The following are a selection of news and thought leadership articles created for our Members and shared here for all:
Rhian Bowler / 04 Jan 2018
Rhian Bowler, the E2W career coach asks is there one thing you would like to improve, add or change this year? Mirror, Mirror on the Wall! Having recently turned 50 (and loving it!), I’ve taken some time to reflect on whether I need to make changes...
Read moreTina.Freed / 04 Jan 2018
E2W membership is open to women in financial services. Our aim is to help you succeed in your career aspirations, whatever they may be. We have built a growing, supportive community where women can learn from, and be motivated by, each other. Together, with the tangible...
Read moreMark.Freed / 19 Dec 2017
To meet commitments, like 50/50 by 2020 many firms will need to ensure that they recruit more women than men across the board. However, the best performers are struggling to exceed 40% women in their new recruits and in certain divisions, technology and front office for example, the gender...
Read moreMark.Freed / 18 Dec 2017
E2W is speaking to women who have been working in financial services over the decades to celebrate next year’s 100 year anniversary of women securing the vote. Yvonne Kurankye has shared her varied career with us and her infectious enthusiasm for the financial services industry! When I...
Read moreTina.Freed / 11 Dec 2017
With Christmas upon us and 2017 drawing to a close, it’s a great time to look back and also, an exciting time to look forward. I’m immensely proud of the work that we, our members and clients have achieved this year. We have made good...
Read moreRhian Bowler / 08 Dec 2017
There was much interest in the Deutsche Bank auditorium as our specialist speaker and E2W member Manal Koujan delivered her inspiring and engaging talk about ‘The role of leadership in agile and how does leadership influence transformation success or failure? What are the challenges the leadership face...
Read moreRhian Bowler / 07 Dec 2017
Rhian Bowler, the E2W career coach, asks whether you want to live your life at arms’ length or be proactive? Life at arms’ length Many of you will know I listen to Radio 2 on my way to work after dropping the children to school. ...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 Dec 2017
As the deadline for gender pay gap reporting becomes ever closer (April 2018), Mark Freed examines how other industries’ gender pay gaps compare to that of financial services. I am, some might say, becoming a little obsessed with gender pay gap reporting but that’s because it matters. ...
Read moreTina.Freed / 30 Nov 2017
E2W is the go-to place for women to manage their financial services careers and for financial institutions wishing to collect the gender dividend – the economic benefit of investing in women. We have built, and manage a community of senior women in financial services and provide long term career...
Read moreMark.Freed / 30 Nov 2017
Next year is the 100th anniversary of women securing the right to vote in the UK. As part of celebrating the centenary, we are producing a history of women’s careers in financial services over the years. In the latest in the series we meet Suki Notay Senior Commodities...
Read moreRhian Bowler / 29 Nov 2017
The Power of Coaching Personal coaching brings many benefits, some expected, but many are a surprise to those experiencing coaching for the first time. We often don’t know, what we don’t know! This may sound crass or clunky, however many individuals who have undertaken...
Read moreMark.Freed / 27 Nov 2017
In the summer of 2017, E2W carried out a survey of its’ members on their experiences of the recruitment process. Several gender-recruitment influenced questions were asked including the impact on the process of having a female hiring manager. “Notably, those with a female hiring manager were...
Read moreRhian Bowler / 22 Nov 2017
E2W members and visitors were treated to a rare, insightful talk recently on understanding behaviour and managing emotions to become a better leader. The event was kindly hosted by the Bank of Montreal and delivered by respected executive coach Fiona Murden of Aroka. There are many myths...
Read moreMark.Freed / 22 Nov 2017
Are you a woman pursuing your career at senior levels in Technology or Front Office? Do you want a confidential way of exploring new career opportunities? If so, E2W ‘Select’ is for you. Moving towards a more gender-balanced workforce is a strategic imperative for our clients. Balanced...
Read moreMark.Freed / 15 Nov 2017
I was honoured to be invited to the launch of the second Hampton-Alexander Review earlier this month, an inspiring and encouraging event. The Hampton-Alexander Review is an independent review body which builds on the excellent work of the Davies Review to increase the number of women on FTSE boards...
Read moreMark.Freed / 11 Nov 2017
Would you work for the remainder of the year without pay? Today - Friday marks Equal Pay Day in the UK. It’s the day on which women, as a whole, effectively stop earning money based on the official gender pay gap that still persists. Because the gap moves,...
Read moreRhian Bowler / 10 Nov 2017
E2W Regulation Business Team Meeting The Challenges of the Senior Managers’ Regime 1st November 2017 On 1st November, E2W hosted a very successful meeting of the E2W Regulation Team, alongside Jackie O’Connor, Head of EMEA Regulatory Reform at Goldman Sachs and Cosette Reczek, Executive...
Read moreRhian Bowler / 10 Nov 2017
E2W and the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) have launched a programme to encourage more girls to consider the financial services’ sector as a career path. The E2W career coach, Rhian Bowler shares more details of the programme and insight from one of this...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 Nov 2017
In the last ten days, three high-profile women, including Theresa May, have spoken out about improving gender diversity in financial organisations. Mark Freed writes an open letter to them to share his experiences of life at the coal face. Theresa May – Prime Minister Nicky Morgan ...
Read moreTina.Freed / 05 Nov 2017
This week Tina Freed co-hosted the inaugural meeting of the E2W Front Office team. It was an energetic breakfast! At E2W, we strive to promote and further women in financial services’ careers. We connect women with likeminded peers so that they can learn from...
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