Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the Financial Services Summit 2023 | City & Financial Global | 26 September 2023 | TBA, London

The programme will focus on the challenge of getting ethnic diversity right at all levels in the hybrid working environment and effectively encouraging businesses to do things differently. Why is being “ethnically diverse” good for business? What should the UK government’s role be in monitoring racial inclusion and diversity in the sector and how should it use its powers to accelerate change?

This in-person conference will feature insightful presentations from, and informed debate between, senior experts and government representatives on the key topics involved.

Key Topics to Be Discussed:
• Moving the dial on ethnic diversity & inclusion in financial services: the regulator’s role
• Ethnically diverse - what does it actually mean? What are we doing to achieve ethnic diversity and inclusion in the current hybrid working environment, and is it working?
• Why is being “ethnically diverse” good for business?
• What is stopping us from recruiting ethnically diverse people and why can’t we keep them? Using data to explore cultural barriers to ethnic diversity and accelerate ethnic inclusion in financial services
• Ethnic diversity and inclusion in the banking, insurance, professional services and asset management sectors - What have we learnt so far and what could we do better?
• Black women in business – “Let’s talk about race in the workplace”
• Getting better at having hard conversations and the importance of an intersectional approach in attracting and keeping an ethnically diverse workforce. The future framework in the financial and professional services industry – how can we make it up to the younger generation?

Who Should Attend?
Financial institutions:
• Chairs, Chief Executives, Board Directors, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officers, Chief People Officers, ERG Chairs
• Leads for/Heads of Ethnicity, Equity, HR, Remuneration, Diversity and Inclusion, Equality, Talent, Performance and Reward, Recruitment, Learning and Development, Employee Well-being, Conduct and Culture, Public Relations/Affairs and Government Relations/Affairs

Law firms:
• Senior partners, managing partners, heads of employment law

Also:
• Prominent ethnic diversity champions in the business owner and entrepreneurial community
• Ethnic diversity networks, supporters, and key influencers

2023 Speaker

CHAIR:

Vivienne Artz OBE
Advisory Board Member and Past President, Chair, Advisor, Women in Banking and Finance, NED

2023 Partner

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