The following are a selection of news and thought leadership articles created for our Members and shared here for all:
Katie.Dix / 02 May 2019
At E2W, we recognise the contribution women make to the economy and are passionate about helping women harness their experience, knowledge, and skills for the financial services industry. Our coaching services are designed to support women in their aspirations and development. We understand that coaching is a two-way...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 01 May 2019
An insightful and inspiring night last night. When the Wonder Women, Good Girl and It’s Only Me filters are put to one side in a great location with great hospitality. More E2W members are out there today making changes to improve their lives and making strides...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 26 Apr 2019
Melanie Eagle has been with E2W’s Outsourcing Team for eighteen months and in that time she has demonstrated her experience of financial services, professionalism and versatility with our clients. Melanie’s career started in banking – first UBS, then Morgan Stanley and finally JP Morgan Chase...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 25 Apr 2019
E2W Brand Ambassadors As a valued E2W member, we know you support our mission to increase the number of women working in senior roles in Financial Services, to help our clients achieve gender diversity and to shape the landscape for women working in this sector on a grand...
Read moreTina.Freed / 11 Apr 2019
2,500 women need to be recruited into senior positions to enable signatories to the Women in Finance Charter to reach their targets - The 2019 WIFC annual review. E2W have been at the centre of WIFC since its inception. We helped the treasury roll the charter out to the initial group...
Read moreMark.Freed / 11 Apr 2019
Giving hundreds of talented people the opportunity to continue their careers at a time in their lives when they have other priorities to juggle was the building block of E2W’s Business. For almost two decades, city institutions have relied on these E2W talented ‘continuers’...
Read moreMark.Freed / 11 Apr 2019
“The way you look directly affects the way you think, feel, and act . . . When you dress down, you sit down - the couch potato trend. Manners break down, you begin to feel down, and you’re not as effective.” (Kaplan-Leiserson, 2000, p. 39). Psychology for Business Success [4 volumes], Volume 1...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 Apr 2019
50/50 by 2020 – no way. 2019’s gender pay gap reports show a different 50/50. 50% of banks are employing a higher percentage of women in top quartile paying roles this year when compared to last. 50% of banks have reduced their gender pay gaps. Anyone who has been...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 Apr 2019
What’s interesting about the other E2W “Inspirational Women” pieces is that many of the women started in finance as soon as they left school or university. I, on the other hand, did not and thought about going down the route of academia. It goes without...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 Apr 2019
On Thursday 28 March, E2W held its first networking event of 2019 at The Listing in the City of London. We were thrilled with the number of members and prospective members that attended and it was fantastic to be able to put faces to names and meet others for the first...
Read moreTina.Freed / 05 Apr 2019
I am delighted to take on my new role as excellence leader here at E2W. With 20 years experience in HR and recruitment, I have expert knowledge to help our business grow and thrive above and beyond. This is a critical role for the business to ensure that E...
Read moreMark.Freed / 29 Mar 2019
My career story is one of those whereby I have literally risen through the ranks. After my parents persuaded me that working in a bank would be a good place to start my career (I had wanted to be a movie make-up artist – completely different!) I began working...
Read moreMark.Freed / 28 Mar 2019
I am really looking forward to talking at Women of The Square Mile on the 15th May at Olympia. Joining a line-up of other industry leaders like Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia and E2W Member Monica Summerville. As an E2W member you can get discount tickets by using...
Read moreTina.Freed / 20 Mar 2019
As regular readers will know, E2W has been working with Man Group for a while now, helping them to implement a more ‘active inclusion’ approach to recruiting and retaining women. We have six strategies as part of our active inclusion approach: Commitment Statistics Value Proposition Time...
Read moreMark.Freed / 20 Mar 2019
E2W are delighted to introduce you to our friend Olga Anderson, a bespoke and ready-to-wear womenswear designer, who in her first post discusses the annoucement by Goldman Sachs that 'dress down Friday' is to be for everyday. Goldman Sachs has announced a shift in acceptable office attire ...
Read moreMark.Freed / 15 Mar 2019
You are a great employer, an employer that has attractive and well considered value propositions to attract diverse candidates. A Financial Institution with the culture and working practices that enable your female colleagues to succeed and flourish. In an industry where all your competitors are talking the talk but...
Read moreMark.Freed / 15 Mar 2019
I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to grow E2W’s recruitment business. I deliver bespoke recruitment services to leading financial services firms who are passionate about gaining the benefits of a more diverse workforce, by embedding an active and inclusive recruitment strategy into their process....
Read moreMark.Freed / 08 Mar 2019
Today is International Women’s Day and the campaign theme for this year is Balance for Better with the rally cry of “how can you help forge a more gender balanced world?” E2W has many answers to that question thanks to the work we...
Read moreMark.Freed / 08 Mar 2019
This week Charlie Fox, Outsourcing Manager at E2W, shares his thoughts on International Women's Day theme #balanceforbetter. When I think of Balance for Better, the image that springs to mind is my home life when I was growing up: my mother is Tina Freed and my step-dad is...
Read moreMark.Freed / 01 Mar 2019
Last week, as part of our International Women’s Day #Balanceforbetter post, we published an article by Mark Freed on why men should become allies on the road to equality. This week our friend Alessandra Wall, responds with “why are good men still finding is so hard to...
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