DEI Challenges in the Financial Services Industry: Closing the Gender and Race Gaps in Financial Services on the Path to Creating an Equitable and Inclusive Workplace

June 13, 2023 3:15pm

Shereefat Balogun
Assistant Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation
State of Maryland

Michelle Chen
Associate General Counsel, Americas
Citadel Securities

Padma Chukka
Executive Director, IBM Cloud for Financial Services Ecosystem
IBM

Manisha Lalwani
Director and Senior Counsel
Deutsche Bank

Karine Louis
Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Program Director - Enforcement, Litigation, Investigations, Corporate Affairs, Technology and Contracts Division, Legal Group
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Women in North America remain dramatically underrepresented in the financial-services workforce— particularly at the level of senior management and above. Data reveals a “leaky pipeline” from which women are falling out in greater numbers as they progress up the career ladder, resulting in significant inequality at the top.

  • Understanding the ‘leaky pipeline’ problem in Financial Services in 2023 and a look ahead
  • Attracting and retaining diverse talent in 2023
  • Promoting an environment of both flexibility and managerial support in an increasingly hybrid work culture
  • Improving gender and racial and gender diversity as part of the broader DE&I mandate
  • Key steps to drafting and adopting discrimination-resistant personnel procedures