KEY POINTS
- Ayesha Ofori handled over £500 million in client money at Goldman Sachs
- Ofori said she began questioning the absence of women in investing.
- She founded a platform which has various investment options, such as funds from Vanguard, Blackrock, and HSBC.
Ayesha Ofori spent over six years as a wealth adviser at Goldman Sachs, managing more than £500 million for high-net-worth clients. Despite her success, she grew disillusioned with her role, realising she was primarily enriching wealthy men and not addressing the financial challenges faced by women. Disturbed by the UK's £567 billion gender investment gap, Ofori quit Goldman in 2018 to found Propelle, an investment platform focused on empowering women to take control of their financial futures.
