London also hosted a Risky Women event in April launching the Women in Finance Charter and were pleased to have Jayne-Anne Gadhia, CEO of Virgin Money, who lead the review and outlined how to implement the recommendations of “Empowering Productivity: harnessing the talents of women in financial services” there to present the voluntary Charter to the audience.
Thomson Reuters were the first non-banking signatory and as David Craig, our President of Financial and Risk, said at the time “It isn’t about meeting gender targets today – it’s about creating an environment, a culture, which attracts and retains the best people because it offers them the opportunity to succeed and to excel; it’s about an open and inclusive culture that drives better performance.”