Recruiting and Retaining the Best Female Financial Talent – Why Women Mean Business - London

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) presents Recruiting and retaining the best female financial Talent - why women mean business

Gender diversity in the workplace is fundamental to business success.

Research has shown that companies with more women in leadership positions are more profitable and more efficient.*

Organisations need to look at how best to recruit and retain women, especially within the finance community. In response to this increasingly important issue, the ICAEW announces its flagship conference, supported by KPMG.

Through this conference, we will explore the shared challenges facing employers, many of whom are ICAEW member firms, both training and managing accountants.

*Catalyst, McKinsey

Download full conference flyer and booking form (PDF)

Who should attend?

This conference is aimed at:

• CEOs, MDs, board directors and FDs from industry and the public sector
• Employers and managers of accountants and other finance professionals
• HR and diversity directors
• Partners and directors within accountancy firms.

Practical solutions to real business issues

As the leading UK professional accountancy body, we are well placed to bring you the latest thinking from within our membership on recruiting and retaining the best female financial talent.

The ICAEW has developed this conference to give you access to research, case studies and practical solutions facing employers. You cannot afford to miss out.

• Hear how KPMG, British Telecom and Grant Thornton have achieved success and made a real difference to their bottom line
• Look at practical solutions to help retain your female financial staff – use this to become more profitable
• Hear about how you and your business need to adapt to meet the challenges of a evolving business environment
• Look at the science and psychology behind the differences in men's and women's way of working and how understanding this can improve team dynamics
• What works and what doesn’t in recruiting and retaining women.

Speakers

Our speakers/panelists for the day are all experts in their field – they will include:

• Alison Maitland, conference chair - journalist, author and conference moderator
• Collette Dunkley - CEO, XandY Communications,
• David Dunbar - Head of BT Workstyle, BT Global Services,
• Sacha Romanavitch - Senior Partner, Grant Thornton
• Avivah Wittenberg-Cox - CEO, 20-First
• Lamia Walker - Associate Director, The Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business
• Jim Rickleton - Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office
• Dianah Worman - OBE (for services to diversity)
• Dr Glenda Stone- CEO, Aurora (wheretowork.com)
• Speaker from Opportunity Now
• A senior partner from KPMG

Costs
Members: £335 + VAT
Non-members: £375 + VAT

Booking
This is an area of growing importance for the ICAEW and its members, and this is the 2008 flagship event for the Narrowing the Gap programme. Don’t miss out – book your place today.

Please download a booking form or phone our events booking line on +44 (0)1908 248 159.

CONTACT
Jacquie Parkins
020 7920 8539
msdevents@icaew.com