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Capgemini names new managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... held various leadership positions during her 24-year career at Deloitte and is also currently a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW). Pietschner said O'Brien is a recognised leader in the industry and brings a wealth of experience that drives customer ...

Shock statistics on gender gap on boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has revealed that while the pay gap has decreased from 0.6%, women are still significantly underrepresented in leadership. WGEA reported that the national gender pay gap has dropped to 13.4% ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, sexual harassment policies, and pro-women brand. On average, GEI companies are recruiting more women than they are losing with 69% having a strategy for recruiting women ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... inequality. They believe the government didn't have an adequate plan in place to address the issue as the gap is impacting women and ethnic minorities most. Oxfam Australia chief executive Lyn Morgain said as hundreds of thousands of people were losing ...

ERS a setback for young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... account. Young workers were twice as likely to close their super accounts compared to members aged over 35. "In both tranches, women were more likely to have their account closed as a result of early release payments, compared to men in the same age ...

HESTA announces award finalists

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... health literacy sessions for culturally and linguistically diverse communities and a free online career support program for women in need. The finalists include Ishar Multicultural Women's Health Services, Bendigo Health Facilities Management Team and ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... again shone an unwanted spotlight on the financial services industry, calling into question the sector's treatment of women. Over the past 12 months, sexual harassment in financial services has come to the fore, with this just the latest in a slew ...

Flexstone appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... Flexstone's ESG strategy at portfolio and firm level. Gilbert's three objectives will be: to reach a target of 40% women in Flexstone's investment teams by 2030; to make the firm carbon neutral by 2050; and to produce ESG reports for each ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... since then the fund has managed to transform its diversity for the better. "Of the 15 new hires we had in 2020, 53% are women (we recognise this doesn't speak to gender identities that sit outside the binary, and we hope to explore that over time, too) ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund with the highest percentage of women membership has been called out for not prioritising board diversity initiatives in the companies it invests in. Rest, with 1.8 million members of which 60% are women, was grilled ...