Head of Marketing at Jersey Finance, speak to Rabia in this Rising Stars winners podcast episode.

Our Rising Star in Accountancy this year was Leo Rodrigues from Langham Hall. We caught up with Leo to discuss why he chose a career in finance after college, how he has grown his professional skills and how he felt about winning after being shortlisted for a second time.

We recently sat down with our 2022 Compliance Rising Star, Catherine Buxton from Stonehage Fleming. She describes how she started her compliance journey, and why she would recommend compliance to young people considering a career in finance.

We spoke to Rosa Micheljump, this year’s Operations and Secretarial Rising Star, about winning the award, his role in operations and how he started his career in finance.