Exclusive: ‘When I started, diversity didn’t really exist’, says Bank of America’s international head of ESG August 19, 2021 In this series, City A.M. zooms in on a range of successful women in the Square Mile, some being movers and shakers in their respective fields – rule makers, not rule takers – while others are rising stars worth keeping an eye on. Today: Andrea Sullivan, international head of ESG at Bank of America. An M&A [...]
Women on City board seats up by more than a third since 2016 July 19, 2021 Women hold 39 per cent more positions on boardrooms than they did five years ago, according to a report by New Financial. The think tank published its evaluation of the impact of a government effort to increase gender diversity in the City’s financial services firms. The proportion of women sitting on boards across the UK [...]
Women account for a third of financial services boards, report says July 19, 2021 Women now make up a third of boards at 200 of the top British financial firms according to a report, as the government marks five years since it set out to improve gender balance in the male-dominated sector. The number of females on company board has risen to 32 per cent, think tank New Financial [...]
Half of all employed women in UK reconsidering career options post-pandemic July 14, 2021 Nearly half of all UK women are currently reconsidering their career options to allow more flexibility, according to new research, shared with City A.M. Over the last 16 months, the pandemic has changed routines and the way people work, however with the UK now given the go-ahead to return to the office from mid-July, it [...]
Sunday Times Rich List: Who are the UK’s wealthiest women? May 21, 2021 The lack of women in the boy’s club of billionaires was loud and clear in the Sunday Times Rich List released, so where and who are the UK’s wealthiest women? Bet365’s Denise Coates, who leads the online gambling company after re-mortgaging her father’s chain of betting shops to raise the cash to expand her website, [...]
Exclusive: ‘When I started, diversity didn’t really exist’, says Bank of America’s international head of ESG May 19, 2021 In this series, City A.M. zooms in on a range of successful women in the Square Mile, some being movers and shakers in their respective fields – rule makers, not rule takers – while others are rising stars worth keeping an eye on. Today: Andrea Sullivan, international head of ESG at Bank of America. An M&A [...]
Women of the City: Ayesa Latif at Citi April 15, 2021 In this series, City A.M. zooms in on a range of successful women in the Square Mile, some being movers and shakers in their respective fields – rule makers, not rule takers – while others are rising stars worth keeping an eye on. Today: Ayesa Latif, managing director, head of EMEA electronic FX Sales at [...]
Women of the City: Joanne Hannaford at Goldman Sachs April 7, 2021 In this series, City A.M. zooms in on a range of successful women in the Square Mile, some being movers and shakers in their respective fields – rule makers, not rule takers – while others are rising stars worth keeping an eye on. Today: Joanne Hannaford, head of engineering in EMEA and head of regulatory [...]