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Women in finance

We've signed up to the Women in Finance Charter, which demonstrates our commitment to gender equality and supports our belief in diversity of thought.
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Our Pledges

Achieving diversity and balanced mix of skills, independence and experience will be the key factor in any new appointment to our Board, Executive and Senior leadership teams where selecting the most suitable candidate will remain paramount.

No candidate shall be discriminated against on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, age, social circumstances or any other factor.

When the Society signed up to the Charter in 2019, we set out, subject to the considerations above, to:

  • maintain at least 33% male and at least 33% female representation at board level
  • achieve and maintain a rolling average of at least 37% male and at least 37% female representation across the combined Executive and Senior leadership teams, by end of 2020.

Our Progress - 2025

Each year as part of the annual planning cycle we challenge ourselves to review our targets.

According to the charter rules any organisation achieving 45+% female representation in senior roles would be categorised as achieving gender parity in senior roles.

We achieved this at the end of 2024 and at the time of reporting we have maintained this throughout 2025.

We will continue to track internally to ensure we maintain our position.