“Goodness! I really hope it was nothing to do with me being a woman.” The iconic City enforcer Margaret Cole on being overlooked for the top job at the FSA.
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Beauty guru poached to add gloss at Feelunique
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Online beauty retailer feelunique.com has signed up Harper’s Bazaar beauty director Newby Hands as it seeks to capitalise on its growth over the past year.
A Tribute to Wendy Butler
Friday, February 10th, 2012RBS executive Wendy Butler died last week after a battle against pancreatic cancer. She generousy shared some of that journey with FMWF in recent months in the hope of helping others. Here her friend and pancreatic cancer survivor Ali Sunt pays tribute to an inspirational woman.
Banking “Witch Hunt” may put women off Financial Services boardrooms
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012The growing outrage over high levels of rewards in banking may damage women’s chances of securing board positions in the financial services sector, a senior executive has warned.
Sparkling Nails Inc looks abroad after sales boom
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Nails Inc, the nail bar and polish brand, is set to cash in on booming demand for manicures by expanding on to the Continent and the Middle East.
Review for Sly Bailey’s pay package
Monday, February 6th, 2012Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror’s remuneration committee is to review the pay of chief executive Sly Bailey.
Appointments: Dame Ann Dowling joins board of BP as non-executive director
Friday, February 3rd, 2012The head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where she is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is taking up her new role this week.
Facebook: The people behind the company
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012The public face of the social networking site may be dominated by famous Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerbrug, but he isn’t the only one running the company…
