Britain's finance sector too slow to hire women to top jobs

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Britain's finance ministry wants more ambitious diversity targets at financial firms as the pace of hiring women to top jobs is too slow, a review said on Tuesday.

LONDON - Britain’s finance ministry wants more ambitious diversity targets at financial firms as the pace of hiring women to top jobs is too slow, a review said on Tuesday.

A Women in Finance charter was launched in 2016 by the finance ministry in a bid to improve diversity in the financial sector where just 14% of executive committee members were women in 2015. A review by New Financial think tank of 187 of the firms found that only a third have met or exceeded their own targets.

“I am determined to see the financial services sector make progress on this,” Britain’s financial services minister John Glen said in a statement.

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People are still discriminating on jobs applications, yet they want women on top jobs? WhitePrivilege

How about just the best person for the job?

Or maybe women aren't really qualified for most of these top jobs because having a gender studies degree isn't such a great achievement.

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