Uma was born in Uganda and now runs her own international HR consulting business from London.

Prior to this, Uma spent over 20 years in senior HR roles across Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia and Australasia. She has a wealth of directly relevant cross-cultural practitioner experience having worked with the global heads of multiple business lines within the sell side at ANZ Banking Group Limited and Deutsche Bank and from the buy side within AXA Rosenberg.

Uma has operated at C-Suite level dealing with topics including gender and diversity, regulatory and compliance adherence, HR transformation, talent acquisition, succession planning and change management.

Uma is passionate about developing top talent and exploring all things that are ‘HR disruption’ related.  She is an ardent Leicester City football fan and is fluent in Hindi and Gujarati.

Sally is a strategic communications and corporate affairs professional with 23 years of experience providing Board-level counsel to the investment industry.

Sally was Global Head of Communications at Janus Henderson Investors until December 2019, the business created through the merger of Janus Capital and Henderson Global Investors completed in 2017. Previously, she was Director of Marketing and Communications at Northill Capital, an asset management business within the Waypoint Group, investing long-term equity and seed capital to support succession within specialist investment boutiques, which she joined in January 2014.

Sally was previously Managing Partner at Penrose Financial, the financial services public relations consultancy where she served on the Board and built and led its asset management consulting team. Following the Board’s decision to sell Penrose to Engine Group in 2010, Penrose then completed a three-way merger to co-found MHP Communications in 2011 where she became Managing Director and a Partner at Engine Group. During her consulting career, Sally advised asset management, alternative investment firms and pensions businesses on corporate issues and crisis management, financial transactions and strategic communications.

Sally spent four years at Moore Capital Management within the London-based Strategy Group prior to joining Penrose. She started her public relations consulting career advising European technology and electronics businesses before moving to Moore Capital in 1997.

Sally was President of City Women Network (CWN), the non-profit business network for senior professional women founded in 1978, until December 2019. She currently serves as President Emeritus. She was Chair of the Communications Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) from March 2017 until March 2019, and is a former Board member (2012-2014) of the Girls’ Cricket Board formed by the charity Chance to Shine. Sally received the Freedom of the City of London in July 2015.

She holds an MSc, Science & Technology Studies from the University of Edinburgh, where her thesis (with Distinction) focused on neural networks as a communications technology, and an MA (Hons) in French and German, also from Edinburgh University. 

Patricia is a global HR leader.  Her career has seen her partnering SME boards in the banking, technology and engineering sectors, helping them grow their performance and profit through their people.   

Currently, Patricia heads up Human Resources for London, New York and Tokyo, at international transportation Bank DVB.  During her time there, she’s developed and grown her career to become a trusted advisor to the board - working with those at all levels to smoothly manage complex situations. 

Joining DVB from Forester Research, the renowned and much respected technology research organisation, the UK arm was effectively a start-up when Patricia joined.  Working hand-in-hand with both original founders at the then fledgling business, Patricia helped establish the entire UK operation. 

Patricia holds a BSc Hons in Occupational Psychology and a Master’s in Human Resource Management.  She’s CIPD qualified and an Executive Coach with a niche for helping people in transition. 

A big believer in diversity in every sense of the word (extending to diversity of thought, education, background and teams), Patricia’s a long-time advocate for women in the workplace - how you support them and remove blockers to their growth.  Her interest in gender diversity has taken many expressions over the years but what stands out is her work as Chair of the HR Committee & HR Briefing for the Association of Foreign Banks (AFB).

Anne-Marie Balfe is the Global Talent Leader for EY's People Advisory Services and Managed Services businesses.

Anne-Marie joined EY in New York in 2005, and has worked in a variety of Talent related roles within EY in the US, Japan, Hong Kong and London. 

In her more than 15 years of international human resources experience, Anne-Marie has worked in recruitment, learning and development, organizational development, performance management and diversity and inclusiveness.

