Studies have shown that having a mother in a STEM field like finance will increase a young girl’s likelihood to take the same career path 48% more than it will for young males. Showing that an increase in the gender diversity in finance now will lead to continued and greater diversity in the future.

SSRN, STEM Parents and Women in Finance, Published 5/2017

Women, and especially women of color, are underrepresented in the leadership of North American financial industry firms. While women make up 30% of the entry-level positions at these firms, they make up only 17% of C-suite positions, which drops to just 1% for women of color.

McKinsey, Leadership perspectives on promoting women in financial services , Published 9/2018

Economic models have shown that locking women out of the labor force is actually detrimental to global economies. In the extreme, a complete lack of women in the labor force reduces income per capita by almost 40%.

UB Economics, Aggregate Costs of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market , Published 2/2014

Research by Mercer has found women studying finance are almost 50% more likely to say they don’t know enough about investment management (IM) to consider it as a career option.

Money Management, Where are all the women?, Published 8/2018

Only 6 of the 107 largest public financial institutions in the United States had women in the role of CEO.

Deloitte, Diversifying the path to CEO in financial services, Published 7/2020