The financial services industry, historically a male-dominated sector, is transforming and developing the diversity of its talent base at a phenomenal pace, write Marianne Birch and Ariuka Altangerel.
We invited two female bankers – a grandmaster and a graduate – to share their view of the industry from their respective perches to coincide with International Women’s Day.
New generations of bankers have clear sight of so many inspiring women at the executive and board level across the industry.Overall, our graduate and intern applicants are typically 35 per cent female, but we still recruit equal numbers of males and females from those applicants.and one of the things that’s really struck me over recent years is the maturity and the exceptional talent we are seeing.
This network has also enabled me to juggle family and work, which is equally true for men and women in the industry.and career breaks and the support available to ease them back into the workplace with flexibility.For my career, the task has been to simply focus on the work at hand, and I have been fortunate to be part of an organisation where gender has never been a barrier.
It also allows us to challenge each other’s perspectives in forming better collective decisions, improves understanding of regional and sectoral differences and gives us greater empathy in serving a much broader client and community base. Frankly, it also makes for a much more interesting workplace.
As a female starting my career in financial services, the general and overwhelming feedback going into the industry is that historically, it has been male dominated.
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