Prior to relocating to London, Anne-Marie was the Co-Chair of the Women of Influence committee and a Board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. 

Anne-Marie lives in Hampstead with her husband Shaun and their two children Cillian and Sophie.

In her spare time she is a keen runner and cyclist, and loves exploring new countries and cities with her family.

Barbara Cremer is Executive Director at Nomura, an Asian based global investment bank.  She is Head of Relationship Management in Nomura’s Treasury Department, responsible for managing the firm's overall relationships with its clients in Europe and the Middle East.  She is also responsible for debt investor relations in the region.  Barbara joined the firm in 2009 after Nomura’s acquisition of Lehman Brothers in Europe.

Prior to this, Barbara worked for a number of investment banks, including Merrill Lynch & Co, where she was a Director in Asset-Backed Commercial Paper origination in the investment banking group.  After eight years working in Merrill’s New York office covering European bank clients, she re-located to London to grow Merrill’s commercial paper business in Europe.  She has worked in Finance for over 20 years, with roles in legal and regulatory policy, as well as banking.

Barbara graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada majoring in Politics and Economics.  She also has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the New York University Stern School of Business in New York City with a major in Finance.

Dawn Jackson is a Professional Development Expert at Corndel Management School specialising in coaching and tutoring senior managers to develop their leadership skills. Corndel specialise in helping organisations maximize the value and impact of the Apprenticeship Levy through design and delivery of transformational programmes.

Dawn has had a diverse career spanning both Technology and HR and has spent the last 17 years in HR in organisations across Financial Services, FMCG and Consulting. She has held Head of Learning, Talent  and Diversity and Inclusion roles having started her career post university in Technology and IT Programme Management .

She changed direction in 2002  seeking a personally more meaningful path enabling her to focus on her passion, developing people to achieve their potential  and be more fulfilled in their lives.   She is a qualified executive coach and has recently partnered with the Social Mobility Form as a mentor for young students from low income backgrounds 

Dawn graduated from Leeds University with a degree in French and Management Studies and divides her time between her  homes in London and France.

Dawn is also a keen singer and  a member of the London City Voices choir an openly diverse and inclusive choir in London

Dawn-Louise is the founder and owner of London based digital marketing agency, with social media at its heart, sm2communicate.

A passionate and proactive leader of persuasive digital marketing, she works with clients to create and leverage a powerful digital brand to increase their leads through customer engagement. Along with her team of associates, they deliver a full range of marketing services from helping businesses to set their digital strategy, right the way through to managing and delivering the campaigns. Dawn’s experience spans both Public and Private sector organisations including Finance, IT, Sports, Charities, Construction, Government Departments and the Postal Industry. Dawn is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, delivering the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s digital marketing modules, and a guest speaker at the University of Cranfield for the MSc Students.

Prior to founding her own business, Dawn-Louise was a senior communications and digital marketing professional in the corporate world in the city for the likes of Fujitsu and Natwest. With more than 15 years’ experience in developing communications, change and marketing strategies for global organisations of up to 11,000 employees. Managing a variety of virtual and direct teams of up to 50 people, with budgets of up to £1-2M.

Dawn is a brand ambassador for Just Strong, a lifestyle brand for strong women. Motivating strong women to overcome their adversaries and embrace their strength, no matter the source.  Empowering women to strive for physical and mental strength and importantly to celebrate their successes.

Geraldine is CEO of the Executive Coaching Consultancy which she started in 1994 and now has over 60 coaches internationally serving a wide range of industries. The Consultancy has a particular specialism in the female journey and has coached over 10,000 individuals through key transitions in their careers. 

Geraldine speaks regularly on the subject of "More women at the top" and "The Future of Gender Diversity" and is a great believer in the benefit of diverse teams.

Geraldine has been a CWN member and member of Events Strategy committee for some time. She is also a founding sponsor of ECC's not for profit The Good Business Initiative that works with organisations to help them build their leadership capacity and unlock their potential for a positive impact. 

