Women in Finance Summit 2021 – Build Back Balanced

As part of its well-established portfolio of high-level diversity events, many of which have enjoyed government support, City & Financial Global is delighted to be organising the 5th edition of the Annual Women in Finance Summit, which is being held in partnership with Women in Banking and Finance and 20-First, on the 8th of July 2021.

This high-profile forum builds on the success of the previous four editions of the Women in Finance conference and the other four diversity portfolio events that City & Financial Global and its partners have held in the past.

Themes to Be Discussed

• Gender balance: An ever-greater business imperative for the city

• Women leading in challenging times. Building Back Better = Building Back Balanced

• The impact of Brexit, COVID-19 & remote working on women, couples and companies

• Collecting reliable data to set clear race and gender diversity targets

• Celebrating success and sharing the story – female leadership in professional services

• The antidote to diversity and inclusion fatigue – join us for a thought-provoking discussion with prominent business leaders following the release of the first-year report published as part of WIBF’s (Women in Banking and Finance) Accelerating Change Together Research Programme

• CEOs who ‘get’ gender balance - and deliver it

• “Are we still sending our daughters into companies designed for our dads?”

Speakers include:

• John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister

• Catherine McGuinness, Chair of the UK Government Diversity Taskforce and Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee at the City of London Corporation

• Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO, 20-First

• Richard Iferenta, Vice Chair, KPMG and Chair, Race Equality Leadership Team, Business in the Community

• Sherry Madera, Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance and Chief Industry & Government Affairs Officer, Refinitiv

• Beatrice Hamza Bassey, Board Chair, Union Bank of Nigeria; Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Atlas Mara

• Sandra Finley, President & CEO, League of Black Women

• Yetunde Hoffman, Founder and Director, Solaris

• Tiger Tyagarajan, CEO, Genpact

• Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard and Global Chair, 30% Club

• Liz Hughes, Director of Thought Leadership at WIBF and Director of WIBF’s ACT Research Programme

• Dr. Grace Lordan, Academic Researcher for the WIBF ACT Research Programme, Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Founding Director of the Inclusion Initiative, and Author of “Think Big: Take small steps and build the future you want”

• Kate Phillips, Chief Operating Officer, Financial Crime, NatWest Group

• Ronan Dunne, Executive VP & Group CEO, Verizon Consumer Group

• Vivienne Artz OBE, Chief Privacy Officer & Managing Director, London Stock Exchange Group

• Marie-Anne Haegeman, Board Member and Chief Risk Officer, Euroclear Bank

• Patricia Cobian, Chief Financial Officer, Virgin Media – O2

• Katrien Goossens, Diversity & Inclusion Lead BeNeLux, ING

• Claire Godding, Senior Expert at FEBELFIN for Diversity, Inclusion & Societal Needs and Co-Chair, Women in Finance BE

• Kate Grussing, Managing Director, Sapphire Partners

• Sabrina Wilson, MD, Global co-head of Futures, Clearing and FX Prime Brokerage at Citi

• Michael Cole-Fontayn, Chairman, AFME

• Georgina Philippou, Senior Advisor to the FCA on the Public Sector Equality Duty

• Elise Badoy, Head of EMEA Equity Research at Citi & Head of Research at WIBF

• Mark Freed, CEO, Men for Inclusion/Ew2

• Catherine Johnson, Group General Counsel, London Stock Exchange Group

Delegate Fees:

£350 + VAT (£300 + VAT if registered by 13th June)

Use discount code ‘*WIF5WIBF *’ to receive a 30% discount off the above fee.