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.
What are we doing?
In 2023 we launched our Place to Be You Strategy, which set out our five strategic DE&I Goals:
Inclusive Culture
Create an environment where colleagues can be themselves at work, perform at their best and belong.
Leadership & Governance
Create shared ownership and hold ourselves accountable for making progress.
Talent Management
Attract, recruit, develop and retain the best diverse talent to create high performing innovative teams.
Inclusive by Design
Remove the structural barriers to inclusion, providing fair, equitable and accessible practices with opportunities for all.
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.