NatWest Group

Our Technology teams are made up from a diverse mix of backgrounds, skills, qualifications, and experience. Together, they’re powering our transformation into the digital bank of the future - Developing innovative, reliable and secure services, which are helping our customers take control of how they manage their finances.  We caught up with one of the newest members of the Mobile Technology team, and also one of the most experienced. We wanted to know about their career journeys so far, what excites them about the work they do, and the culture here at the bank.

Technology is one of the fastest-moving and most exciting parts of our business. We’re using technology to improve the way we do things all across the bank; helping us to be more efficient and effective in our systems and procedures, and above all helping us to offer better services to our customers. We recently caught up with two members of our Mobile Technology team to hear more about their work, the way they do things, and why they do it.

Welcome to NatWest Group’s Represent podcast, where you’ll get expert early career tips and advice that you can’t find on our website. We continue the conversations from our Represent mini-series of events, put together to help students from diverse backgrounds learn more about our graduate programmes and internships.  With sessions to help students identify their skills and match them with our programmes, advice on tackling online interviews and assessments, inspirational stories from diverse colleagues currently working at the bank, and a spotlight on our wellbeing initiatives, this podcast looks back on the series with plenty of advice and ideas to help anyone considering applying for a role at NatWest Group.

Listen to our Franchise Application team as they interview Tammy, one of our Senior Auditors to learn what has shaped her career so far and what are some of her key influencers to  developing her career in Internal Audit.

There’s no such thing as an ideal career path. Instead, we move upwards, sideways and even backwards too. Each step will bring new expectations and obstacles to overcome. But by preparing for these challenges and learning how to overcome them early in your career, you’ll feel empowered to face anything. In this podcast, we’re joined by Leonie and Peter, two of our senior leaders, for a candid conversation about overcoming obstacles. They’ll share some of the hurdles they’ve faced in their own successful careers, and we’ll explore some of the common challenges that you might face as you begin your own career journey.

In this podcast, we’re joined by Wincie Wong, our Head of Engineering Workforce Transformation and Yinka Fadina, a Senior Audit Manager and global co-chair of our employee-led Multicultural Network. Wincie and Yinka share the motivation behind their career paths and the early career experiences that have shaped their success.  From finding the right mentor to overcoming Imposter Syndrome, join the conversation as we uncover the secret to a successful career, and learn how you can accelerate your own career success too.

For students and graduates, preparing for life after university is an important time.  As internship and graduate schemes open across the UK, we’ve brought you this first episode in a new podcast series where we’ll explore the key capabilities we're looking for in your application, and why they’re so important for a career here.  Take five to listen and learn how you can maximise your potential, whatever direction your career takes you.

Innovation is about much more than inventing things. It’s about recognising how and where you can add unique value. But how can you be more innovative? In this podcast, we uncover the skills that underpin innovation; skills that you already have and use every day.  Listen in to understand the important role our working environment has in stoking innovation and find out how you can unlock your creativity and gain a competitive edge.

Change can bring all sorts of opportunities and experiences. But change can be hard too, and as human beings we can be irrational and emotional. So how can we learn to embrace change and disruption? Listen in to learn how you can develop a change mindset and gain a competitive advantage.

The way we come across in our communication tells others a lot about us. But with so many different ways to communicate, knowing how to do it with impact is invaluable. Want to find out how you can develop your own communication skills to make an impact, whether it’s virtual, face to face, over the phone or in an email? You'll find it here in our podcast.

For this podcast, we’re turning our focus to the importance of curiosity. We’ll look at how you can build, develop and practice curiosity in your day to day behaviours, to help you boost your capability and further your potential.  Being curious, being interested and acknowledging that people come at things from a different lens is a key behaviour that will help you in your application process, but also the bigger picture as you navigate through your career.

We’re back and turning our attention to presence and impact: bringing who you are to what you do and how you do it. Join us as we dive into the key behaviours you can develop to maximise your personal impact and unleash your potential. We live in a world that's ultra-connected. Everything you do, everything you post online and every email you send creates a presence and sends a message about your personal brand. So, knowing how you want your presence to be experienced isn’t important - it’s essential. In this episode, we’ll help you to explore your strengths and identify the ways you can use them to make an impact. 

Change can bring all sorts of opportunities and experiences. But change can be hard too, and as human beings we can be irrational and emotional. So how can we learn to embrace change and disruption? Listen in to learn how you can develop a change mindset and gain a competitive advantage.