Just Apply: Gendered language and its broader effects

  • 8 March 2023
  • CPD Event
  • 500 PLACE(S) AVAILABLE
Background

This webcast took place on International Women’s Day, with a focus on how gendered language can adversely affect women’s progression not only in terms of applying for new roles, but for broader aspects of their career development such as training courses, participation in internal or external committees, and opportunities outside of the workplace.  

The webcast examines the long-term effects of gendered language can have on women's careers, and how it may result in women not identifying themselves as fit for opportunities, despite being aptly qualified. The panel will also investigate how women might overcome these biases and ‘Just Apply’ – to recognise, as receivers of gender-biased communications, that these are often flawed and not let this adversely affect their decision.

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Speakers

Joanne Murphy, MBA, MCIBS, Assoc CIPD

Joanne Murphy, MBA, MCIBS, Assoc CIPD

Chartered Banker Institute | Chief Operating Officer

 

Joanne Murphy is the Institute's Chief Operating Officer delivering the Institute’s business wide digital transformation strategy and leading the strategic and annual business planning process.  Joanne’s remit includes driving our professional inclusion agenda and she has executive responsibility across a variety of business function including; Membership, Business Support, Finance, People, Innovation and Marketing.

In November 2014, following a period of significant growth at the Institute, Joanne became our first Operations Director and also the first female member of the leadership team, she led the organisational restructure which established the Operations function. With colleagues, Joanne ensures the needs of our members, clients and educational partners are identified and supported effectively by the Institute's resources.

Joanne joined the Institute to support the establishment of the Chartered Banker Professional Standards Board (CB:PSB). Joanne led the professional standards implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and devised the supporting operational infrastructure. Joanne oversaw the implementation of the CB:PSB Foundation Standard for Professional Bankers and its subsequent adoption by over 185,000 bankers globally.

Joanne has over 25 years' experience in financial services, working in a variety of roles in business and retail banking with RBS from 2002, and prior to that with GE Capital. Joanne’s career began working in marketing and research at Scottish Television in London. Joanne is a qualified learning professional with expertise in six sigma methodology, in consulting and project capacity her activities include outsourcing, international relocation and process improvement.

Joanne, is a member of both the Institute and of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and holds an MBA in Banking and Finance. 

Dr. Iwi Ugiagbe-Green

Dr. Iwi Ugiagbe-Green

Manchester Metropolitan University | Reader

 

Iwi has worked in higher education for over 20 years in wide range of professional services and academic roles. She is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and completed an Executive MBA in 2010.  She worked as both a management and financial accountant for nearly a decade and wanted to be a Finance Director, before her heart took her into the brilliant world of accounting education.  

She is currently a Reader in the Accounting, Banking & Finance department and the department lead on Postgraduate Employability.  Her current research focuses on intersectionality issues impacting on the racialised experiences of students in the academy, with particular focus on student transition from higher education to the graduate labour market and closing degree awarding gaps.

Alexandra Stanton

Alexandra Stanton

AVS Corporate Culture Consultancy | Corporate Culture Consultant

 

Alexandra is a lawyer by background and practised finance law for many years, first for various international law firms and then for a global investment bank, managing legal and reputational risk. In 2017 she joined a first line of control team to manage conduct risk for the sales and trading division of the bank.  Her role involved designing and implementing controls for front office, mainly in response to remediation and incoming regulation. A key aspect of that role - and a particular interest of hers - is driving cultural change as a supplement to controls, in line with the FCA's Transforming Culture in Financial Services agenda. This aligns closely with her interest in EDI, honed by seven years as founder and co-chair of BNP Paribas’ Parents and Carers Network, being a steerco member of the Women’s Internal Network for over a decade and a further four years co-leading the Retention stream of the business-led initiative, Women in Global Markets, also at BNP Paribas.  

In 2021, Alexandra set up her own consultancy to focus on culture change full-time and now supports a range of different organisations in this highly complex and nuanced area. She combines the ability to navigate large and complex organisations and drive change and better business outcomes through effective stakeholder management with the rigour gained from over 25 years’ legal and control function experience both in law firms and in financial services.

Carolyn Hughes

Carolyn Hughes

Square Peg HR | Director

 

Carolyn is an organisational development and talent management consultant with more than 20 years’ experience of providing consultancy to the private, public and third sectors. Graduating from Edinburgh University with an MA in Social Anthropology, Carolyn went on to qualify as a Careers Advisor and began her professional life providing careers education and advice to both adults and secondary school pupils in Tyneside. She then moved into resourcing and assessment, providing in-house consultancy to a number of large corporate organisations and start-up outsourcing businesses.  Carolyn progressed to senior manager with a FTSE 100 professional services organisation running a business psychology offering across Scotland, North East England and Northern Ireland, working on high profile government and public sector contracts.

With an MSc in Behavioural Science, Carolyn maintains a keen interest in organistional psychology, utilising her experience to support SMEs and third sector organisations with people and business related projects. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and a Test User: Occupational, Personality (formerly Level A and B) and has undertaken further training in psychometric tools relating to psychological safety, resilience, decision-making and strengths.

Amy Mann

Amy Mann

NatWest Group | Recruitment Content Specialist

 

Amy is a Digital Content Specialist within NatWest Group’s Talent Acquisition function. She leads a team of digital content specialists who are responsible for creating engaging, inclusive and legally compliant job advert content for all NatWest Group jobs. Amy introduced the concept of inclusive job adverts for women a few years ago, and following the success they have seen in terms of increasing the diversity of applicants, her team is now implementing this across all NatWest Group adverts. While her team's focus so far has been on the ways NatWest Group can encourage more women to consider a career in financial services through their advert content, they have now extended their focus to encourage neurodiverse candidates to consider a career with NatWest Group too.

 

Date and Schedule

Wednesday 8th March 2023

14:00-15:00 GMT

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