Mark.Freed / 11 Jul 2019
I attended an event a few weeks ago promoting careers in FX for women. One thing I learnt from the panellists of senior figures is that, the FX sector was a male dominated, macho, tetestrone fuelled industry in the past but it's ok now! This got me thinking... ...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 28 Jun 2019
Alessandra Wall - Recap of insights from my trip to the UK. It's early on a Monday afternoon I'm slightly jet lagged and slowly catching up with work tasks and responsibilities that have been on hold for the past two weeks. Although there is much to do, I...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 28 Jun 2019
David has twenty years’ experience in audit and risk management having previously been Head of Operational Risk at Threadneedle Asset Management and Global Head of Operational Risk at ICAP Group. David has experience developing and implementing operational risk frameworks, risk based regulatory capital assessments, risk appetite and corporate governance....
Read moreKatie.Dix / 27 Jun 2019
In these series of pieces, I have shared with you my thoughts on dressing down – the pros and cons – and then when you’ve decided to dress down, what impact your clothes can have on your performance and how you’re perceived by your colleagues. ...
Read moreMark.Freed / 19 Jun 2019
As we are readying ourselves to cheer the Lionesses through another, hopefully, successful women’s Football World Cup campaign, it reminded me of the announcement by the Football Association that Barclays is to become the FA Women's Super League’s first ever title sponsor, in a...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 19 Jun 2019
Invesco are kindly hosting an E2W event in September 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. If you would like to sign up to...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 14 Jun 2019
“Inspirational” and “thought provoking” were just two of the comments made by E2W members who attended the “super-charging your performance” event delivered by our fantastic coach Nikki Hinksman and kindly hosted by our partners at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The interactive session...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 06 Jun 2019
Nikki Hinksman I was recently watching some footage of Jordan Peterson talking about gender equality. I know he is pretty controversial figure and there are plenty of people that either love him or hate him, so that got me curious! As a clinical psychiatrist and professor of psychology his...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 10 May 2019
We know that the E2W members are not one dimensional City working machines, but that they have lives outside of work, hobbies and top tips that they want to share. Our 'quick fire questions with...' has some serious questions about working in financial services and more...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 10 May 2019
The Value of Coaching We lead frenetic lives, with little time to reflect on how or why we’re doing what we do. We spend our lives inside our own heads and this can lead to self-imposed limitations. What I love about coaching is that it provides the opportunity...
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 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 / 19 Feb 2019
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is Balance for Better. This is a great theme! Balance for better recognises that gender diversity isn’t, actually, all about women. And it really isn’t all about women, women are the ones fighting...
Read moreMark.Freed / 30 Jan 2019
We are delighted to introduce you to Sue Carter, a guest contributer. Sue is a senior communications consultant whose expertise in gender communications comes from working as a journalist in women’s media, as well as developing and delivering niche communications strategy for a wide range of consumer...
Read moreMark.Freed / 10 Dec 2018
Here at E2W we’re starting to get excited but about the fast approaching gender pay gap reporting deadline in April 2019. Firms will be reporting on their gender pay gaps at 5th April 2018 Of course, some firms have reported already: Aldermore Bank, the various entities under...
Read moreMark.Freed / 03 Dec 2018
I was a speaker at the European Women in Finance conference in Amsterdam recently and I was asked to speak on how we can reach the ‘utopia’ of when gender diversity isn’t an issue and I’m out of a job! I talked about...
Read moreMark.Freed / 22 Nov 2018
1918 - “You’re a man and so you must be strong. You must fight. You must put aside doubts, weaknesses, mental or physical and be protectors of our country.” 2018 - Men are talking about wanting to be around for their children, and shared...
Read moreMark.Freed / 15 Nov 2018
Bake! How financial services firms can take the lead from The Great British Bake Off In the last in my series on popular culture and gender diversity, read about why it’s so important to reflect society in your organisation You can tell the nights are drawing in...
Read moreMark.Freed / 15 Nov 2018
Aspirational TV is helping to make people consider more women in senior positions. Does it feel like fiction, reality or, hopefully, the future to you? A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on how popular culture is rebelling against stereotypes thanks to Doctor Who having its...
Read moreMark.Freed / 10 Sep 2018
Initial contributors to our survey are helping us to start to gather an eye-opening understanding of the current gender diversity landscape in financial services. They have highlighted the ‘laddish’, ‘politically incorrect’ culture within their firms, told us that they don’t feel that...
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