Women in Financial Services
Signatories to the Women in Finance Charter Retain E2W
Mark.Freed / 21 Nov 2016
Is it a coincidence that since signing the Women in Finance Charter, five of the largest signatory firms have retained E2W to help them meet their charter commitments?
So what are the commitments that Banks are making. Here are some typical examples:-
Barclays
To drive our own progress towards gender parity, we continue to measure the number and percentage of women at each level of the organisation. We have seen continued advancement towards our 2018 gender goal of 26% women in senior leadership roles; at 23% by the end of 2015. Female representation across the firm has again increased, sustaining a 1% year on year upward trend since 2012.
Blackrock
As a signatory of HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which seeks to build a more balanced and diverse financial services industry, BlackRock is committed to achieving 30% female representation in senior management by 2020.
Credit Suisse
The Executive Committees of the UK Legal Entities, and the leadership teams of each respective Executive Committee member, will aim for a minimum of 35% female representation by 2020.
Full details of the all the signatories commitments can be found here.
Most firms seem to be in agreement that meeting their commitments is not going to be easy. Things are going to have to change: better succession planning, the introduction of flexible and agile working conditions, cultural changes and of course recruitment – including women returner programmes.
E2W are being retained by these organisations because we can help them improve gender balance in candidate shortlists and also support other programmes like women returner programmes.
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