After moving from Sydney Australia with her family in 2015, and taking up some charity volunteer work, Jules joined CWN in 2017 as Board Secretary in addition to providing operational support fow CWN.

Jules has a background in financial services, working for several years at MLC (National Australia Bank’s wealth management division) across a range of roles, including customer service and graduate program management, training and facilitation, HR projects and business development.

After taking a career break to raise her young boys, whilst moving between Dubai, Singapore and back to Sydney, Jules took on a fundraising and communications role at Australian cancer charity Tour de Cure.

Jules graduated from Macquarie University in Sydney with a degree in Economics and Finance.

Jules is enjoying the rolling hills of the Kent countryside where she lives with her husband and two boys, and whilst finally acclimatised to the English weather, enjoys travelling home and to other warmer climates when she can!

Milly Sutton is the Director at My London Event Ltd.  Drawing on her 20 year career in events, Milly specialises in working with the London office of international firms that often are not large enough to have a dedicated events team in-house but want to deliver high-end events for their clients and staff.  She draws on her extensive knowledge of London venues and the best suppliers to make each event bespoke and memorable.

Milly recently worked at Cityparents, another membership organisation, growing and enhancing their membership events calendar.  Prior to that, she was the Events Manager at White & Case for 14 years to managing their events team and busy events diary.

Outside of work, she has two young girls and is also a leader at their local Rainbows unit.

Milly has a postgraduate Diploma of Marketing from London Metropolitan University, and an undergraduate degree in Marketing and HR from the University of Canterbury, NZ.

Nicola leads culture and leadership transformations with Better Business (2B), an international leadership advisory firm dedicated to Next Generation Business. Nicola has 20 years of international business experience in Financial Services in Commercial Banking, Human Resources, Operations and Consulting.  She has worked in Europe, Asia, LATAM and the USA.  

Currently based in London, Nicola lives with her husband and two dogs.  She has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Politics and Modern History from the University of Durham.  She is studying for a MSc in Psychology.  Nicola is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Freeman of the City of London and Guild of Human Resources.  

Nicola has a passion for wine and holds her Wines and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Level 3.  She also enjoys swimming, skiing, writing and the performing arts. 

Yvette works as a Project Manager within the EMEA Regional Change group supporting the EMEA Regulatory Governance and Reporting Programmes at The Bank of New York Mellon (since Nov 2016).   She joined the firm in 2008 shortly after The Bank of New York merged with Mellon. Prior to being a Project Manager she was the Company Secretary where she performed comprehensive company secretarial services to a large portfolio of entities in the UK and EMEA region with responsibilities for compliance with statutory and corporate governance requirements. Yvette has over 20 years of Senior Administration experience in large firms, including Accenture and United Broadcasting Entertainment and previously worked as a Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs, performing Company Secretarial duties. 

Yvette graduated from Fordham University in New York majoring in Sociology and French. She completed her MSc in Corporate Governance (2015) gaining a distinction in her dissertation on women making it to the C-Suite. Alongside her main duties, Yvette is involved in many social awareness activities at BNY Mellon having Co-Chaired EMEA Community Partnership (2013/14); and for the last 7 years as Chair of Business Resource Group, IMPACT Community Affairs sub-committee where she has taken on an additional role looking at the strategic & recruitment efforts of diverse talent for IMPACT. In August 2019 she was appointed as Co-Chair of IMPACT in EMEA where she is looking to increase diverse talent pipeline externally and internally. Yvette is a mentor with Inspiring the Future. She is also a Non-Executive Director and Chair who sits on the Board of DigiBridge Community Interest Company, which is a social enterprise providing IT support, recycling, re-use services and activities locally in London and educational support for young people in Africa.

Yvette has a keen interest in the arts having spent her formative years working at the International Centre of Photography and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She is a mother to two teenage boys Chi and Ifa. And she occasionally participates in charity runs.