Together hosted its sixth Women in Finance summit in Birmingham on 18th November, led by managing director of intermediary sales Tanya Elmaz.
The event focused on supporting female professionals in finance and included a session called ‘Be The CEO of Your Life’, delivered by career development expert Jo Phillips.
Phillips said: “Women will adapt their behaviours based on societal or systemic expectations.
“When they’re ready for promotion, they won’t necessarily self-promote. Instead, they’re much more likely to promote others.
“Women are expected to be selfless, to use ‘we’ instead of ‘I’, which means 30% of their career success is fundamentally undermined because they’re not practicing self-advocacy.”
Phillips added: “The only way we’ll achieve equity is by working together. We need to make systemic and societal barriers visible so women can navigate and dismantle them.”
Elmaz said: “This event is deeply important to me because it represents more than just dialogue, it’s about driving real, measurable change.
“By providing tools and strategies that women can use in the workplace we hope to give everyone a fair chance in achieving both their potential and their ambition.
“My passion has always been rooted in creating environments where every voice is heard and valued, because diversity isn’t a box to tick; it’s the foundation of progress.”
Elmaz added: “When we talk about diversity and representation at all levels of an organisation, we’re addressing both an ethical responsibility and a commercial benefit.”
