HerFinance Circle: New Yorkshire community aims to help women reach top finance roles
Senior female finance leaders in Yorkshire are being invited to join a newly created regional community that aims to help more women reach the top of the finance industry.
HerFinance Circle, the brainchild of Jenny Martin, a director at specialist finance recruiter Headstar, has been launched in response to the gender imbalance in senior finance roles.
According to Cranfield University’s Female FTSE Board Report 2024, just 24 per cent of the top boardroom roles, including the position of chief financial officer, in FTSE 150 companies are held by women.
Ms Martin said: “I was shortlisting for a £150k CFO role, and my list was overwhelmingly male. Despite excellent representation of women at financial controller level, there’s still a sharp drop-off when it comes to CFO and finance director positions, with C-suite finance roles still very male dominated.”
The first official HerFinance Circle event takes place on Monday 22 September, 8:30am - 11am at Box in Leeds.