| Balance in the boardroom - Wed 22nd Sep |
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Balance in the boardroom: How to get more women leaders in the City?
Young Fabians ‘Future of Finance’ Network panel debate Wednesday 22 September 2010, 6.30pm to 8pm - London Stock Exchange, 10 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LS
Women only represent 5% of executive directors from the 600 companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange, according to recent research by recruitment firm Egon Zehnder. With the passage of landmark legislation in the US aiming to increase female membership on corporate boards and the establishment of the Lord Davies inquiry into female representation in Britain’s boardrooms, the Young Fabians Future of Finance Network will bring together an expert panel for lively interactive debate, including:
• Female experiences of developing a career in the financial and business services industry;
• Whether a discriminatory cultural environment still exists for women in the City;
• What role positive discrimination or other regulation should play in addressing imbalances; and
• What the financial services sector can and should do to strengthen female and minority access to the top.
Rachel Reeves MP, former Bank of England Economist and member of the Business and Enterprise Committee, will chair the debate. We have invited Lord Davies of Abersoch; Clare Dobie, Immediate Past President of the Women’s City Network and witness for the Treasury Committee’s ‘Women in the City’ inquiry; Trupti Patel, Associate at Social Finance; and Andrew Roscoe, Egon Zehnder International to make short remarks ahead of a debate with attendees. We’re delighted this debate is supported by Egon Zehnder International and the London Stock Exchange.
To attend this event, please RSVP with Nick Maxwell, Young Fabians Networks Officer. For more information about the Young Fabians Future of Finance Network please visit its Ning page |
