Mark.Freed / 16 Aug 2022
The Women in Finance Charter Blueprint 2022 shared research that it takes 40 days longer to recruit a female senior manager than it does a man. They then ran a survey that suggested that 22% of best in class signatories had built hiring timelines with appropriate lead times to find female candidates....
Read moreKatie.Dix / 23 Jun 2021
I am absolutely delighted to be joining industry leaders on The Diversity Project advisory board. The Diversity Project has driven change in the industry but there is still much to do. About The Diversity Project. The Diversity Project is a cross-company initiative championing a more inclusive culture within the Savings...
Read moreMark.Freed / 31 Mar 2021
Recruiting Diverse Talent – A Case Study “It is the diversity of our people – whose varied skill sets, backgrounds and cultures shape our outlook – that means we are able to explore unique avenues and uncover opportunities unseen by others in our industry.” Charles Brooks, Head of...
Read moreMark.Freed / 04 Mar 2021
Why are we writing about men as we approach International Women’s Day? Well, because men’s voices are mostly missing from conversations about gender equality of opportunity at work. Most men don’t deliberately exclude or overlook women or try to impede their progress. In fact,...
Read moreMark.Freed / 02 Mar 2021
International Women's Day 2021 #ChooseToChallenge A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So let's all choose to challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. So let's all choose...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 02 Nov 2020
Member of E2W's community, Agnan Kessy has kindly shared feedback about her positive experience she has had with our recruitment team and securing her next role. We are proud to work with all the women in our community, like Agnan and wish her all the success with her...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 18 Sep 2020
E2W Alpha Challengers Alpha Challengers are a sub-group of the E2W membership who embarked on their financial services careers less than ten years ago. They have started to climb the ladder of success and are ambitious and want to reach the top. E2W are supporting and helping...
Read moreMark.Freed / 03 Sep 2020
E2W are hosting a virtual event on the 24th September Male Allies - Finishing the Journey Together. Leading male allies in the financial services industry will be the guests of E2W Alpha Challengers and questioned on their reasons for supporting gender equality. Event details and registration can...
Read moreMark.Freed / 22 Jul 2020
Alpha Challengers – Champions of Diversity Episode 2: Ethnic, Cultural and Social Diversity Why is ethnic, cultural and social diversity important, especially in the workplace? Ethnic diversity was the central theme and our special guests were: Zandile Nkhata, Natznet Tesfay, Nolly Maseko, Ursula Henry and Yvonne Kunihira-Davidson at latest in...
Read moreMark.Freed / 10 Jun 2020
Join us and take positive action and sign a petition to persuade the government to Introduce Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting along side Gender Pay Gap Reporting. The FCA are the only organisation in financial services that reports their Ethnic pay gap alongside their gender pay gap. Consider...
Read moreMark.Freed / 10 Jun 2020
E2W members are an amazing community of women pursuing careers in financial services. We have championed and supported these women for almost twenty years because, improving the opportunities and their chances of progressing in their careers is vital on so many levels. Closing the gender gap is our...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 Jun 2020
Register now for next Episode which focuses on Ethnic, Cultural and Social Diversity. Thursday 4th June Our Alpha Challengers Champions of Diversity Series launched with a lively conversation discussing Diversity After Lockdown. The event was brilliantly produced by Sara Pistilli and Georgie Toft, E2W Advisory Board...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 02 Jun 2020
Mark contributes to the Euromoney ‘Finance is Female’ discussions. Last week, E2W’s Mark Freed was pleased to speak on a Euromoney Panel, analysing The Gender Pay Gap Report accompanied by, Mandy DeFilippo, Morgan Stanley and Amanda Pullinger, 100 Women in Finance. Euromoney has written up...
Read moreMark.Freed / 14 May 2020
Gender Pay Gap Reporting – April 2019 What the numbers tell us? A selection of Corporate and Investment Banks & Asset Managers - The Gender Pay Gap Over Time Of the 61 firms in our report 27 firms (almost half) had proportionately fewer women in top quartile wage earning roles in...
Read moreMark.Freed / 05 May 2020
On Wednesday 22nd April, we were delighted to welcome Denise Wilson, CEO of the Hampton-Alexander Review, to our virtual coffee break about gender equality in UK business. Denise provided updates on the Hampton-Alexander Review for 2020, which is in its final year of a five year review period. Denise updated the...
Read moreMark.Freed / 23 Apr 2020
Let’s not rush back to the old normal. Let’s make a new, new normal. Against a tragic backdrop, the lockdown has taught us a thing or two about our old world and the new normal. There are things we do not like: Loss of physical contact...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 06 Mar 2020
The first in a series written by our guest contributor, Jacqueline Kingham - Diversity & Inclusion Advocate | Consultant | Treasury Professional Jacqueline Kingham has over 10 years Banking and Management Consulting experience. Jacqueline is very passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and has recently launched a blog where she hopes to help governments...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 03 Mar 2020
The European Banking Authority (EBA) calls for measures to ensure a more diverse management body in institutions. You can read the full article here. The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a new benchmarking report on diversity practices in credit institutions and investment firms analysing the development since its 2015 diversity...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 26 Feb 2020
At E2W we love to celebrate success. We are thrilled to see women in the indsutry, who have progressed in their careers. Congratulations to you all. Promotions Katey Neate for being promoted to Managing Director, UK Legal Entities Risk Officer at BNY Mellon Caroline Carvalho dos Santos...
Read moreMark.Freed / 26 Feb 2020
The second article, in a series written by our special guest contributor, Marypat Smucker, CFA looks at Gender Lens Equity Funds and Women in Leadership. Gender lens investing in equity and fixed income first developed based on evidence of superior performance by companies with higher women-in-leadership (WIL) metrics. Indeed...
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