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The Path to Parity: Women in the Workplace

WOMEN AT THE TOP LUXEMBOURG

16th June 2022 | The Philharmonie Luxembourg

Presented by

In Partnership with

Associate Sponsor

Only 28% of leadership roles and 34% of board positions in STOXX Europe 600 companies are held by women.

Despite a cultural push for gender equality across Europe and mandated boardroom quotas in some of the bloc’s biggest countries, women are still underrepresented in the upper echelons of corporate life.

The pandemic is also taking a toll. Women are now significantly more burned out from the “double double shift”, adding to the risk that they will retreat from management positions.

The Financial Times has partnered with the Luxembourg Times to present this conference on gender equality in business.

We explored the skills and strategies you need to get to the top; heard leadership lessons from some of Europe’s most powerful businesswomen; and discovered the practical and measurable actions companies can take to improve gender balance.

Stuck in the middle:
How to go from manager to leader

The skills that got you to where you are now may not be the ones you need to get to the next level. How can you act – and think – like a leader?

View from the top:
Leading through the pandemic

The pandemic has presented the ultimate leadership test for chief executives. How can you turn crisis into opportunity?

Beyond the rhetoric: The path to parity

How can companies take real action to improve gender balance? Business leaders share the best practices they’ve adopted and the challenges that still linger.

World-class business leaders and speakers

Céline Assimon

CEO

De Beers Jewellers and De Beers Forevermark

Dr. Grace Lordan

Founding Director, The Inclusion Initiative

London School of Economics

Giny Boer

CEO

C&A Europe

Sam Cooper-Gray

Head of Market Strategy and Engagement, Global Business Banking

HSBC

Brian Ballantyne

Co-founder

Men for Inclusion

Manou Hoss

Managing Partner

Elvinger Hoss Prussen

Douwe Miedema

Editor-in-Chief

Luxembourg Times

Martine Reicherts

Chairwoman

Mediahuis Luxembourg

Karin Scholtes

Global Head of People, Culture & Communication

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg

FT Chair

Andrew Hill

Consulting Editor, FT Live

Senior Business Writer, Financial Times

“The quality of the speakers was simply superb. It was the best event in recent years on Women and Careers.”

Women at the Top Luxembourg, June 2022

The Venue

Women at the Top Luxembourg took place at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, located at the center of the Place de l'Europe, a triangular square surrounded by EU administrative offices.