IoD City, ING, State Street and WIBF are delighted to invite you to mark International Women’s Day and celebrate this year’s theme #BalanceforBetter. Gunjan Chauhan, Senior MD and member of SSGA’s Diversity Committee will be giving highlights of State Street Global Advisor’s recent research published by Dr Amlan Roy on “Why Gender Equality Matters? Better...Read More

A surge of support and celebration for women in film ahead of this year’s Oscars ceremony has prompted ODEON Cinemas to produce a range of ‘Osc-her’ statues. Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Lady Gaga (A Star is Born) and Janet Gaynor (the first ever woman to win an Oscar) have been recreated as Osc-her statues and...Read More

Award-winning Hira Ali examines the myriad of challenges women face on their road to professional success. Informed by her 13 years of coaching experience and survey responses from 300 working women, she reveals the universal internal and external roadblocks that can impede a woman’s climb to the top, regardless of her culture or geography. This...Read More

How do you build higher levels of resilience as a leader (when you are already stretched) and then show the way to a more sustainable way of working with your people? Discover how to become a more resilient and successful leader in this highly practical, half day masterclass from our partner Potential Project, the global...Read More

An evening with modern power couple – Annette Picardo (MD, UK Etsy) and Leonard Picardo (Global Marketing Director, Deliveroo). Panel hosted by Christine Armstrong (author, The Mother of All Jobs). We’re talking ambition, support and balance at The Fold’s Chelsea store. Ambition is not a dirty word. As part of this year’s International Women’s Day...Read More

Most business professionals have either heard of or perhaps even used the phrase ‘let’s walk and talk’. While this has been consigned by many to the cupboard marked ‘Americanisms’ alongside phrases such as ‘Let’s run that idea up the flagpole’, new evidence has recently emerged that suggests that walking and talking may actually have significant...Read More

Siobhan is a Partner and Board member of Mercer Ltd (UK), a global professional services firm, leading their HR function across the UK. She previously worked at Ernst & Young and KPMG, leading complex global change projects for clients and has been based in London and Edinburgh since 2005.  Siobhan took her PhD in Forensic...Read More