Women in Finance Charter

We signed up to the Women in Finance Charter in January 2018, and at that time, we had 18% female senior management representation. As of September 2020 we had 23% female representation in senior management which rose to 25% by December 2020.  This increased to 32% by end of 2021 and as at September 2022 we now have 37% female representation in senior management.
 
Our female representation on our executive committee has also risen from 12% (2019) to 29% (2020) and is now 38% as at September 2022, a 9% increase over the past 12 months. 
 
Our female representation at Board level remains for a second year at 29%.
 
We have made positive progress within our senior management in 2022 and need to extend this across our population with a continued focus on ensuring that at all stages of employee life cycle there is a policy of gender neutrality and that there is gender balance in recruitment shortlists.
 
Our work with Wealthiher, our commitment to Kickstart and our continued partnership with LGBT Great demonstrate our commitment to broader diversity as part of our Culture strategy.   
 
We have made great progress in 2022, however we are on a journey and have more to do with delivering against our diversity and inclusion strategy remaining a key priority for us.  We have now agreed our new Women in Finance target of 40% senior female representation by December 2023 and are actively working towards this.
 
The Brown Shipley Executive team are committed to continuing to build a diverse and inclusive culture where all employees are equally included and where all employees are celebrated for their diversity.

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