ABGSC Women in Finance Foundation once again sponsors “Cross Border Dialogue” event and study tour in London

This autumn the ABGSC Women in Finance Foundation was pleased to sponsor FutureBoards’ annual “Cross Border Dialogue” event in London. The event occurred on 26 September and was hosted by the Norwegian Embassy in London; it brought together members of the Norwegian and British finance industries to share experiences and discuss ideas to improve the gender balance in decision making positions in the corporate world and in the finance industry.
The event also included a study tour on 25-26 September, during which a group of female leaders from the Norwegian finance industry visited financial institutions in London, in order to gather insights and take inspiration regarding activities that could help improve the gender balance on boards and in top management roles in Norway. Stops on the tour included meetings/presentations with the Financial Times, Aviva, Norges Bank Investment Management, BNP Paribas, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and HM Treasury.

The Cross Border Dialogue event and study tour were produced by FutureBoards, a Norwegian organisation devoted to encouraging better corporate governance. The Foundation has partnered with FutureBoards to sponsor the London Cross Border Dialogue event for the last six years. The Foundation’s chair Adele Norman Pran was one of the participants at this year’s Cross Boarder Dialogue event, where she shared her experiences from the Norwegian financial industry and outlined some suggestions for improving the gender balance in the industry. She also held a presentation at the event, during which she introduced the new research into gender equality in the Nordics to be conducted by the Centre for Research on Gender Equality (“CORE”) at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo over the coming year (read about it here).
Since the creation of the London event in 2019, one of the most notable developments has been the creation of the “Kvinner i Finans Charter” initiative in 2021. The Norwegian initiative, which commits signatories of its charter to meeting certain gender-related targets, arose as a direct consequence of the Cross Boarder Dialogue event, during which the UK Women in Finance Charter presented; the Norwegian initiative took direct inspiration from the British example and launched in 2021.
You can read more about the study tour here and the Cross Border Dialogue event here.

About Futureboards
FutureBoards is an independent global network of corporate governance experts and practitioners committed to building better boards that support sustainable value creation. Based in Norway and anchored in Nordic corporate governance, FutureBoards contributes to the collection and sharing of research and ideas from the perspectives of different stakeholders, investors, boards of directors, management, academics, politicians and regulators. Turid E. Solvang is the CEO and founder.
You can learn more about FutureBoards here.