Koycheva contributed to the establishment of BlueBay’s women’s forum, having led the restructuring of the forum’s activities to become the diversity and inclusion forum, building greater intersectionality. She has contributed to a D&I vision and strategy and organised working groups on data, volunteering, and interview practices. As vice chair of the D&I Forum she sets its agenda and chairs its meetings while collaborating with the Employee Resource Groups of BlueBay’s parent company, RBC, and other financial organisations. In addition to spearheading BlueBay’s participation in the inaugural summer internship programs with GAIN and 100BlackInterns, Elena led BlueBay’s International Women’s Day panel with senior females from across the business. In 2021 she became a member of the BlueBay Corporate Responsibility Committee, Charity Forum, and RBC’s RWomen ERG. Externally, Koycheva leads the CFA UK Job Profiles working group and supports greater D&I awareness as the recently appointed CAIA London chapter head. Koycheva mentors in cross-industry mentoring programmes and is a Diversity Project Ambassador.
