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FN100 Women: Sponsorship is key in swelling ranks

The European finance industry must focus on championing, not mentoring, its female talent, say those on the 2015 FN100 Women list

From left to right: Helena Morrissey, Dame Colette Bowe, Marisa Drew, Sheila Nicoll, Nadia Swann, Clare Woodman
From left to right: Helena Morrissey, Dame Colette Bowe, Marisa Drew, Sheila Nicoll, Nadia Swann, Clare Woodman Photo: Vicki Couchman

To bring yet more women into the top tiers of European finance, the industry must focus on championing, not mentoring, its female talent. That is the view of many women in senior positions in European finance.

Financial News asked those on the 2015 list of most influential women whether formal mentoring schemes were an effective means to tackle the gender imbalance in the financial sector.

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