DE&I: Supporting women in the workplace

Join us in our London office on Wednesday 13th July when we’ll be bringing together a group of experts to discuss and provide insights into how you can support and retain women in your business.

Agenda

Hot topics in women's health and wellbeing: Amanda Cran will host and introduce this seminar, kicking off the morning by highlighting hot topics in women's health and wellbeing. 

Modern Families Index research results: Oliver Daniels will share insights from the most comprehensive study of how working parents manage the balance between work and family life in the U.K., looking at the changing needs people have in a post-pandemic world, and the support they're seeking. There will also be discussion around resources available to employers, to help their employees with their work-life balance.

Gender savings gap: Jill Henderson will explore the gender savings gap, its root causes, and how to best offset it. Taking into account the common challenge of disrupted work patterns across the female workforce, she will also discuss some of the ways that employers can assist women in keeping their retirement savings on track, and avoid a gender savings gap.

Encouraging an inclusive workplace culture: Deborah Garlick will focus on employers' duty of care and anticipated changes to legislation in the women's health sphere, as well as an outline of what employers can do to ensure they have the right culture and policies in place, both to ensure compliance and best support their female staff.

Client experience case study:  Chris Andrew will provide practical tips to inspire engagement and an inclusive culture. This will be followed by an example, demonstrated by Nicolas Calvert at Peppy and Ian Cunning at Shawbrook Bank. They will take the audience through Shawbrook's reasons behind implementing Peppy's healthcare app, as well as how the programme was launched with employees and what the outcomes have been so far.

About our speakers

Oliver Daniels | Business Development Manager, Bright Horizons
In his role as Operations Manager for Backup Care, Oliver was responsible for smooth and seamless service delivery throughout the U.K. and Ireland. He led the team for eight years, developing and implementing improved systems and processes, as well as growing and maintaining the largest Backup Care provider network. Since moving to Business Development just over a year ago, Oliver has brought new family-friendly employers on board and regularly joined thought leadership and networking events. 

Jill Henderson | Strategic Partnerships Director, Scottish Widows
Jill celebrates 25 years at Scottish Widows this year and most of this time has been spent in and around Workplace Pensions. She has a long-standing passion for financial equality, and is Chair of the Sottish Widows Women In Retirement workstream, as well as a board member of the Scottish Widows Inclusion and Diversity board. Jill is also an Ambassador for Insuring Women’s Futures and co-ordinator for International Women’s day which includes colleague and customer engagement. Jill was recognised as Professional Pensions' Saleswoman of the Year in 2020 for her work in financial equality.

Deborah Garlick | CEO, Henpicked 
Deborah is passionate about helping people live better lives by raising awareness and understanding of the menopause. She is CEO and founder of Henpicked, and author of Menopause: The change for the better. Deborah and her team have been working with organisations U.K.-wide and internationally for over six years, making it easier for them to introduce the right training, policies, and practices that will raise awareness, as well as increase education and support in this critical area. 

Chris Andrew | Strategy Director, Caburn Hope
Chris is Strategy Director at Caburn Hope, a group of leading and global award-winning communication experts, strategists, and designers. Part of the Buck family, Caburn Hope have been creating and delivering inspirational marketing-led HR and IC campaigns since 1993, working both locally and globally with some of the largest and most progressive brands in the world, including Unilever, Sage, eBay, S&P Global, Pfizer, L'Oreal, and BP. 

Nicolas Calvert | Commercial Account Executive, Peppy 
Nicolas joined Peppy as the second sales person when the company still had less than 20 employees. Aside from managing direct sales with clients like Shawbrook Bank, he also looks after Peppy's NHS workstream and the revenue operations side of the growth department. Nick joined Peppy after working for the largest importer of Italian wine in Thailand. His background before sales is in hospitality operations, which brought him to work in Asia for seven years. 

Ian Cunning | Group Head of Reward, Shawbrook Bank
With over 20 years' experience in rewards and benefits, Ian has worked for financial institutions including HSBC and JLL, and joined  Shawbrook Bank as their Group Head of Reward in 2016.