The highlight of our evening was our speaker, Noel Harweth, a non executive director of Anglo-Irish Bank, Logica, Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe, where she is deputy chairman. The subject of Noel’s discussion was the importance in today’s economy for business women of developing their core skills, and also their secondary and tertiary skills. Women, by their very nature, focus on striving to be the best at their primary skill. This is no longer enough - the days of the ‘job for life’ mentality have dissipated - and it is important for one’s employer to see the employee as a multi-skilled individual. Noel mentioned that the most successful people had changed careers sometimes five or even six times, gaining invaluable experience in each new role. Noel provided great feedback to all our members’ questions.

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