Sophie Gerber (@SophieGerber) is the Founder of Sophie Grace, a legal & compliance consultancy and Co-Founder of TRAction FinTech, a regulatory technology business.
Sophie is a leader in the space of legal & compliance in the finance industry within Australia, publishing regularly across the industry. The breadth of both business, whether it’s Sophie Grace or TRAction FinTech, clearly highlight the array of Sophie’s knowledge. Her blog posts are quite brilliant in their ability to sort through the weeds that must exist within this space.
This chat with Sophie was a really interesting look into her background, plus the state of legal & compliance in Australia. We covered numerous topics, including:
The Royal family Starting Sophie Grace Common mistakes with new financial businesses The Royal Commission How the industry could change for the better Time management, and her role at TRAction FinTech
SHOW NOTES
01:33 - Introduction
03:08 - The royal family
05:19 - Growing up in Sydney
06:31 - Lessons learnt from her parents
08:26 - Her studies and career trajectory
10:24 - Starting Sophie Grace
13:33 - How she explains what she does
14:49 - Common mistakes businesses make
16:52 - The Royal Commission
20:09 - How the industry could change
23:46 - Most interesting observation
24:54 - Greatest change in her area
27:31 - Time management, her role at TRAction
29:16 - Daily routine
29:59 - Book recommendations
33:04 - Best purchase under $200
LINKS (IN ORDER OF EPISODE)
Sophie Grace TRAction Fintech Westpac Commonwealth Bank Macquarie Adele Ferguson AustralianSuper Crazy Rich Asians, by Kevin Kwan Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance Microsoft foldable keyboardPete Wargent of Next Level Wealth
David Scutt of Ausbiz TV
Roger Montgomery of Montgomery Investment Management
Alex Saunders of Nugget's News
Callam Pickering of Indeed
Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics
Tim Dickinson of Assembly Payments
Evan Lucas of InvestSMART
Brendan Malone of Raiz
Simon Pressley – Managing Director of Propertyology
Julia Lee – CIO of Burman Invest
Samuel Junghenn of Symbiosis Capital
Boris Schlossberg of BKForex & BK Asset Management
Dr. Harry Stanton, Clinical Psychologist & Author
Haim Bodek of Decimus Capital Markets
Mark Austin of Magnetic Trading
Chris Tate of Trading Game and Talking Trading
Louise Bedford of Trading Game and Talking Trading
Chris Gore, CEO GO Markets
Vee Leung Phan of TrackRecord Asia
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