9th April 2025

Building a diverse future in finance

Financial services; not the industry with the best reputation for being the most diverse, across any measure.

We all know the stats; that the average adviser is aged 58 (this somehow seems not to have changed since I started in the industry 20 years ago!). That only 16% of advisers are female. That ethnic minorities, people from a low socio-economic background and the LGBTQ+ community are all woefully under-represented.

But wait there’s more. A survey of the fintechs in our sector showed that less than 10% of them were founded by, or even are now run by, women. Plus, if we look to compliance, 96% of senior manager functions are held by men. Which is crazy.

Read Cathi’s full article with PIMFA here.

Cathi Harrison

Founder & CEO

Cathi is the Founder and CEO at Verve, with a background in finance and special interests in AI, championing female leadership, and diversity in financial services.

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