Mark.Freed / 27 Nov 2019
I was very interested to read an article in Bloomberg earlier this month about women deserting trading floors as they are blocked from the path to management. It seems that for all the enthusiasm that financial companies show about bringing more women into their workforce, there is significantly less desire...
Read moreMark.Freed / 27 Nov 2019
Latest FCA research: Little change at the top Recently published research by the FCA paints a sorry picture for women at senior levels in the financial services industry. If you wanted to be generous (though why would you?), there would be a temptation to highlight the rapid growth in the...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 26 Nov 2019
E2W coaching partner Elizabeth ONeill "After nearly 20 years of building and leading technical teams and organisational change, I know that people are the key to success." I remember my very first job like it was yesterday. I worked on Saturdays in the local sweet shop and I...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 26 Nov 2019
E2W Member Natalie Murray: I am a seasoned banking professional with experience in Operational Risk Management, Internal Audit and project management, acquired from roles at top tier banks in London, New York and most recently, Singapore. This experience is augmented by successful academics - I am an award-winning MSc...
Read moreMark.Freed / 18 Nov 2019
On the 12th November an amazing group of industry leaders in Recruitment, HR and D&I from leading CIB’s and Asset Managers, got together with business leaders and Julia Hoggett, Head of Market Oversight and Kevin Trainor Head of Resourcing & Talent from the FCA, to...
Read moreMark.Freed / 18 Nov 2019
The annual Oliver Wyman report into women in financial services demonstrates that the global industry is finally making progress in gender equality. The report, which can be downloaded from Oliver Wyman’s website says, that the industry is finally making progress on gender diversity in the workforce....
Read moreKatie.Dix / 18 Nov 2019
Man Group are kindly hosting an E2W event on the 2nd of December around the theme of Resposible Investing. Elena Vydrine, a member of E2W, will be publishing a series of blogs in the run up to the event on the topic of ESG....
Read moreKatie.Dix / 18 Nov 2019
On Thursday evening, Kat lead an event, hosted by our friends at IHS Markit, where she gave our members the opportunity to experiment with some coaching tools that can come in handy whatever level of experience. Kat lead a great discussion on how we deal with change in our organisations...
Read moreMark.Freed / 13 Nov 2019
This week I have met a number of people, separately, from a major investment bank here in London. I shall not name the bank as most readers will recognise the problem at their own banks. The bank’s gender pay gap report statistics are not dissimilar to...
Read moreMark.Freed / 13 Nov 2019
As we are preparing for our round table with Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight at the FCA, we were interested to read a new report from the FCA. “Despite businesses facing ever greater scrutiny and criticism over gender diversity – with few industries more in the spotlight...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 12 Nov 2019
On Saturday, some of the E2W team and friends completed a 6K Commando Series Obstacle Course to raise money for our nominated charity, The Young Women’s Trust. The course proved both mentally and physically challenging and was exacerbated by the very cold and very wet weather! As...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 07 Nov 2019
How personal style communicates your personal brand and how to make that first impression count. Personal style is an amalgamation of many things - what suits your body shape, the things you like, the colours that work for you, the pieces that make you feel great. Personal style is...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 04 Nov 2019
Can you help two exceptional young women to take their next step forward into a career in financial services? In 2017 the E2W community sponsored and mentored Rose and Madeleine, to take the CISI Fundamentals of Financial Services course. Rose and Madeleine, were then still at school studying A Levels,...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 04 Nov 2019
We are delighted to see that Investec have launched a market leading return to Work Programme. Not all careers in financial services are the same: It is possible to combine professional success with the entrepreneurial spirit and genuine relationships that bring an organisation to life. The answer lies in...
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