Flequity Ventures Founder and Director Catherine Fitzpatrick has been awarded the Shared Value Bravery – Individual Award today.
The award recognises her commitment to dismantling financial abuse and gender bias, through the establishment of her social enterprise, her Designed to DisruptTM series and her expertise as a former banking executive and architect of Commonwealth Bank’s domestic and family violence strategy.
The Shared Value Project said “Catherine’s unique approach combines insider expertise, a survivor-centric focus, and a commitment to systemic change. Her work aims to deliver change today and inspire the financial sector to prioritise the safety of financial abuse victims in product and service design, paving the way for a more equitable future.”
The judges said: “Catherine’s work to create systems-level change for financial abuse and gender bias is disruptive in all the right ways.”