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Meet Charlotte Valeur: The neurodiversity champion who went from self-harming teenager to high-flying banker

From Societe Generale to BNP Paribas, S.G. Warburg to Nordea, autistic Valeur talks about how she has succeeded in tough roles

Charlotte Valeur says she has been luckier than most, considering that the world of work is organised to provide ‘neurotypical privilege’
Charlotte Valeur says she has been luckier than most, considering that the world of work is organised to provide ‘neurotypical privilege’ Photo: Danilo Agutoli for FN

When she was 15, Charlotte Valeur remembers scraping her face until the blood ran.

“Maybe it was a way to try to get noticed,” Valeur, now 58, says of her self-harming.

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