Jun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak up

The co-founder and portfolio manager at TenCap never felt she could express her opinion. That changed, but she says she still lives with imposter syndrome.

Jun Bei Liu wakes up at 2am to check the US sharemarket, but she soon goes back to sleep. Oscar Colman

Sally Patten and Lap Phan

Mar 11, 2025 – 5.00am

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Jun Bei Liu rarely used to speak up. The co-founder and portfolio manager at TenCap shied away from talking in meetings because she felt her English wasn’t good enough and she didn’t understand jokes.

But a teacher at a presentation course told Liu her speech patterns and energy levels were what separated her from others.

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.