And more importantly, what can be done?

Come hear the answers this Wednesday at the launch of a new report by The National Council for Research on Women.

From the release:

In the last year, we have all been stunned by stories of financial crises, of the sudden demise of long established institutions, and the failures of leading investment professionals. In this report, The National Council for Research on Women calls for fundamental change in the systems, oversight, and leadership of our financial services sector to ensure that the talent pool for the industry includes a diversity of perspectives, including moderating and cautionary approaches, to ensure a stable, healthy, and sustainable financial system. Specifically, they call for a critical mass of women in financial institutions, resulting in greater size and quality of the talent pool and decreasing potential for group-think. They examine the proven benefits of greater diversity in business; the historical and cultural barriers for underrepresented groups; and offer solutions to overcome those barriers.

With crisis comes opportunity – in this case, an opportunity to bring greater diversity to the rarified realms of finance and to infuse the global marketplace with new thinking, broader perspectives, greater transparency, and more sustainable solutions. A panel of experts will discuss how we can take this opportunity to promote women’s leadership in fund management and throughout the corporate space.

Speakers:
Melinda Wolfe, Head of Professional Development, Bloomberg L.P. — Welcome
Linda Basch, President, National Council for Research on Women
Jacki Zehner, Founding Partner, Circle Financial Group and
Board Member Emerita, National Council for Research on Women

Additional speakers to be announced.

Please RSVP to ncrw@ncrw.org