Have recent media frenzies over prejudice done more to damage the cause of women in business than support it?
Can small businesses achieve the same diversity aspirations as corporate giants?
How can the gender pay gap be rectified?
This second annual summit brought together the phenomenal First Women network to debate these crucial issues and more. With a programme created by First Women Awards alumni, this day educated and inspired more than 300 attendees.
2016 speakers included:
- Caroline Dinenage MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities and Family Justice
- Charlotte Proudman - the barrister that caused a media furore when she challenged sexist behaviour on LinkedIn
- Newton boss and mother of nine Helena Morrissey
- Naeema Choudry - top employment lawyer and the first Asian woman partner at magic circle law firm Eversheds
- Dr. Pete Jones - A psychologist specialising in unconscious bias
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Welcome
The big debate
The motion: It is sometimes necessary to turn a blind eye to prejudice or inappropriate behaviour in order to further the cause of women in business and the professions.
Charlotte Proudman
barrister, The Chambers of Michael Mansfield Q.C.
Kate Lester
founder & CEO, Diamond Logistics
Mandeep Rai
CEO, Creative Visions Global
Katherine Ryan
comedian
Mind the Gap
Why does a gender pay gap persist and what can be done to rectify it?
Marguerite Ulrich
HR director, Veolia UK
Caroline Dinenage MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Women and Equalities and Family Justice
Naeema Choudry
partner, Eversheds
Lisa Jones
advisory board member, Women on Boards
In practice - A case study interview with Bupa
Coffee
Overcoming unconscious bias
Is it possible to re-programme a generation?
Ruth Sacks DBA
business development director & principal lecturer, Westminster Business School
Dr. Pete Jones
chartered psychologist & chartered scientist, Shire Professional Chartered Psychologists
Wendy Hall
senior HR business partner, Schneider Electric
Lessons from abroad
The UK has a lot to learn from international diversity best practice
Damian Grimshaw
professor of employment studies, Manchester Business School
Ingrid Devin
EMEA diversity & inclusion, Dell
Hilde Hukkelberg
director, Innovation Norway UK & Ireland
Tracey Groves
partner, forensic services business ethics and compliance, PwC
My Journey
A First Women interview
Helena Morrissey CBE
CEO, Newton Investment Management
Lunch
Making it as a female comedian
An interview with Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan
comedian
Tomorrow’s Women
How do we support the next generation of female leaders in business?
Yvonne Baker
chief executive, MyScience
Grace Boswood
COO, BBC Digital & Engineering
Helen Fraser CBE
chief executive, Girls' Day School Trust
Lucy Haynes
director, member relations, CBI
Achieving gender diversity in an SME
Ambitious diversity aspirations are all well and good in corporate giants, but the implications can sometimes be punishing for smaller companies
Anabel Fielding
CEO, Quintessentially Events
Sarah Hunt
founder, EquityFD
Claire Edmunds
founder & CEO, Clarify
Sadie Morgan
director & founding partner, dRMM Architects
In practice - a case study interview with Elegant Resorts
Sally Booth
head of brand, Elegant Resorts
Coffee
Man up
How do we get men involved in the gender diversity debate?
Mark McLane
global head of diversity & inclusion, Barclays
Richard Chapman-Harris
equality, diversity and inclusion manager, Mott MacDonald
Hilary Thomas
partner, KPMG
Dawn Ohlson
UK director of systems, Thales UK
My biggest achievement, my biggest regret
Fast paced presentations from four First Women
Poppy Mardall
founder, Poppy's Funerals
Karen Hester
chief operating officer, Adnams
Jan Flawn CBE
chair, PJ Care
Anne Minors
design principal, Sound Space Vision
Close and networking drinks reception
Firms who attended in 2016 include
- 2to3days.com
- Adnams
- Aman Foundation UK
- Angela Mortimer
- Anthena Business Psychologists
- Arriva
- BBC
- BBC Radio 4
- BNP Paribas
- BVCA
- Balance Recruitment
- Barclays
- Bennetts Associates
- Blackstone Solicitors
- Bloomberg
- Blue Acorns
- Bluebox
- Bosom Buddies UK
- Boult Wade Tennant
- Bristol Thali Company
- British Business Bank
- Browne Jacobson
- Bupa
- BuroHappold Engineering
- CBI
- CBM
- CTI
- Centrica
- Chwarae Teg
- City Women's Network
- Claire Lea Associates
- Clarify
- ClearScore
- Cooley
- Corporate Traveller
- Creative Visions Global
- DRMM Architects
- Dell
- Dentons
- Dephna
- DevaniSoft
- Diamond Logistics
- Digital UK
- EMC
- Elegant Resorts
- EquityFD
- Eversheds
- First Mile
- Flowers by Neeva Jay
- Fly Research
- Freeformers
- GE Capital
- Global Woman
- Goodfellow Cambridge
- Grace Belgravia
- Gravity Planning & Research
- Green Gourmet
- Happy Bodies Gym
- Hardwicke
- Harvest Digital
- HerbTality
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hoare Lea
- Innovation Norway UK & Ireland
- Investec Bank
- Jeanius Consulting
- KM Media Group
- KPMG
- Keens Shay Keens MK
- Knockhall Academy
- L.E.K Consulting
- LV=
- Liz Wood HR Services
- MASECO Private Wealth
- MK Community Foundation
- MK Dons
- Manchester Business School
- MasterCard
- Miller UK
- MircoLoan Foundation
- Mishcon de Reya
- Mott MacDonald
- MyScience.co
- National Energy Foundation
- Natwest Bank
- New Horizons London
- Newcross Healthcare Solutions
- Newton Investment Management
- Nicole Farhi
- OneMK
- Onion Academy
- OpenMarket
- P&O; Ferries
- PJ Care
- Pagefield
- People Tree
- Pertemps
- Poppy's Funerals
- Poyry Management Consulting
- PwC My Financepartner
- Quintessentially Events
- RBS
- RSM International
- Redington
- Rettig UK
- RhysJones Consultants
- SEMLEP
- Saïd Business School University of Oxford
- Schneider Electric
- Sheridan & Co
- Shire Professional Chartered Psychologists
- Skyscanner
- Sound Space Vision
- Splash Damage
- St Richard's CE First School
- Start Up Loans
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- Stephens Scown
- TSB
- Talarius
- Tanglewood Healthcare
- Th1ng
- Thales
- The Alphabet Collective
- The Business Magazine
- The Chambers of Michael Mansfield Q.C.
- The Harefield Academy
- The Huffington Post
- The Oil and Pipelines Agency
- The Stables
- Tinder Foundation
- Treadgold Executive Development
- Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions
- UKTI
- University of Oxford
- ValiRx
- Veolia UK
- Virgo Health
- Vodafone
- We Are The City
- Westminster Business School
- Westward Consultants
- Wilson James
- Winton Capital
- Women In Business
- Women on Boards
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