Ten Powerful Women In Finance Share What Needs To Be Done To Achieve Gender Parity in the Finance Industry

Wall Street and Finance used to be an “all white boys club”. Great progress has been made and this has changed a lot recently. Of course, despite the progress, we still have a lot more work to do to achieve parity. According to this report in CNBC, less than 17 percent of senior positions in investment banks are held by women.

In our series about Women Leading the Finance Industry, we had the great pleasure to talk to scores of women who are leaders in Finance. In the course of our interview we asked each of them the following question:

“In your opinion or experience, which 3 things can be done by a)individuals b)companies and c) society to support the movement towards greater gender parity in the finance industry?”

Below you will find the insights from ten powerful women in finance. (You can click each image to read the entire interview.)

Fidelity President Kathleen Murphy

The ongoing gap is an area Fidelity has given a lot of attention to, and it’s a personal focus of mine…