Senior Executive Programme
WIBF is keen to ensure that women are thinking about serving on Corporate and Public Boards and gain leadership qualities to become role models in our industry.
We will be running a series of events especially targeted at senior executives ranging from coaching, executive education including board service preparation, Public Board service opportunities to networking with peers across the Banking & Finance industry.
According to one of the leading international business schools in the UK, the number of women on FTSE 100 executive committees has soared by 40 per cent in 2007, figures released by Cranfield School of Management. 
Businesses with women at the top perform at least as well as those run by men, but there are large obstacles to female advancement still exist. Progress on equality has slowed in this area: at the present rate, it is estimated that it will take 65 years before there is equality in the boardroom. Why are women, despite being the equals of men, still underrepresented at the top? 
Over the last ten years or so, there has been a concerted effort to encourage a wider range of people to apply for public appointments. Traditionally, the majority of these have been filled by the “male, pale and stale” – mature white men, and there has been concern that decisions made by a group of people with a relatively narrow perspective may not be of as good quality as desirable.