Nina joined Barclays as a Technology apprentice in 2019 after obtaining a degree in Fashion Promotion at university, going into fashion and beauty PR and realising it was not for her.
Being placed on the trading floor of the bank was daunting at first, and she was the only woman on the team for 2 years – a contrast to coming from the fashion industry. By the time she completed her apprenticeship, she took on as lead of the Credit projects for the trading floor support team, part of Group Technology Service Management (GTSM) department.
Starting 2022, she began transitioning from projects to application support, training and mentoring a new team member to take over the projects. She has created a presence within the Barclays Women in Tech network and organised her first successful Women in Tech event at their Glasgow campus in January 2023. She is currently transitioning into a new role to launch a people and colleague relations part of GTSM Markets, hoping to promote the incredible work the Markets service management teams do. She will be involved with the on-boarding of new colleagues, including the sizeable expansion in India, by supporting new joiners and creating an exciting and motivating onboarding experience. She hopes to help promote the apprenticeship and graduate schemes as well as encourage more women in Markets to join Women in Tech, more women to join GTSM and help existing colleagues to succeed, transforming experience for colleagues on the trading floors and technology centres in Europe.