From Gender Division to Gender Dialogue
14th May 2026, London Stock Exchange and online
What happened on the day
Impactful talks and workshops with high-level speakers and a ministerial address from Seema Malhotra MP.
Candid discussion around where allyship is now, what closes gender gaps, where we need to go next and how we keep up momentum and accountability.
Release of new research around male FTSE 350 CEOs and Chairs of the UK’s top 50 private companies: Shaping Gender Balance – Perspectives from Senior Male Leaders
Research Partner: FTSE Women Leaders Review
Research Sponsor: KPMG
Research fireside chat
Vivienne Artz OBE – FTSE Women Leaders Review
Simon Albrighton – KPMG
Moderator: Mary Macleod – August Leadership
Panel 1 – Where is allyship now?
Claudina D’Costa – JLL UK
Bryn Doyle – Lewis Silkin
Richie Jones – Ipsos
Helen Gaier – Scottish Power
Moderator: Sam McCabe – Women in Property
Scottish Widows fireside chat
Susan Hope – Scottish Widows
Moderator: Dr Claire Thorne – TechSheCan
Panel 2 – What closes the gaps in practice?
Debbie Sheffield – Scottish Widows
Stephanie Eynon – BSI
Ryan Davies – NatWest
Nick Singh – IKEA
Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE – Inclusion in Finance
Moderator: Daniele Fiandaca – Token Man
Panel 3 – Where do we go next?
Sophie Wardell – Higgs LLP
Anja Beriro – Browne Jacobson
Joanna Aunon – WiHTL & Diversity in Retail
Moderator: Heejung Chung – King’s College London Business School (GIWL)
Financial Times fireside chat
Michael Hepburn – Financial Times
Moderator: Rukasana Bhaijee – Financial Times
Panel 4 – Momentum and accountability
Catherine Garrod – Compelling Culture
Salma Azad – IKEA
Andrew Frost – JLL
Richard Stevens – Go South West/Go-Ahead Group
Moderator: Dr Poornima Luthra – Imperial College Business School
With thanks to our sponsors
Headline: Scottish Widows
Gold: Compelling Culture • Financial Times • JLL • IKEA • BSI • Scottish Power • NatWest • Lewis Silkin LLP
Silver: Anglo American • Go-Ahead Group • Higgs LLP • Browne Jacobson LLP • Ipsos
and partners
30% Club UK • Auto 30% Club • AXIS Network (Wood PLC) • Bloom • CMI • Credit Week • Diversity in Retail/WiHTL • Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse (EIDA) • Equality Starts at Home • FFinc • Harrington Starr • Inclusion & Diversity in Nuclear (IDN) • Inclusion in Finance • King’s College London Business School (GIWL) • Powerful Women • Rail Unites for Inclusion (RUI) • RICS • Tech She Can • WeAreTheCity • WiBSE • Women Empowering Defence • Women in Banking & Finance (WIBF) • Women in Credit (Credit Strategy) • Women in Games • Women in Logistics UK (WiL) • Women in Manufacturing (WiM) • Women in New Energy • Women in Nuclear UK (WIN) • Women in Planning • Women in Property • Women in Social Housing • Women in Streaming Media • Women in the Food Industry • Women in Travel CIC • Women in Work • Women With Metal • Women’s Engineering Society (WES) • Women’s Network Forum • WUN (Women’s Utilities Network)
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