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BC Partners on why women can rise on merit alone: ‘BC has never made me feel like I’m a female chief executive’

By adopting a ‘gender-blind’ recruitment policy, the private equity firm has ended up with four portfolio companies led by women

'A CEO is a CEO whether they are American, English, male or female. It's about the best person for the job'
'A CEO is a CEO whether they are American, English, male or female. It's about the best person for the job'

As private equity firms set diversity targets for their portfolio companies to get more women in leadership roles, one says a gender-blind policy is the way to go.

London-based BC Partners hires chief executives purely based on merit – and as a result it now boasts four companies in its portfolio with women at the helm: Pronovias, VetPartners, Women’s Care Enterprises and Elysium Healthcare.

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