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An audience with Goldman’s Joanne Hannaford: ‘Nobody understands my job’

Goldman Sachs' most senior female technologist talks legacy systems, working with fintechs and why innovation labs do not work

An audience with Goldman’s Joanne Hannaford: ‘Nobody understands my job’
Photo: Danilo Agutoli

When I meet Joanne Hannaford in one of Goldman Sachs’ corporate meeting rooms, I turn out to be way overdressed. Sitting in a comfortable pair of trousers, Hannaford explains that the bank introduced a dress-down policy for its technology division earlier this year.

“Many programmers sit at their desk all day — why should they wear a suit?”

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