Jim Oulton, Partner, Mayer Brown

Jim is a Partner in Mayer Brown Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, working primarily in the professional liability and professional indemnity insurance fields. He chairs the Finance Committee of Mayer Brown in London and is a

member of the London Litigation Group’s Steering Committee. He is a mentor on the 30% Club’s Cross Company Mentoring Scheme aimed at making a step change in the number of women attaining senior leadership roles.

Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, Girlguiding UK

Julie has been CEO of Girlguiding since November 2012.

Julie has dedicated her career to working in the not for profit sector, beginning in the early 1990’s as a youth worker in Essex where she also ran

a drop in-service for unemployed young people. Julie has held senior leadership positions in the not for profit sector for twenty years.

In 2014 she was named number five on the Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Power list of Game Changers in the UK. In the same year she was voted Britain’s Most Admired Charity Chief Executive at the “Third Sector Awards”.

Professor Averil Macdonald OBE DSc,D.Univ, CPhys FInstP FRSA

Averil Macdonald is Emeritus Professor of Science Engagement (University of Reading) and leads on diversity for SEPnet, the South East Physics Network of nine physics departments. She was awarded the international Bragg Medal

and Prize (1999) by the Institute of Physics, London, the accolade of Woman of Outstanding Achievement in Science (2007), the prestigious Plastics Industry Award for Personal

Contribution to the Industry (2007), Honorary Doctorates by the University of York (2010) and Kingston University (2015), the Starting Out award from BEIS (2016) and an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list (2015) for services to women in science and engaging the public with science.

At European level Averil chaired Forum for Physics in Society in the European Physical Society and sits on the EU Helsinki Group for Gender in Research advising the EU Commission on gender issues.

Barbara Harvey, Managing Director, Accenture Research

With over 25 years of experience in research, spanning quantitative techniques and statistical methods, Barbara joined Accenture in 1997 to establish an advanced research capability. Barbara ran the Accenture

corporate functions Accent on Women initiative and is the sponsor for the award-winning Accenture’s Mental Health programme in the UK. She is leading research into gender equality and is a coach on Accenture’s Leadership Development Programme.

Lisa Unwin, Founder, She’s Back

Lisa is the founder of She’s Back. Prior to taking a career break, Lisa had a 20 year career in professional services. Lisa founded She’s Back in 2014, in response to the lack of clear opportunities for women to return to

professional life after taking a career break. Research undertaken in 2015 by She’s Back, the University of Edinburgh Business School and sponsors from five different sectors, highlighted the scale of untapped potential in this particular talent pool. She’s Back works with organisations to help them understand how to retain more women at all levels and how to re-engage with those who take a break.

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In the UK alone, women who take a career break collectively lose out on £1bn in annual earnings and on the flip side, the UK would see a £1.7bn boost to annual GDP were this gap to be addressed. A recent PwC report identified a talent pool of 550,000 women who have had a career break and have professional and managerial experience, of which three quarters are seeking to come back into the workforce. Building a gender diverse pipeline is both a key business challenge and imperative. Despite a huge amount of effort, overall little progress has been made. This breakfast will share insights and success stories to help you change your game plan and provide a roadmap for your future gender strategy.

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Directions: Mayer Brown is a 5 minute walk from Liverpool Street Station with access to the Overground, Central, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines.

7.45am Guests arrive, breakfast, networking opportunity

8.00am Session begins, welcome and introduction from Chair, Julie Bentley, CEO Girlguiding UK

8.05am Welcome from host and sponsor Jim Oulton, Partner, Mayer Brown

8.10am Video8.15am Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, The Rt Hon The

Lord Mayor 8.20am Professor Averil Macdonald OBE Hear Professor MacDonald talk about how to

source and attract future women leaders and the problems and risks to business success of bias in recruitment. She will also introduce tools to help businesses in bias-free recruitment.

8.35am Barbara Harvey, Managing Director, Accenture Research

Barbara will share insights in how to significantly reduce the gender pay gap and what it is that makes some women fast track and not others.

8.50am Lisa Unwin, Founder, She’s Back Lisa will talk about women who have had a

career break, often for caring responsibilities, and how to create supported routes back to work for this largely untapped pool of highly-qualified, experienced and motivated talent. Not only will they help close the gender pay gap, but they also provide younger women with a ‘realistic role model’ and create a culture change ripple effect.

9.05am Questions to panel9.30am Javed Thomas, Director of Development at

Lord Mayor’s Appeal An introduction to ‘Girls in the City’ a new

gender initiative led by the Lord Mayor’s Appeal; tackling gender diversity in the City

9.35am Session roundup and closing remarks by Chair, Julie Bentley, CEO Girlguiding UK

9.40am Session closes, networking opportunity10.00am Guests depart

If you would like to be added to the Power of Diversity mailing list please contact:T: 020 7332 1582 E: diversity@thelordmayorsappeal.orgFor more information go towww.thelordmayorsappeal.org @LMAppeal The Lord Mayor’s Appeal

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