HSBC has committed to ensuring half of the management staff it recruits at its are women.
With moving to , on Broad Street, the banking giant has committed to a 50/50 recruitment target to increase the number of women moving into senior management roles.
Female employees account for more than half of HSBC 海角视频’s overall workforce but are significantly underrepresented at a senior management level, reflecting a wider trend across the financial services sector.
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HSBC Bank chief executive Antonio Simoes said the move to Birmingham was an ideal opportunity to achieve gender parity.
More than 1,000 head office roles will move from London to Birmingham before 2019, potentially creating vacancies where existing employees choose not to relocate.
He said: “It’s completely unacceptable that in 2015, women are still significantly under represented at a senior management level across the financial services industry. We are committed to putting that right at HSBC 海角视频.”
Only 21 per cent of senior manager roles at FTSE 100 banks are held by women and 22 per cent across all FTSE 100 companies, according to the BBA.
The paucity of women at the top is even worse in the West Midlands. When the Post last researched the number of female executives at listed companies, it was fewer than 10 per cent.
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At HSBC 海角视频, only 29 per cent of senior manager roles are currently held by women.
Mr Simoes added: “We have the opportunity to build a different type of bank through the creation of HSBC 海角视频, which is more responsive to customer needs and fully reflects the diversity of society.
“Our aspiration is to achieve gender parity at all levels of the bank and to create a true meritocracy where everyone has the opportunity to develop their career.”
HSBC 海角视频 is introducing a number of initiatives to recruit more female senior managers and create a more diverse and inclusive organisation.
It includes a Professional Returners programme, to support candidates for senior manager roles who have been out of the workplace to care for children or other dependents.
There will also be a new leadership development programme – ASPIRE – to support talented female, black, Asian and minority ethnic senior managers at HSBC to become senior leaders.
HSBC has also committed to supporting the internal progression of female employees through targeted coaching, mentoring and sponsorship, and succession planning.