英国金融业将聘用更多女性高管
Finance bosses have agreed to hire more female executives -- or face cuts to their pay.
金融业的老板们同意聘用更多女性高管，否则他们将面临减薪。
The UK biggest banks and insurers -- as well as some leading US banks and investment firms -- have signed up to a British government initiative designed to bring more women into top positions. Among other commitments, they agreed to link the bonuses of their senior executive teams to the appointment of women to leadership positions.
The companies include big UK banks like Barclays (BCLYF) and HSBC (HSBC), as well as Deutsche Bank (DB), Morgan Stanley (MS) and BlackRock (BLK).
Together, the 72 firms employ over 500,000 people across the UK.
The firms agreed to set internal targets for gender diversity in their senior management, publish progress reports every year, and appoint a senior executive responsible for gender diversity and inclusion.
"A growing number of chief executives and boards within the sector are taking the issue seriously and recognize the strong link between greater gender balance and improved productivity and performance," said Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the chief executive of Virgin Money.