As signatories to the Women In Finance Charter we have pledged our support for gender balance across financial services.


What is the Women in Finance Charter?

The Charter is a commitment by the Government and signatory firms across the finance sector, to work together to build a more balanced and fair industry and to create gender balance, particularly at mid and higher levels across financial services firms.

When we signed up to the Charter in 2020, 34% of our senior management population were women (which includes our Executive Committee and Executive direct reports). We set a target of 40% to be achieved by January 2023.

We exceeded our initial target for representation of women at senior management level, reaching 43% in September 2021. Building on this success, we established a more ambitious goal in January 2024 to achieve and maintain representation within a 45 to 55% range by the end of 2026.

As at September 2025, 60% of our senior management population are women.

  • 1. Inclusive Culture

    Create an environment where colleagues can be themselves at work, perform at their best and belong.

  • 2. Leadership & Governance

    Create shared ownership and hold ourselves accountable for making progress.

  • 3. Talent Management

    Attract, recruit, develop and retain the best diverse talent to create high performing innovative teams.

  • 4. Inclusive by Design

    Remove the structural barriers to inclusion, providing fair, equitable and accessible practices with opportunities for all.

  • 5. Community & Supply Chain

    Diversify our supply chain and community partners, collaborate with them to achieve our DE&I goals together.

Our Place to Be You plan outlines a programme of focused initiatives to enable us to achieve these goals. We want everyone to feel able to be their authentic selves at work and achieve their potential.